Shanghai shop sells coral fixings amid poaching concern

Shanghai shop sells coral fixings amid poaching concern

SHANGHAI, China - A shop in Shanghai, China, sells accessories made of red corals on Nov. 5, 2014. Chinese boats are suspected of massive poaching of corals around Japan's southern Ogasawara Islands.

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