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Chinese Fly

A Chinese ‘herb’—dried body of the Chinese blister beetle—which, like Spanish fly, contains cantharidin, and is allegedly useful in managing liver cancer
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Typically, the Chinese fly in a small army of men in hard hats and house them in a makeshift city on the edge of a large town.
While Kroesna explained that the arrivals have spawned a huge increase in Chinese investment, he admitted that the benefits to the economy have been lopsided, with the majority of new jobs going to staff that the Chinese fly in themselves.
We children appreciated his imagination, though we knew that he could not have killed even a Chinese fly. The war had a devastating effect on Nehru.
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