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[Caixin Global] China struggles to wean itself off bear bile farming
Oct 17, 2023•14 min
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Episode description
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.’
Click here to read the article by Yang Yuqi and Kelly Wang.
Narrated by Yingyun Zhang.
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