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Xi persists with panda diplomacy after Trump summit

Original: Xi persists with ‘panda diplomacy’ after Trump summit

China is continuing its long-running practice of panda diplomacy, offering giant pandas as gestures of goodwill, in the aftermath of a summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. The move signals Beijing's willingness to keep using the animals as soft-power instruments even amid continued US-China tensions, with the deployment of pandas read as a symbolic olive branch following the leaders' meeting.

Why now: The Xi-Trump summit has renewed attention on China's symbolic use of pandas in international relations.

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• Xi persists with ‘panda diplomacy’ after Trump summit · Yahoo
• Xi persists with ‘panda diplomacy’ after Trump summit · telegraph.co.uk

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