KATHMANDU: Next year, according to the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Tiger but conservationists said the omens are inauspicious for an animal on the brink of extinction. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Sat, Oct 31 2009
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Most *IMPRESSIVE* TV Commercial in China - 2009 new version »
YouTube video If you dont understand Chinese, here follows the direct translation (sorry, no subtitles):
I was born in the year of OX----OX, OX, OX
I was born in the year of TIGER---- TIGER, TIGER, TIGER
I was born in the year of RABBIT---- RABBIT, RABBIT ,RABBIT
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| 28 Jan 08 |
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Conservationists use poll to back calls to continue China's tiger trade ban » People's Daily International conservation groups are renewing calls for the Chinese government to maintain a 15-year moratorium on the trade in tiger parts with a poll showing 95 percent of Chinese support the ban. The Save the Tiger Fund, which ... |
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Wild South China Tiger spotted after "extinction" more than 30 years » People's Daily Chinese researchers announced on Friday that the wild South China Tiger, an endangered tiger subspecies believed to have been extinct in the wild for more than 30 years, was spotted in a mountainous area in northwest China. The tige ... |
| 27 Jan 08 |
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Chinese back calls to keep tiger-parts ban » Shanghai Daily CONSERVATION groups are renewing calls for the Chinese government to maintain a 15-year ban on the trade in tiger parts. A recent poll shows that 95 percent of Chinese support the ban. The Save the Tiger Fund, which commissioned the poll, said 1,880... |
| 27 Jan 08 |
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Wild panda risks extinction within ‘two to three generations’ » People's Daily By He Luyi The panda's losing battle with economic development obsesses animal conservationist Fan Zhiyong. The 51-year-old former "technical official" at the State Forestry Administration is now Species Program Director at the World Wide Fund for... |
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