--FILE--Pedestrians walk past a store of fast-food chain Xiabu Xiabu in Changzhou city, east China's Jiangsu province, 21 December 2014. It wasn't the first incident of rats in Chinese hot pot ª recall Haidilao's rodent-infested kitchens ª and it's unlikely to be the last. When a pregnant women found a rat in her broth at fast-food chain Xiabu Xiabu in September, video of the soupy creature went viral. Xiabu Xiabu's stock tanked, but recovered within weeks. Tech giant Tencent later published a finance article titled "Rat found in hot pot broth ª is Xiabu Xiabu still worth buying after its valuation drop?" All seemed quiet thereafter. But it emerged today that Xiabu Xiabu is in fact suing Tencent over the article. According to a Beijing court, a lawyer for the restaurant chain sent a letter to Tencent in November demanding the article's removal, due to "inaccurate depictions" of the brand. It is not known what those inaccuracies are, and Xiabu Xiabu has not denied the rat incident. Xiabu Xiabu says Tencent¯s refusal to remove the article has further damaged its reputation, according to a notice published by Beijing Haidian District Court on Monday, which is reviewing the case.
