BEIJING — Li Chunke began carving ivory after leaving school as a 15-year-old boy. Today, at 68, this master craftsman is working until the early hours of every morning, trying to finish a 20-inch statuette of Buddha on an unforgiving deadline – before China implements a total ban on ivory sales at the end of this month.
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Simon Denyer - The Washington Post, Portland Press Herald
Thu, 12/14/2017 - 4:18pm
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