...members of the Chinese delegation used Mr. Xi’s visit as an - TopicsExpress



          

...members of the Chinese delegation used Mr. Xi’s visit as an opportunity to procure so much illegal ivory that local prices doubled to about $318 a pound. Two weeks before Mr. Xi arrived, Chinese buyers purchased thousands of pounds of poached tusks, which were “later sent to China in diplomatic bags on the presidential plane,” said the report, which was released on Wednesday. sinosphere.blogs.nytimes/2014/11/05/chinese-presidents-delegation-tied-to-illegal-ivory-purchases-during-africa-visit/?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=1
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 02:45:40 +0000

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