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发帖数: 3412 | 1 Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/world/africa/africas-elephant
Yao ming was just visiting, hope he can change some minds.
"The vast majority of the illegal ivory — experts say as much as 70 percent
— is flowing to China, and though the Chinese have coveted ivory for
centuries, never before have so many of them been able to afford it. China’
s economic boom has created a vast middle class, pushing the price of ivory
to a stratospheric $1,000 per pound on the streets of Beijing.
High-ranking officers in the People’s Liberation Army have a fondness for
ivory trinkets as gifts. Chinese online forums offer a thriving, and
essentially unregulated, market for ivory chopsticks, bookmarks, rings, cups
and combs, along with helpful tips on how to smuggle them (wrap the ivory
in tinfoil, says one Web site, to throw off X-ray machines).
Last year, more than 150 Chinese citizens were arrested across Africa, from
Kenya to Nigeria, for smuggling ivory. And there is growing evidence that
poaching increases in elephant-rich areas where Chinese construction workers
are building roads.
“China is the epicenter of demand,” said Robert Hormats, a senior State
Department official. “Without the demand from China, this would all but dry
up.” | I***i
发帖数: 14557 | | o**s
发帖数: 3412 | 3 Not about that...
but elephants.
【在 I***i 的大作中提到】
: 中国人的形象有受影响了
| p**********8
发帖数: 4234 | 4 NPR上也听到这个了，说这已经是一场war 了。
想到电影blood diamond 了，人类太惨忍了 | I***i
发帖数: 14557 | 5 Yes it's about the elephants.
But, as a Chinese, I can not help thinking the potential negative
reputations this report could bring to China.
【在 o**s 的大作中提到】
: Not about that...
: but elephants.
| o**s
发帖数: 3412 | 6 why negative?
should bring positive changes.
Many Chinese dun associate Xiang Ya with elephant getting murdered, but
thought they are from animals died of natural causes.
It is also part of our culture for thousands of years to value such things,
however younger generations, like Yao Ming, will gradually abandon the idea
of Xiang Ya.
Americans are paying tax dollars to fund the Uganda military, which
according to the article, could be involved in the massive killing. | o**s
发帖数: 3412 | 7 to me the article is more about the human race vs. the rest of the earth
wild lives and resources.
human race = Asians, Africans, Americans, and Europeans (remember the heart
of the darkness? they are the first to rob the African wilderness!) | I***i
发帖数: 14557 | 8 Well，we are not disagreeing over anything here.
Yes, let's hope that positive changes shall come out of this.
,
idea
【在 o**s 的大作中提到】
: why negative?
: should bring positive changes.
: Many Chinese dun associate Xiang Ya with elephant getting murdered, but
: thought they are from animals died of natural causes.
: It is also part of our culture for thousands of years to value such things,
: however younger generations, like Yao Ming, will gradually abandon the idea
: of Xiang Ya.
: Americans are paying tax dollars to fund the Uganda military, which
: according to the article, could be involved in the massive killing.
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