{"id":40077185,"date":"2020-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/china-dialogue-ocean-staging.darkbluehq.com\/uncategorized\/15197-dolphins-of-shantou-zheng-ruiqiang-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:30:27","slug":"15197-dolphins-of-shantou-zheng-ruiqiang-interview","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/ocean\/15197-dolphins-of-shantou-zheng-ruiqiang-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Zheng Ruiqiang and the dolphins of Shantou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Zheng Ruiqiang is a marine biologist based at Shantou University in southern China. He\u2019s been studying Indo-Pacific humpbacks for the past ten years. Often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin, the species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN\u2019s Red List. The populations that still survive along China\u2019s busy coastline are particularly threatened, despite their importance in Chinese culture as a \u201ctreasure of the sea\u201d. Since moving to Shantou University in 2017, Zheng has been focusing his research on the small group of dolphins that live in the harbour\u2019s shallow waters. He knows each individual well: one is missing most of its tail after a ship strike, another has lost both of the two calves she\u2019s given birth to over the past few years. In this interview, Zheng shares his concerns for the group\u2019s future and the measures needed to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-production-credits\"><br>Production credits:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directed by Yao Dewei<br>Filmed by Li Zengchang<br>Camera assisted by Yuan Xiangfa<br>Lighting by Chang Liming<br>Driving by Xi Tao<br>Edited by Bonnie Au<br>Produced by Lizi Hesling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thanks-to\">Thanks to:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hong Kong Ocean Park Conservation Foundation<br>The Paradise International Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-music\">Music:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Chad_Crouch\/Night_Tracks\/The_Gloaming\/\">The Gloaming<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Chad Crouch, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\">CC BY NC<\/a><br>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/TRG_Banks\/TRG_Banks_Christmas_Album\/The_star_of_Bethlehem\/\">The star of Bethlehem<\/a>\u201d by TRG Banks, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC 0<\/a><br>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Chad_Crouch\/Electric_Piano_Duets\/Lemonade_1273\/\">Lemonade<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Chad Crouch, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY NC<\/a><br>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Kai_Engel\/Chapter_Four__Fall\/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Four_-_Fall_-_08_November\">November<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Kai Engel, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY<\/a><br>\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Kai_Engel\/Chapter_Four__Fall\/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Four_-_Fall_-_05_October\/\">October<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Kai Engel, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-copyright-notice\">Copyright notice:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video is released under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial<\/a> licence. For a copy of the video file or a clipreel of the footage used, please contact us at: <a href=\"mailto:multimedia@dialogue.earth\">multimedia@dialogue.earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this exclusive video, we talk to scientist Zheng Ruiqiang about the dangers facing China\u2019s small populations of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40065678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[50039901],"tags":[511,523],"country":[],"class_list":["post-40077185","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ocean","tag-biodiversity","tag-conservation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zheng Ruiqiang and the dolphins of Shantou<\/title>\n<meta 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