Over the long history of China, Chinese people survived numerous famine caused by flood, drought, earth quakes, dictators, wars... Sure, we also eat, dogs, horses, snakes, frogs, snails, water bugs, rats, grass hopper... you name it. We eat everything. Chinese practically eat anything that moves. OK. I never heard any Chinese that eat spiders.
and for the unenlightened that is century egg also from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg
That is freaking disguisting! I hate spiders! I am more afraid of them then snakes! Send that dude to Fear Factor! Damn that looks like a tarantula! Gross. Hey in the Middle East the eat Monkey brains. I saw it on Faces of Death as a teen.