China's pandas are not just pandas. They're diplomats. You're friendly to China? You get a panda. You criticise China? You ...
China’s pandas are not just pandas: they’re diplomats. In recent years China has been hostile toward the West, with the most literal symbol of their displeasure being the withdrawal of their pandas ...
China’s government has gifted and distributed numerous pandas to countries to show their friendship and strengthen their ...
Beijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bears ...
It’s the end of an era – the panda diplomacy era – as the couple’s ‘residency’ in the Scottish capital came to an end on ...
I was told that many American people, especially children, were really reluctant to send them off,” Xi said. “I also learned ...
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the heart of Washington has panda posters, panda mugs, panda pajamas, panda puzzles and even panda ice cream. It has a phalanx of employees and volunteers who ...
Animal diplomacy has been used to strengthen relationships between countries for decades, with the most known exchange ...
President Xi Jinping of China said his country may keep sending giant pandas to the United States. The National Zoo in Washington sent three of them back to China last week. By Edward Wong ...
One of D.C.'s most famous families has officially left town. No, not the Obamas—the giant pandas at the National Zoo. On Wednesday morning, Mei Xiang, 25, a female; Tian Tian, 26, a male; and their ...
(CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of ...
