Category Archives: China

Australian researchers want tougher laws to control China’s use of lab primates

Posted on June 21, 2016 by rosslynbeeby

China must introduce stronger animal welfare laws to regulate the  country’s increasing use of wild and captive-bred primates in medical research, according to leading biological anthropologists at the Australian National University in Canberra. Professor Colin Groves and Dr Alison Behie … Continue reading →

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Climate change already taking a toll on tea production in China

Posted on April 12, 2016 by rosslynbeeby

Climate change is reducing tea yields in China, with changes to  weather patterns over the past 50 years affecting crop growth, quality and chemical composition of tea leaves, according to researchers in the US and China. A study led by … Continue reading →

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