Explaining China’s Wildlife Crisis: Cultural Tradition or Politics of Development

Authors

Peter J. Li, University of HoustonFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

This chapter is about China’s wildlife crisis. As the following sections attempt to demonstrate, abuse of and assault on wildlife in captivity and in the wild have reached an unprecedented level on the Chinese mainland in the reform era (1978–present). Shocking brutality against wildlife animals has been frequently exposed by Chinese and international media. To readers outside East Asia, they ask if the Chinese are culturally indifferent to animal suffering. Indeed, does the Chinese culture sanction cruelty to animals? Or is it the contemporary politics of economic development that is more directly responsible for the crisis?

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Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation, edited by Marc Bekoff

Recommended Citation

Li, P. J. (2013). Explaining China’s Wildlife Crisis Cultural Tradition or Politics of Development. Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation, 317.