DOGS AS PETS ILLEGAL IN CHINA: "We'll kill your dogs in your home, Chinese district warns pet owners "

"The keeping of dogs as pets was effectively outlawed
during the first decades of the People's Republic of
China and was denounced by Communist leaders as a
bourgeois affectation and waste of scarce resources.
Over the last 20 years, however, dog ownership has
grown exponentially, despite continuing restrictions
on large dogs in urban areas. A nascent animal rights
movement has also sprung up, with dog lovers..."
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