China is battling slowing growth as a real-estate crisis, persistently low consumption and high youth unemployment plague the ...

approximately 17.07 million Chinese people keep exotic pets — defined as uncommon or unusual domesticated animals, including aquatic creatures, rodents, birds, and reptiles. The market has ...

The pandemic also sparked fears that animals may be carriers of diseases including Covid-19, which was widely believed to have originated in bats. But exotic pets remain popular in China ...

Past deadly epidemics have been blamed on wild animals – Severe Acute ... How to avoid infection Many exotic species are still widely consumed in China and other Asian countries where they ...