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China Stories: China Struggles to Wean Itself off Bear Bile Farming
Oct.19.2023
Amid growing concerns about the suffering that extraction causes the animals, the government has supported research into synthetic substitutes, but regulations are hampering the registration of alternatives to what some have dubbed ‘medicinal gold’
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Note: This is an audio narration of a Caixin Global article first published on Oct. 4, 2023.
Contact reporter Zhang Yukun (yukunzhang@caixin.com)
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