For a communist regime, the CCP sure loves its crony capitalism -- allowing the wildlife trade to continue because traditional Chinese "medicine"* and extinction-eating are so lucrative to those with influence.

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* Rhino horn, pangolin scale, and bear bile (etc.) placebos. https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1260640854558949376

Uighurs existing and having their ancestral cemeteries and places of worship? The CCP will crack down on that no problem. Black people wanting to eat in cafes and restaurants like everyone else? It'll crack down on that too. But the wildlife trade? Nah, nothing the CCP can do...