Chapter 549 Don’t Blame Us for Everything
Speaking of this, Xiao Peng was also helpless.
If you are a movie star, then act well; if you are a singer, then sing well; if you are a sports star, then win glory for your country; don't get involved in things that you shouldn't get involved in!
A few years ago, there was an ad that really resonated with people. A bunch of celebrities came out and said, "No buying, no killing." It sounded like a loving advertisement, a way to earn money, fame, and a good persona as a nature lover. It's a good thing to do even if it doesn't cost money!
That was China's version of 'political correctness'. Anyone who dared to eat shark fin would be drowned in saliva! As a direct result, China's shark fin industry suffered a devastating blow, with production and sales dropping by over 90%.
Xiao Peng absolutely does not support eating shark fin.
He can eat any shark fin, no matter how expensive it is, as a snack, but he has never eaten a single bite of shark fin.
Were the actions of those stars back then right?
Actually, we can't say they were wrong. Most of them had good intentions, and they did contribute. If it weren't for the desperate propaganda during that period, the Chinese people, whose lives are getting better and better now, might really be able to eat shark fin as much as they want...
But this is a typical case of "good intentions but bad results". As a result of this incident, the whole world believes that shark fin is endangered because of the Chinese people's consumption.
But what is the reality? In those years, China's economy was not good. How many people could afford to eat shark fin?
And to be honest, China is so big, and the only people who have the habit of eating shark fin are Hong Kong Island and a limited number of places in Guangdong and Guangxi. Mainland people eat shark fin more to follow the trend and can't eat much at all!
The organization that came up with this advertisement was called "Wild Rescue". Although it claims to be an "NGO", or non-governmental organization, in fact, everything they do is instructed by the Americans behind the scenes. What they do is constantly throwing dirty water on China, and there are some stupid celebrities who don't even care about their reputation to support them in order to make money.
Recently they came up with the slogan "Chinese people can save the world by eating less meat," and then a few celebrities who eat meat every day came out to urge everyone to eat more vegetables and less meat. This is really something to be criticized!
Back then, when the Internet was not well developed, we believed whatever you said. We kept saying "no buying, no killing", and we also believed that the extinction of sharks was related to us. After all, the Chinese people have two major racial talents: one is farming and the other is eating.
But what about now? More than a decade later, Chinese people no longer eat shark fin, yet the global shark population has not increased compared to more than a decade ago, but is disappearing at a faster rate!
Most of China's coastal areas are continental shelf seas, which have never been a habitat for large sharks! However, the shark fin industry requires large sharks. Therefore, there has never been any large-scale shark industry in China's history!
The sharks most commonly used for shark fin, such as the basking shark, whale shark, great white shark, longtip shark, and porbeagle shark, are all protected species in China. They cannot be caught, and cannot enter the country or be traded without approval. Where can Chinese people go to eat shark fin?
So what's the truth behind shark extinction? It's all Westerners' fault!
Sharks are full of treasures. Compared with other things in their bodies, shark fin is just a by-product. If it can be sold, it will be sold. If it can't be sold, forget it! The real profit point of sharks has never been shark fin!
What are things like cod liver oil and chondroitin made of? They're all made from sharks! 99% of the sharks killed in the world are sold to Western pharmaceutical companies. The shark-processed medicinal products sold on the market are basically imported! But thanks to the tireless efforts of these media outlets, NGOs, and celebrity endorsements, the extinction of sharks is being blamed on the Chinese!
Besides, of the more than 400 species of sharks in the world, over 100 are commercially exploited! Fewer than ten of them are endangered. Sharks that aren't endangered are just like ordinary marine fish. For example, even in the seafood markets of Marseille, sharks are sold every day. The Maasai have no problem eating sharks. They eat and catch sharks themselves, then blame the Chinese for the decline in shark populations. This is their usual way.
The key is that there are people who actually believe what they say!
There are so many people on this planet, each receiving a different upbringing and growing up in a different environment. How can we expect everyone to think alike? Even the Swedish "green girl" who didn't even know bamboo was a herb has fans in China, with some even emulating her and wanting to become China's "green girl." Nowadays, it's no surprise that people will do anything to gain attention.
Ahem, in fact, Xiao Peng originally believed that all sharks were eaten by the Chinese, but as he gained more experience, he found that it was not the case at all!
Xiao Peng has spent so much time in France and has had his share of trouble with NGOs. The environmental NGO, the Paris Zoo, sued France 5, nearly preventing the release of Fabian's documentary. If you ask Xiao Peng what he thinks of NGOs, he has one answer: "Everyone counts, and none of them are good!"
These NGOs are examples of people who stand on the moral high ground and then do bad things! The country with more NGOs is unlucky.
Just like China’s neighbor Kyrgyzstan, since it is the place where Central Asia and China connect, it is naturally also a place where Western countries focus their plans. Of course, they will not come forward in person, but will send NGOs.
Since Kyrgyzstan's independence in 1991, all its presidents, with the exception of the third, have either fled or been imprisoned. Why was the third president able to "start and end well"? Because she served for only a year and a half before stepping down to make way for someone more capable.
Kyrgyzstan is now poor and chaotic, and is prone to "revolution" for no reason. However, the country has developed mining resources and has the second largest gold reserves in the former Soviet Union. Why has it become like this?
That country has a population of only six million but has more than 10,000 NGOs that have more appeal than the government. Various environmental NGOs, human rights NGOs, labor NGOs, legal NGOs, religious NGOs, feminist NGOs, etc. have all gone to Kyrgyzstan.
These NGOs do everything over there except personnel management!
They would gather hundreds or even thousands of people to cause trouble at local Chinese companies. It was cheap anyway, only $12 per person per day, so hiring a thousand people would only cost a little over $10,000 a day...
The presidents over there were all overthrown by "revolutions", and those NGOs were behind all the "revolutions".
It's a pity that there are still some people in China who foolishly think that these NGOs are "great" organizations and worship them to the extreme and lament that there are too few NGOs in China.
If you meet such a person, just slap him/her in the face: It’s all Master Yuan’s fault for making you eat too much!
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