▲「The New York Times」June 29, 2010, By ANDREW E. KRAMER. (部分)
〈http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/world/asia/30animals.html?hp〉
BLAGOVESCHENSK, Russia ― It was a routine arrest, warranting only a brief mention in the local newspaper, Amur Pravda. Customs agents, suspicious of a woman’s bulky clothing, discovered she had tape wrapped around her torso./Removing it, they found the contraband: several large, furry bear paws./Closed for decades, the border between Russia and China has been creaking open in recent years, allowing more trade and travel but also clearing the way for a peculiar cross-border criminal enterprise in animal parts for Chinese medicine and cooking. [...] But it is bear paws, a ritual dish for the Chinese, that are the most common commodities in this underground market, Mr. Vaisman said. He estimated that thousands were smuggled each year.
いま、中国料理の熊の掌の多くがロシア産だそうな。
〈http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/world/asia/30animals.html?hp〉
BLAGOVESCHENSK, Russia ― It was a routine arrest, warranting only a brief mention in the local newspaper, Amur Pravda. Customs agents, suspicious of a woman’s bulky clothing, discovered she had tape wrapped around her torso./Removing it, they found the contraband: several large, furry bear paws./Closed for decades, the border between Russia and China has been creaking open in recent years, allowing more trade and travel but also clearing the way for a peculiar cross-border criminal enterprise in animal parts for Chinese medicine and cooking. [...] But it is bear paws, a ritual dish for the Chinese, that are the most common commodities in this underground market, Mr. Vaisman said. He estimated that thousands were smuggled each year.
いま、中国料理の熊の掌の多くがロシア産だそうな。