Something unusual happend to the beach in China

On June 12, 2007, the sea washed up massive dead crabs on the beach in China. The locals were delighted at this large catch and rushed there to pick them up. But, the number of crabs increased everyday. Clams, starfishes and seaweeds were also thrown. Now, the beach is covered with a great deal of carcasses and redolent with bad smell. However, the locals go on picking them up. People who live near the beach said that they have never seen such a lot of dead crabs. Also, some saw the drainage with stinks flow into the sea. I was surprised at this news. Don’t the locals have a question that why these crabs had died? If Japanese saw the scene, they wouldn’t approach them, much less eat it. I suspected that Chinese don’t receive the education or information of pollution. Would they eat such polluted crabs? A friend of mine said that they might pick them up to process and export to foreign countries. China is one of the Japan’s big trade partners. Especially, Japan imports foodstuffs. If they conceal the fact and export the foodstuffs made from the polluted crabs――It is horrible! In addition, I was worried that the toxin would ride the current and flow to Japan. I hope that China will handle this problem as soon as possible.