China denies selling dead bodies to Africa

                                    

China has been forced to deny claims that it is marinating dead bodies, canning them and selling them as a meat product in Africa, after a bizarre Facebook hoax went viral.

Rumours of the alleged trade in human meat first began circulating on social media thanks to a series of photographs of what appeared to be skinned people in a meat factory.

According to the alleged sources, the idea to use human meat came when China ran out of space to dispose of its dead. 

Others claimed Beijing preferred to save its 'good meat' for richer, more powerful countries.

But China's ambassador to Zambia has issued a furious denial of the allegations.