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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Tibet's second-holiest monk, the Panchen Lama, has visited Lhasa on a rare trip to the Himalayan region by the living Buddha, whose selection in 1995 was marred by controversy after the exiled Dalai Lama chose another boy.
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Tibet's second-holiest monk, the Panchen  Lama, has visited Lhasa on a rare trip to the Himalayan region  by the living Buddha, whose selection in 1995 was marred by  controversy after the exiled Dalai Lama chose another boy.
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Investors are searching for a holy grail that symbolizes wealth in both profits and whatâs good for the environment.
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China is considering lifting a ban on trade in tiger parts, believed to cure anything from rheumatism to laziness, despite growing fears that the move could wipe out the endangered big cat.
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By Sally Cunningham "Compassion" is in the news, held up for public consideration by the Dalai Lama as a value and practice the world needs.
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Skin and bones of endangered Sumatran tigers are sold openly in parts of Indonesia for traditional medicine and jewelry despite bans, a trend that could mean the big cats' eventual extinction, a conservation group warned Wednesday.
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Tibetan antelope slowly recovering, WCS says    WASHINGTON, Feb.
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BANGKOK - The future looked brighter for leaf-tailed geckos and great white sharks after a UN meeting on trade in wild plants and animals.
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China's more than 700 million farmers are happier than before despite a growing wealth gap, while poor urban residents are being squeezed by rising food and property prices, a top government think tank said on Thursday.
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According to fdi.gov.cn: Sichuan has recently scored a breakthrough in its tea exports to Japan, which have passed its "positive list system".
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eBay, the online marketplace, is enjoying continued growth thanks to increased international sales and the success of its online payment service, Paypal.
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GUANGZHOU, China - In southern China, it doesnât matter if an animal is an endangered species. As long as it walks, wriggles or jumps, itâs good enough for the pot.
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TONG BUJI, China -- Every few weeks, farmer Long Zhu Xiang walks about 30 minutes down the rubble-strewn path that connects her remote impoverished village in Guizhou Province to a county road and then takes a bus ride into the nearest county town to sell the one precious commodity she has -- her blood.
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The future of the wild tiger is gravely threatened by the trade of skins to China, a lobby group warns.
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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.
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NEW YORK It's the money tree that keeps on giving. Despite warnings about the lack of transparency, corruption scandals and companies with shaky financials, the Chinese stock market has leaped 300 percent in the past two years. No other major market in the world has rewarded investors as generous...