An explosion leveled a restaurant in Beijing and left several people injured, raising security concerns ahead of a major political gathering of China’s political elite next week. However, the story was immediately removed from all media outlets in the mainland due to the sensitivity of the matter. The Epoch Times interviewed the wife of the restaurant owner. On Feb. 23, an explosion destroyed Defeng Restaurant and a house that was attached to it. Among the seven people injured, two were in critical condition, and all were sent to the hospital for treatment, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The blast drew immediate attention because the restaurant was situated near Zhongnanhai, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)’s headquarters in Beijing, from which it was only 650 meters away, Radio Free Asia reported. The timing of the incident is also sensitive because it occurred a week …