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Much has been written over the past 72 hours about the fate of The Kro’s Nest, that soon-to-be formerly famous Beijing eatery that had, since its inception back in 2006 to much fanfare, been the mainstay for many a capital city pizza-and-beer craving expatriate.

For those who aren’t engrossed in such trivial matters, as we humble China bloggers and Beijing watchers sometimes appear to be, the line on this truly sordid tale sounds strikingly similar to a growing litany of bad business deals which have been littering Beijing’s cutthroat business scene of late. Beijing is rapidly becoming known for its backstabbing, double-crossing, and skullduggery and this can’t bode well for future investment.

Now I warn you in advance: there’s a heap of she-said/he-said shots across the bow and conjecture here: from what I’ve gathered in my own coverage of this case of greed, betrayal, aggression, and. now, slander (described so very eloquently here, here, and mostly here), emotions have been running very high and journalists are having a field day picking apart the unobjective emotionality of this story.

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