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An endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province
BEIJING rowed back today on its decision to allow trading in tiger and rhinoceros parts after fears were raised that it provided legal cover to poaching and smuggling of endangered wildlife.
Cabinet official Ding Xuedong explained that the change had “been postponed after study.
“Relevant departments of the Chinese government will soon continue to organise special crackdown campaigns with focus on addressing the illegal trade of rhinos, tigers and their by-products. Illegal acts will be dealt with severely,” said Mr Ding.
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
