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Yao Ming aims to quell China's appetite for shark fin

SHANGHAI — NBA star and Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming urged China on Friday to say no to shark fin soup to stop the overfishing of some species amid growing...Generalyao mingnbashark finshark fin...

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Tiger Farms in China Feed Big Thirst for Part

A description of a Guilin Tiger farm, where the animals are bred to create various black market culinary delicacies. Like Japan drives whale extinction, so China does for tigers. This...China...

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China’s Paul the Octopus - 12 pandas as fortune tellers for the Asian Games

Soon after the first gold medal was given out, panda Brother Bosi has become the first panda to successfully predict the winner of the Asian Games gold medal. According to...China...

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Conservationists dress in Panda suits to introduce panda cubs to the wild and...

China strikes me as an odd country. This is not meant to be disrespectful in any way at all. It is just that, at times, it employs such dire treatments...China NewspandasconservationChina

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Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels

A number of Chinese luxury hotels and popular restaurants have decided to take shark fin soup off the menu to help keep the species from becoming extinct. The Hongkong and...China Newshong...

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China Has Conquered Nature

Walking down the street in China, one witnesses people going about their daily lives. Young women walk by in pretty, if sometimes slightly ridiculous, dresses and fashionable high heels, twenty...China...

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Panda Conservation: Are We Wasting Our Time?

Clearly when it comes to conservation, pandas aren't meeting us half way; but has the time come to pull the plug on China's most precious export?China Environmentpandaconservationenvironmenthabitatecology

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China tries to reintroduce rhinoceros to Yunnan province, 80 years after they...

Pu'er Prefecture is in the process of reestablishing an animal population that disappeared from China more than 80 years ago. Seven southern white rhinoceros from Africa have arrived at a...China...

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China, India and Russia jointly try to save their remaining tigers

Unbeknownst to many, July 29 was the fourth annual International Tiger Day. In commemoration, representatives from the 13 countries where tigers still exist held a conference in Kunming to...

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Chris Slappendel's one-man mission to save tigers

Chris Slappendel is traveling to every country on earth that was or is home to tigers. He is on a mission to raise awareness regarding the plight of tigers, which...China...

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Feeding wild elephants to keep them away from farmers in Yunnan

Southern Yunnan is home to China's only remaining wild elephants. Increasingly, the animals are coming into contact with humans, often with severe consequences for rural residents. In an effort to...

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