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Namibia's Chinese Ivory Smugglers
Namibia is the rare country in Africa that seems to be holding its own against ivory poachers. Whereas in most other southern African countries the elephant population is being decimated, in Namibia, according to the government, the number of ...
The Transformative Power of Chinese-African Conversations
The following article was written by Gu Ruirui through a partnership with China House Kenya. “Before going to Africa, I didn’t realize that ivory requires killing,” said Elaina, a 16-year-old student on a volunteer trip to Africa. “In my imagination, people took ivory from elephants ...
Why Reducing Ivory Demand in China Will Not Curb Poaching in Africa
"When the buying stops, the killing can too" reads the popular slogan that WildAid uses in its anti-ivory campaign to raise awareness in China. WildAid, along with most Western environmentalists, contend that curbing demand in China for ivory is the key factor to help ...
'China is Doing More to Protect Elephants Than Africa'
For the first time in years, there is positive news to report in the fight to save Africa's elephants from extinction. A new study by the Save the Elephants revealed that the price of ivory in China has halved over ...
Chinese Residents of South Africa Say No To the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The following article was written by the team at China House Kenya In order to help Chinese residents of African countries to better integrate into the local environment, China House organizes and implements a series of projects aimed at engage Chinese communities in wildlife conservation. ...
FOCAC 6: China At a Crossroads in Africa
The 6th Forum on China Africa Cooperation is coming at a crossroads in the China-Africa relationship. China’s shift from a manufacturing to a consumption economy means that it is importing fewer African commodities. On the African side, this shift has led to fears about repaying Chinese debt, and a ...
A Journalist's View On Reporting the China-Africa Story
The US-based online news site Quartz is among a growing number of international media companies that is investing resources to better cover Africa. The company launched Quartz Africa in June 2015 with the
Growing Demand in China for Africa's Lion Bones
Traditional Chinese medicine, popular throughout Asia, has long prized the supposed medicinal value of tiger bones. Now, though, as the world's wild tiger population is fast disappearing, even facing extinction, the Chinese medicine industry may have found an alternative with ...
Not All Chinese Are Ivory Buyers: Chinese Community in Kenya Volunteers for Wildlife Conservation
By China House Kenya On the early morning of 1 June, ranches in Lake Naivasha area, Kenya was greeted by a group of special guests. About 30 volunteers joined the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) in a de-snaring project that aims to remove snares that have been ...
China's Proposed Ivory Ban: Breakthrough or BS?
China's surprise announcement that it will phase out the trade and manufacturing of ivory came as a rare piece of good news for Africa's rapidly shrinking elephant population. While most major international wildlife groups welcomed Beijing's new ...
China's Controversial Trade in Africa's Natural Resources
China often faces blistering criticism for its voracious appetite of Africa's natural resources. Chinese companies are spread across the continent mining, logging and fishing to feed both hungry factories and people back home. In most, if not all, African countries, ...
The Politics of Banning Ivory in China
In February 2015, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports. While many conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency denounced Beijing's policy as "ineffective," the San Francisco-based group WildAid said is an important step in the right direction and part of a ...