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Bears wait to be fed at the bear farm of Guizhentang pharmaceutical company in southeast China's Fujian province. AP Photo
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Chinese workers collect bear bile, at one of the traditional Chinese medicine company Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms in Hui'an, southeast China's Fujian province. AFP Photo
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Bears are seen at one of the traditional Chinese medicine company Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms in Hui'an, southeast China's Fujian province. Bear bile has long been used in China to treat various health problems, despite skepticism over its effectiveness and outrage over the bile extraction process, which animal rights group say is excruciatingly painful for bears. AFP Photo
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Chinese workers collect bear bile, at one of the traditional Chinese medicine company Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms in Hui'an, southeast China's Fujian province. (AFP Photo)
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Bears are seen at one of the traditional Chinese medicine company Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms in Hui'an, southeast China's Fujian province. AFP Photo
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A worker prepares to drain the biles from a bear in a cage at one of the traditional Chinese medicine company Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms in Hui'an, southeast China's Fujian province.(AFP Photo)
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A bear lies inside a cage at the bear farm of Guizhentang pharmaceutical company, which makes bile tonics during a media tour in Hui'an county in southeast China's Fujian province. Last week, Chinese voiced outrage when the pharmaceutical company that sells tonics made with bear bile announced plans for a public listing. (AP Photo)
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