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Buying ivory is buying bullets: Yao Ming

(Xinhua)    13:11, March 06, 2014
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BEIJING, March 6 -- Former NBA star and Chinese icon Yao Ming on Thursday called for the eradication of sales of illegal animal products through legislation and promotion of animal protection awareness among the public.

"Buying ivory is buying bullets," said Yao, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of the country's top political advisory body.

(Editor:SunZhao、Yao Chun)

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