11 Feb 2013

No one is more proactive than Quan Li when it comes to saving the South China tiger. The former fashion executive for Gucci founded Save China’s Tigers in 2000. Hong Kong star Chan was invited to...

5:22PM
27 Apr 2012

After spending 2 1/2 years in jail for faking a tiger photograph that set off a series of events undermining the credibility of the central government, Shaanxi farmer Zhou Zhenglong is expected...

1:36PM
4 May 2009

Two senior Shaanxi forestry officials sacked over the infamous, counterfeit tiger photos of 2007 have turned up again in 'leading' positions in their old bureaus - about 10 months after being...

3:55AM
7 Jul 2008

Hao Jinsong's Public Interest Lawyer Centre has boomed since it filed a lawsuit against Shaanxi farmer Zhou Zhenglong and the State Forestry Administration.

8:05PM
28 Mar 2008

It was the South China tiger all over again, except this time it was supposedly spotted in Hunan , captured on video and found to be falsified within days.

Four people involved in...

11:45PM
4 Mar 2008

An NPC deputy has demanded a deadline for an official verdict on photographs that figured in the 'Tigergate' scandal.

The issue has ranked alongside price rises and housing as top...

9:19PM

Shaanxi's provincial government has blamed its forestry department for releasing photographs purportedly showing a wild South China tiger without seeking approval from higher authorities first...

3:25PM

A Shaanxi forestry official has admitted that 'immense public pressure' on the forensic agency responsible for authenticating photographs allegedly of a wild South China tiger has delayed the...

3:21PM

The State Forestry Administration has ordered Shaanxi provincial officials to entrust experts to investigate the authenticity of alleged photographs of a wild South China tiger.

2:28PM

Officials of the Shaanxi Forestry Department had no idea they were plunging headlong into a controversy when they released photographs two months ago of a South China tiger - a species on the...

1:53PM

The farcical events surrounding the claimed sighting of a wild South China tiger - widely thought to be extinct - in Shaanxi province show that paper tigers can be just as dangerous as the real...

1:33PM

Forestry agency refuses to rule on photos

The central government backed away from the south China tiger controversy yesterday, with the State Forestry Administration saying it would...

12:50PM

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