Online sales website Gumtree said Monday that it had banned advertisements offering donkeys in South Africa to prevent inhumane killings of the animals to meet Chinese demand for their skins.
Donkeys are being increasingly slaughtered in South Africa to supply smugglers who export the skins to China, where they are believed to have medicinal properties.
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China will double the number of AIDS patients it treats with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), officials have said, part of a broader push to increase the use of the ancient practice in the country's medical system.
The promotion of TCM is part of a five-year plan from the State Council, China's cabinet, to tackle HIV/AIDS.
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China has 50,000 medical and health institutions that offer Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies, according to China's TCM authority.
The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine revealed that 40 % of the population have access to TCM programs at the local level.
Director of the administration, Wang Guoqiang, said that in the first nine months of 2016, the average feeRead more