WASHINGTON--China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the species, the number of ...

China has long been sending the rare members of the bear family to nations overseas as a goodwill gesture meant to build ties in a practice dubbed “panda diplomacy”. In 1972, Beijing ...

Before panda diplomacy, there was elephant and giraffe diplomacy. Since ancient Egypt, rulers have found an excuse to gift ...

China has lent or given pandas to other countries since the seventh-century Tang Dynasty, and has had a 50-year relationship of "panda diplomacy" with the US. But the rare animals will soon ...

It may not be my place to say so, but I think China’s panda diplomacy boils down to a desire to be cute and loved by everyone. “When China decides to give a panda to a country, it carefully ...

The author is the head of China Lab. The phrase “Chang’e Flying to the Moon” embodies the Chinese aspiration to soar into the heavens, inspired by Chang'e, the moon goddess. That dream ...

After their departure, two new pandas will take their place in part of a diplomatic exchange known as "panda diplomacy". Executive Director of Zoos South Australia Elaine Bensted says the pandas ...

The pandas arrived at the zoo on October 15, 2024, in the latest chapter in China's campaign of international History of panda diplomacy In 1972, President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon made ...