Weekly Chinese Horoscope (Apr 28 – May 04): Predictions for Tiger Zodiac Sign
Tiger, this week is a good time to honour your space. You pour yourself out time and time again, but now make very light strokes around that energy. You don't create walls, but rather soft fences that help you to grow easily.
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Another bright side of trusting that saying no to what drains you might be a loving act. When you protect your peace, more of your heart gets the chance to stay open and present.
Weekly Career Horoscope for Tiger Chinese Zodiac
An important etiquette of your working life is to know when to come forward and when to retreat. There's leading others or taking a supporting role; however, you shouldn't bury your needs with it all.
Hold firmly, but gracefully. Clear communication is one way to avoid burnout. Quiet but steady was your strength. There is meaning in your work, and it is more sustainable if your energies are used purposefully.
Weekly
Love Horoscope for Tiger
Chinese Zodiac
Love benefits from emotional clarity this week. You might feel the need to pull back a little—not to disconnect, but to realign with your own heart. Give yourself time to notice where you are in your standing and what you truly want.
If partnered, express your needs with tenderness. If single, notice how you give your energy. Love deepens when shared from a place of wholeness and not depletion.
Weekly Money Horoscope for Tiger Chinese Zodiac
Money is founded on healthy boundaries. Think of where your spending connects to habit or emotion. You don't need to be rigid, just thoughtful. Choose peace over pressure with finances. It is very permissive to say no to commitments made unnecessarily or lending your energy to places that won't respect it.
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With this calm, consistent reach, you will need to feel safe and empowered in the most precarious financial times.
Weekly Education Horoscope for Tiger Chinese Zodiac
Your bright learning energy can feel scattered with overcommitment. Learn what seems meaningful to study, not merely what is expected of you. If others require you to reserve time, simply give them a polite "Not now." Protect the concentration from softening.
The more you respect mental energy, the larger the salve will be to perform at what truly matters to you.
Weekly Health Horoscope for Tiger Chinese Zodiac
Your body may be crying out for rest, especially in the nervous system, shoulders, and lower back. Quite likely, you are holding much too much, either physically or emotionally, to build up a little tension. Gentle movement, like tai chi or some elongation, will help release what has been holding on too long.
A warm bath, soft music, or saying no to one more thing can provide real healing. Keep the care of your body a silent bond of love.
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Time of India
36 minutes ago
- Time of India
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Abdul Rasheed is in trouble. Last week, his donkey named Tiger, his only source of income, died in an accident. Without a donkey cart, Rasheed has no way to earn money. But buying a new donkey is now a big problem. Prices have shot up to as high as Rs 2 lakh in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan, far more than the Rs 30,000 he paid for Tiger eight years ago. Rasheed is not alone. Many other poor workers who rely on donkeys for their daily earnings are facing the same crisis. The reason? A growing demand from China, which uses donkey skin to make a traditional medicine called ejiao. It is believed to help with fatigue, improve immunity, reduce tumours, and treat anaemia. China's ejiao industry has seen a huge boom. With not enough donkeys at home, Chinese buyers are turning to Pakistan, where donkeys are cheaper and easier to find. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like "후원은 제 삶에서 많은 것을 바꿔놓았어요." 월드비전 더 알아보기 Undo Ejiao demand fuels price hike As per a PTI report, Dr Guo Jing Feng, who runs a medical centre in Karachi, said China's need for donkey hides is only going to increase. 'This is now a global trade,' he explained, 'and China's demand is much higher than its supply.' Even in the Lyari market, Pakistan's biggest donkey market, prices have jumped. Rasheed says the cheapest healthy donkey he could find was Rs 1.55 lakh. 'How can I afford that? Even if I somehow buy one, what if it dies before I recover my investment?' Live Events Livelihood at stake Donkeys are vital for many industries in Pakistan, from brick kilns and agriculture to transport and even laundry services. Workers like Samad use them to carry heavy loads across rough roads, earning Rs 1,500–2,000 a day, half of which goes into feeding and caring for the animal. With around 5.9 million working donkeys, Pakistan is home to the third largest donkey population in the world, after Ethiopia and Sudan. Chinese interest and ethical concerns In April 2025, a Chinese delegation met with Pakistan's food security minister to discuss setting up donkey farms. The idea is to use local labour for care and management, which could help Pakistan's economy. But not everyone agrees. Dr Asal Khan, a senior official from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said some Chinese companies had shown interest in exporting donkeys, but 'we are not allowing that to happen.' Donkey traders say some Chinese buyers are even willing to purchase weak animals just for their hides. In one case, a group paid Rs 40,000 each for 14 unhealthy donkeys. What about meat concerns? Ethical issues also remain. Saleem Reza of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce says there must be strict rules. 'Donkey meat is haram for us,' he said. 'The government must ensure donkeys are not slaughtered in Pakistan and their meat is not sold illegally.' He added that proper factories are needed to manage hide and meat processing, to make sure nothing enters local markets wrongly. Inputs from PTI
