Tiger-skin market in Tibet flourishing
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The tiger population of India will vanish within a handful of years, and governments in India and China have not done enough to stem the rapid decline, environmentalists warned on Wednesday.
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SUNDERBANS TIGER RESERVE, India  - As the midday sun beats down on the world's largest tiger reserve, fishermen in a small wooden boat slowly manoeuvre their way through the mangrove forests fringing the Bay of Bengal.
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China&#39;s retail sales in the first two  months rose a strong 14.7 percent from a year earlier,  reinforcing a trend of sturdy spending buoyed by rising incomes  and government steps to spur consumption.
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Thailand's move to investigate the export of 100 undocumented tigers to China is being praised by conservationists.
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A voracious appetite for wildlife products driven by a juggernaut economy has pushed China into the spotlight at the UN forum for trade in endangered species as never before, officials and major conservation groups here said Thursday.
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China will eventually lift a ban on the trade of tiger bones, state media reported Tuesday, a move that wildlife experts believe could wipe out the endangered species in the wild.
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The Chinese are ecstatic over newly discovered mineral deposits. But they are in Tibet, where the ecology is fragile and human rights even more so
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One hot market is about to get a whole lot more interesting.
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LION Nathan has delivered on its promise to deal with competitive pressures in China, selling its business in the world&#39;s biggest beer market for a higher than expected $US154 million ($219 million).
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Eighty-four Siberian tiger cubs have been born in captivity in northeast China since March this year in a boost to the survival chances of the endangered species, state media reported Sunday.
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MONG LA, Myanmar  - If the market of Mong La is anything to go by, the remaining wild elephants, tigers and bears in Myanmar's forests are being hunted down slowly and sold to China.
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To spur rural economies, China is supporting entrepreneurial ventures with Tibetan herders.
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China's growing material wealth has eluded the countryside, but there is a bull market in sects competing for the souls of the rural poor.
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Beijing - The Tibetan capital Lhasa has launched a renovation drive to keep its original ethnic flavour after years of unrestrained urban development filled the city with modern architecture, China&#39;s state media said Monday.
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After the recent tumult in the Chinese market, some rapidly growing companies look even more attractive.
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Science & environment: Body parts of the critically endangered animal are being sold openly in Indonesia, says report
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The rare chiru, once extensively poached for its prized wool, appears to be increasing its population thanks to conservation efforts by Chinese officials and Tibetan locals.