China, for its
part, has banned any trade in
tiger products
since 1993, nearly eliminating
tiger parts from medicine shops, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare — something I witnessed for myself in China.
But
since 1993 trade in rhino horn, (as well as
tiger parts) was banned by the Chinese government with the aim of stopping the use of endangered wildlife derivatives in TCM: but advocates cling to historical evidence, knowing their ancestors used it, their parents, grandparents: the reason why it continues to be used today by many Chinese families.