In the mid-2000s I was a journalist based in Shanghai and I came upon what seemed like a great story idea. China’s economic rise had created a fascinating dynamic with the animal realm. While a ...

The stigmatization of Asian people and their culture as “inferior” or “exotic” isn’t a new phenomenon. What is considered acceptable or “strange” meat is often the result of arbitrary cultural norms, ...

A strict ban on the consumption and farming of wild animals is being rolled out across China in the wake of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, which is believed to have started at a wildlife market in ...

Last year, Peter Daszak, a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) investigative team that looked into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, told NPR that he believed the outbreak most likely ...

The Chinese government has reportedly allowed some wet markets in the country to reopen as the coronavirus threat in the country has allegedly decreased. The coronavirus that has killed more than ...