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In April 2006, Salient published a short piece which put " Chinese ", along with animals like poisonous snakes and penguins, in a list of " top five species we should be wary of ".

The supposed " joke " upset the Chinese community and caused huge protests from both Chinese students and the Chinese Embassy.

Accused of being blatantly racist, editor James Robinson apologised, saying " It was a ridiculous jab that was honestly so stupid I didn't even think twice about it ," However, he argued people who were offended had misinterpreted it, " We put ' the Chinese ' between ' penguins ' and ' very poisonous snakes ' on the list, and people somehow took it seriously.

" He also defended his right to publish it, saying " It's not hate speech or inciting violence against the Chinese race.

It would be a dangerous precedent to come out and say, ' Sorry, we were totally out of our minds to print such a thing '.