China re-opening tiger trade again?

According to the article on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6745497.stm
China consideres a vague suggestion to reopen tiger trade again, which caused consternation all over the globe. Dissuading them from doing so appears to be imppossible since they have already launched a clear concept supported by facts and figures. Despite their claim that it is mainly for the sake of medicine, thus human future, they still plan to breed and house 5000 tigers on farms, which is more than the whole tiger population world-wide. As far as endangered species are concerned, I believe they should keep their beary ideas for themselves. What worries me is that once there is no official prohibition of tiger breeding, it might soon come that needy natives will want to take the biscuit in the struggle to survive.
As far as the credibility of the information is concerned, obvioulsy the politicians try to squelch the media due to the non-ubiquity of the tigers in the wildness.