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Hindustan Times
Skyrocketing Chinese demand for Pakistani donkeys in ejiao industry puts the poor in jeopardy
Abdul Rasheed is in a fix these days. Tiger, his donkey and the only source of income, died in an accident last week. Staring at the prospect of dire poverty, Rasheed is undecided about buying a new one as donkey prices have soared in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan. 'A donkey now costs as high as ₹2,00,000 in the market, way too high than the ₹30,000 I paid to buy Tiger eight years ago,' Rasheed, a donkey cart owner said. Rasheed and hundreds of other poor wage earners like him, who are dependent on donkeys as their only source of livelihood, now face a tough competition from high-value buyers from China. The reason for this sudden surge in donkey prices has been a growing demand from China to source these animals from Pakistan. Reason: China's multi-billion-dollar ejiao industry. Ejiao is a gelatin used in traditional Chinese medicine, made by stewing and concentrating donkey skin. It is widely used in clinics for its biological advantages of being anti-fatigue, immunity-improving properties, for tumour suppression, and for its anti-anaemia effect. For animal rights advocates, China's interest in sourcing donkeys, particularly for their hide, is not new. 'Donkey hides have become a global trade now because in China their demand is higher than the supply. And it will grow to satiate a growing demand for ejiao,' said Dr Prof Guo Jing Feng, who runs the Pu-Sheng Medical Center in Karachi providing alternative and holistic health services. Rasheed said despite having good contacts in Karachi's Lyari, the largest donkey market in the country, the cheapest healthy donkey available is for ₹1,55,000. 'Where can I get that sort of money? And even if I manage something, I am not sure whether the animal will not die out on me before I have recovered the money,' Rasheed, whose annual income is less than ₹400,000, said. Donkeys are an integral part of many industries; chief among them being brick kilns, transport, agriculture, waste collection, recycling and even laundry. Poor wage workers use their donkeys or donkey carts daily to load structural iron and other heavy stuff and transport them across several miles every day in all kinds of terrain. A journey of an hour or more earns Samad, another wage worker, a daily income between ₹1,500 and ₹2,000, almost half of which is spent on the donkey's upkeep. It is the bare minimum, but it is also what keeps the household going for this resident of Karachi. Pakistan is only behind Ethiopia and Sudan in being home to the largest number of donkeys. The population of working donkeys in Pakistan is estimated to be 5.9 million. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the number of donkeys in the country has increased by 1,09,000 over the past year. Not only in Pakistan but globally, reports show that around 500 million poor and marginalised people are dependent on working equids (horses, donkeys and mules) globally. In April 2025, Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain held meetings with a Chinese delegation who expressed interest in establishing donkey farms in Pakistan. China's demand for donkey hides is attributed to ejiao as one of the top three tonics used in traditional Chinese medicine. According to a newspaper report, in the last five years, the production of ejiao products has shown a 160 per cent growth, which effectively means millions of donkey skins are required to keep up with the demand. A spokesperson for the Ministry for National Food Security and Research said that the decision to establish donkey farms in Pakistan will be beneficial to the country's economy as it will rely on local labour at every stage, including feeding, caretaking, and the management systems in place. Dr Asal Khan, Director General at the Livestock and Dairy Development Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said some private Chinese companies have expressed interest in animal trading with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. 'These proposals were from private companies and did not mature. Their main purpose is to buy donkeys from here and transport them to China for their hides and we are not allowing that to happen,' he said. The hide of a donkey is not influenced by the overall condition of the animal and, according to Zohaib Shah, who sells donkeys in the Lyari market, some Chinese parties are willing to buy even weak, unhealthy donkeys at low costs. 'In one instance, a Chinese group brought 14 donkeys who were small and not healthy at ₹40,000 per animal,' he recalled. For some, the question of sending Pakistani donkeys' hides to China also poses ethical problems. Saleem Reza, who is a senior official of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, pointed out the biggest one. 'The government has to ensure even if donkeys are in demand by China, they must be sent there without being slaughtered in Pakistan,' he said. 'Donkey meat is haram for us and there has to be a process to ensure it is not used commercially, unethically and illegally. There is a need to establish designated factories for the slaughtering and processing of hides and meat to ensure it does not circulate in Pakistani markets,' Reza added.
Deccan Herald
a day ago
- Deccan Herald
Poor struggle as China eyes Pakistan's donkeys for hides for ejiao
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