But the expectation of a ban has prompted speculation, and the price of bear gall is on the rise, as is smuggling of it. "We are always looking at the herbal pharmacies," Chiang notes. "But we should turn our focus to the speculative activities of the middlemen."
但是預期禁用熊膽的心理，反讓熊膽像股票一樣被炒起來，鋌而走險的走私因此多起來，「我們一直把焦點放在中藥商，但應該注意的是中間商的炒作」，江雙美說。