Beetle named Xi is a pest, say China censors

Beetle named Xi is a pest, say China censors Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2016 - Chinese censors have stepped in to crush underfoot talk of a newfound beetle species named after President Xi Jinping, reports said Tuesday - to the dismay of its loyal discoverer. The Rhyzodiastes (Temoana) xii was identified in China's southern island province of Hainan by Cheng-Bin Wang, a Chinese national affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. In peer-reviewe ... more

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