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I was quite busy last week in Mainland. The trip was fine. The flight was a bit delayed but not too bad. Work went well. I found more materials for the design of my products. My supplier took me to an interesting wholesales market for ideas sourcing. It is the world biggest wholesales market. You can find all kinds of products in there such as houseware items, hardware products, gemstones, jewellery parts, travel bags, and many many. It’s too much to explain in details. However, those are low end products with low quality. They are good for selling to Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East. It’s not something suitable for what I am doing.
I saw people selling tiger skin on the street. I asked the seller if it was real, and of course he said it was real, but I don’t think so. The hair was so soft. It didn’t look like real. If it was real then it would be very bad as tigers are animals under protection. They really shouldn’t kill them. The seller told me that the skin costs RMB2,400.00. My God! RMB2,400.00 for a piece of tiger skin if it was real. I feel bad about it.
I was extremely tired after I was back. I used to go for work trip without feeling tired, but now I need to have long hours of sleep to recover my energy. 
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Joyce,
Glad to see you blogging again. I was much saddened to read your entry on the story of Koo. You are correct when you state that we should all cherish what we have, as there are many who do not have enough.
I think that it is terrible that tigers are killed for their skin! At the current rate, it will not be more than another generation or two before they will be an extinct species. Then the only way for future children to see them will be by looking at photographs in a book.
I believe that all governments should become seriously involved in the protection of our planet instead of participating in its wasteful and wanton destruction.
I have no idea if that tiger skin is real or not, but I find it amazing that it could be sold on the street in the open like that.
Looks like quite an interesting trip though!
Thanks for you kind comment Jim! Such selling scene in China is very common. You will see much much more if you go to big city like Guanzhou.
Jumpcut!
Hope it’s not real!