Chinese officials went on illegal ivory buying sprees during president Xi ...

ABC Online
Chinese officials went on illegal ivory buying sprees during president Xi ...
ABC Online
Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to Tanzania, sending prices soaring, an environmental activist group says. Tens of thousands of elephants are estimated to be slaughtered in Africa each year to ...
Chinese officials accused of smuggling African ivory on official visitsLos Angeles Times
Tanzania probes alleged ivory smuggling...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Nov

Chinese officials ‘buying illegal African ivory’

Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to East Africa, sending prices soaring, an environmental activist group said yesterday.

 

10 years ago

Sydney Morning Herald

06 Nov

Chinese president Xi Jinping's visit to Tanzania used to smuggle illegal ivory ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese president Xi Jinping's visit to Tanzania used to smuggle illegal ivory ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Dar Es Salaam: Tanzania is studying a report alleging that Chinese officials bought large amounts of illegal ivory during a visit by President Xi Jinping last year and smuggled it out in diplomatic bags aboard his plane, a Tanzanian government official said on ...
Tanzania probes alleged ivory smuggling during Chinese state visitReuters Canada
Illicit Trade in Ivory...

 

10 years ago

ABC Online

08 Nov

Tanzanian ivory not being sold to Chinese diplomats, allegations of buying ...

ABC Online
Tanzanian ivory not being sold to Chinese diplomats, allegations of buying ...
ABC Online
Tanzanian officials have dismissed claims Chinese diplomatic and military staff have purchased illegal white ivory while on official visits to East Africa made by an environmental activist group. The country's foreign minister said the report by the UK-based ...
State slams ivory smuggling claimDaily News
Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices doubleDaily Mail
Tanzania...

 

10 years ago

Voice Of America

08 Nov

Tanzania Denies Chinese Officials Smuggled Ivory

Voice of America
Tanzania Denies Chinese Officials Smuggled Ivory
Voice of America
Tanzania's government is denying allegations in a new report that officials traveling with China's president last year illegally purchased thousands of kilograms of ivory in the East African nation. China has also denied the allegations, made this week by a ...
Tanzania rejects claim Chinese diplomatic visit used for illegal ivory spreeSBS
Tanzania dismisses China ivory reportIndependent Online
Tanzania dismisses...

 

10 years ago

Newsweek

06 Nov

Chinese Presidential Entourage Used Tanzania Trip to Buy Illegal Ivory, Says ...

Newsweek
Chinese Presidential Entourage Used Tanzania Trip to Buy Illegal Ivory, Says ...
Newsweek
Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong May 15, 2014. Tyrone Siu/Reuters. Tweet. AA. Filed Under: World, China, Ivory Trade, Tanzania, Elephants, Africa, Xi Jinping. Chinese government officials ...
Elephant ivory price 'spiked as China VIPs snapped up thousands of kilos'The Guardian
Chinese officials accused of smuggling ivory during...

 

10 years ago

Slate Magazine (Blog)

06 Nov

Chinese Delegation Reportedly Bought So Much Illegal Ivory on Africa Trip the ...

Slate Magazine (blog)
Chinese Delegation Reportedly Bought So Much Illegal Ivory on Africa Trip the ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
China has long been accused of fueling the illegal ivory trade in Africa. A new report out this week from London-based NGO Environmental Investigation Agency says the illicit trade implicates even the highest levels of the Chinese government.
Corruption in Tanzania facilitates ivory tradeMongabay.com
Report links Chinese to elephant poaching in TanzaniaToronto Star
Chinese...

 

10 years ago

Daily Mail

08 Nov

Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices double

Daily Mail
Chinese officials smuggled so much ivory out of Tanzania prices double
Daily Mail
Chinese officials used a presidential visit to smuggle ivory out of Tanzania, an environmental watchdog has said. Diplomats and businessmen bought so much illegal ivory during the visit by President Xi Jinping in 2013 that local prices doubled, the ...
Tanzania Denies Chinese Officials Smuggled IvoryVoice of America
Did Chinese Officials Smuggle Ivory On A State Trip To Tanzania?AFKInsider
Tanzania rejects...

 

10 years ago

CTV News

06 Nov

Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa on state trip: report

CTV News
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa on state trip: report
CTV News
BEIJING -- Chinese officials and businesspeople used a state trip by President Xi Jinping and other high-level visits to smuggle ivory out of Tanzania, an environmental watchdog said Thursday, casting doubt over Beijing's efforts to end the illegal trade that ...
Chinese Accused of Smuggling Tanzania Ivory in State VisitBloomberg
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa: reportNew York Daily News
Report:...

 

10 years ago

Washington Post

06 Nov

Chinese officials accused of smuggling ivory during state visit to Tanzania

CBC.ca
Chinese officials accused of smuggling ivory during state visit to Tanzania
Washington Post
BEIJING — When Chinese President Xi Jinping took a large government and business delegation to Tanzania on his inaugural trip abroad in March 2013, he took pains to emphasize that his country's growing ties with Africa would benefit the people of the ...
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa on state trip: reportCTV News
Chinese officials smuggled ivory out of Africa during state visits,...

 

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