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"prohibiting the illegal wildlife trade" This site is in bad need for a proofreader...

• cltsang 7y ago
  If what you mean is those words are lengthy and repeated, that's actually how chinese officials talk and write.
  • adrianN 7y ago
    I believe they mean that prohibiting something that is illegal is unnecessary.
    • Joker_vD 7y ago
      On the contrary, you prohibit exactly "unlawful <sort of action>", e.g. "unlawful consumption of narcotics". That means that what exactly constitutes unlawfulness of such acts is a part of a different law, and usually not even a law, but a by-law or a regulation. For example, look at the German penal code, title 184f, "Ausübung der verbotenen Prostitution" — it's literally "Practicing illegal prostitution", and it's worded that way because there is also legal one.
    • yfzhou 7y ago
      If you just say "prohibit trade of wild animals", that would imply China just outlawed all trade related to wild animals while the news is actually about a decision to absolutely enforce existing laws.
• kinleyd 7y ago
  /of a proofreader?
• gruez 7y ago
  "This site" as in ctvnews.ca? That fragment is quote from Chinese state media.
• vraivroo 7y ago
  glass houses...