The Chinese Embassy in Malawi Showcases White Hunters in its Appeal to Crackdown on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Given China’s outsized role in the illicit African wildlife trade, it’s interesting to note the imagery that the Chinese embassy in Malawi selected in their Tweet today to denounce illegal poaching.

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