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It's not just the laws they need to figure out. Domestic pangolin use is illegal, so they just illegally import it

• ed_balls 7y ago
  It's unsolvable problem. People will go to wet markets in Myanmar on a trip. The only way out is an antiviral that is cheap, safe and effective.
• LatteLazy 7y ago
  It baffles me. China has zero issue eliminating the slightest threat to the party. From book sellers in Hong Kong to religious minorities to the great firewall, no job too big, no threat too small. But apparently eliminating wet markets was unpopular and thats a no no. It worked when they did it after SARS. It saved a shit tonne of lives, it brought them one step closer to being a first world nation. But now its impossible and undemocratic? I don't know why they won't do this. But it's "won't", not "can't". And to me, that's unacceptable.
  • aianus 7y ago
    > I don't know why they won't do this The number of Chinese (still a minority) that want to eat exotic meats greatly outnumber the Chinese who want to read dissident books or use Twitter instead of Weibo. Censorship is not very unpopular there, but diet restrictions would be.
    • LatteLazy 7y ago
      >Censorship is not very unpopular there, but diet restrictions would be. That may well be true. But necessary is necessary. I honestly don't care if they want to eat bat or anything else (no one should be eating anything endangered). That's fine. But it needs to be done in a hygienic, responsible way.