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Salamander which is commonly on sale in the markets here.
If Britain endorses this list, then Hong Kong must presumably follow, implying a possible problem with China.
In conclusion we wonder if the present extraordinary trade results from a breakdown in communications. No territory emerges in a very good light.
Britain as the metropolitan power should know what's happening in her dependent territories, and in the general intercst could at least have raised the matter with China.
Hong Kong is quilty of a long term and deliberate cover up of a destructive and repugnant trade of international concern.
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China could halt it at will- but if Kwantung officials arc glossing over the numbers involved, then Peking may not have given thought to the matter, nor weighed the possible consequences for China herself, or for neighbouring countries.
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Their scientists must be conscious of the fact that in the long
term vicw what they do to their wildlife and the rest of their environment is going to have a considerable impact on the well- being of their people. They're now becoming interested in international bodies, joining international bodies. I'm quite hopeful and quite optimistic that this being so they will get themselves involved over the next few years in International Conventions of this kind. They will be interested in showing that the People's Republic is as forward looking in matters of this kind as any of the Western nations.
Street cries, Chinese popsong, and Monkeys crying.
Announcer (over FX)
That was "Who's Killing the China Animals?" - an enquiry into
Hong Kong's trade in wildlife from China, by Patricia Penn.
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