You think the Chinese are cruel to CATS??? (they are, of course)
That's nothing compared to how they treat brown bears...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=bear+bile+farm They keep them bound in cages with a tube surgically implanted to let the bile drip from their gall bladder for use in Chinese folk remedies.
The bears are kept immobilized for years because if they are allowed to move, they tend to disembowel themselves from being driven mad by pain.
I took a look and that practice is very disgusting and upsetting. So vile and heartless!