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Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'southchinatiger'

June 30, 2008

The Shaanxi Province government confirmed yesterday that photographs of the highly endangered South China tiger taken by farmer Zhou Zhenglong were fake. Thirteen government officials have been punished (China Daily reports them being reprimanded, given demerit points or fired) for promoting the photographs in an effort to boost local tourism. Zhou was arrested for alleged fraud and ordered to return his award of 20,000 yuan for his "discovery" of the tiger. Shi Ying, deputy head......

Continue Reading "Extra! Extra! Fake tiger photos, Dalai Lama envoys come to Beijing, China promises Taiwan its tourists will be good"

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