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Panda Diplomacy Signals Thaw in US-China Ties
Original: Panda Diplomacy Shows Thawing US-China Ties as Xi and Trump Meet
A meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump has revived talk of panda diplomacy, with China's practice of lending pandas long used as a barometer of bilateral relations. Commentators say the giant panda's return as a symbol points to warming ties between Washington and Beijing, as both sides seek to stabilise their relationship amid trade and security tensions.
Why now: The Xi-Trump meeting has renewed attention to panda loans as a symbolic gesture of improving US-China relations.
Xi JinpingDonald TrumpChinaUnited States
Evidence
- Panda Diplomacy Shows Thawing US-China Ties as Xi and Trump Meet · bloomberg.com
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