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What Exactly Is "Panda Diplomacy"?
China's long-standing practice of loaning giant pandas to foreign countries is drawing renewed attention. Under "panda diplomacy," Beijing gifts or leases pandas to friendly nations as a symbol of goodwill, with the animals and any cubs remaining Chinese property. Commentators are revisiting the tradition as panda loans, returns and renewals continue to make headlines in international relations coverage.
Why now: Panda loans and returns between China and other countries keep generating news interest in this unusual form of soft power.
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- What Exactly Is "Panda Diplomacy"? · The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz · 42.8K
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