The journalist entered the lion's den, sneaking onto the scene to report.
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From 《后汉书·班超传》: 不入虎穴,不得虎子 — 'if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the cub.' Ban Chao uttered this before his daring raid on the Xiongnu envoys, turning it into China's most durable proverb about calculated risk.