China secured huge international media coverage when its Government-controlled State media reported pangolin scales had been removed as a raw ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) – but in reality they can still be legally traded and used.
The Chinese Government has removed pangolin scales as an ingredient from the latest edition of its traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacopoeia but concerns remain
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Demand for pangolin scales in China for traditional medicine drives poaching and trafficking across Africa and Asia
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