"Replacing urine with green tea for medical testing was unethical, even it was for a journalistic investigation."

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health commenting on a recent healthcare case. China Central Television reported on Monday that a journalist replaced his urine with green tea to do a test in a private hospital in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province. The journalist was later diagnosed with several serious diseases based on the test result. The news attracted wide attention.

(China Daily 08/03/2012 page2)