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    Photos: China hotel opens with polar bears on show

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    Photos: China hotel opens with polar bears on show

    Bedrooms' windows face onto the pen, visitors told the bears are their '24-hour-neighbors'

    Published:  March 12, 2021 17:14 AFP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Beijing: A Chinese hotel built around a central polar bear enclosure for the non-stop viewing pleasure of its guests opened Friday to immediate condemnation from conservationists. Image Credit: AFP
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    At "Harbin Polar Land" in northeastern China, the hotel bedrooms' windows face onto the bears' pen, with visitors told the animals are their "neighbours 24 hours a day". Image Credit: AFP
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    A video shows the bears photographed by crowds of guests under warm lights, in a space consisting of fake rocks and icicles, and a white painted floor. Image Credit: AFP
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    People look at polar bears inside an enclosure at a newly-opened hotel, which allows guests views of the animals, from rooms on the premises in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province Image Credit: AFP
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    Harbin is famous for its ice-carving festival, and the hotel resembles a giant igloo, with its roof topped by artificial ice. Image Credit: AFP
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    Chinese authorities recently changed the law to ban the consumption of wildlife for food, after speculation over the origins of the coronavirus nudged investigators towards a Wuhan market selling animals. Image Credit: AFP
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    But the use of parts of endangered species in traditional medicine remains rampant, and Chinese circuses and zoos are often criticised for poor standards in animal housing and care. Image Credit: AFP
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