The trend has been dubbed 'punitive panda diplomacy', with the bears becoming a bargaining chip between China and the rest of the world
What time the Google Pixel 8 event is today, how to watch and what we know about the new phoneThe trend has been dubbed ‘punitive panda diplomacy’, with the bears becoming a bargaining chip between China and the rest of the world
Between the 1950s and 70s, China gifted the creatures to zoos in a number of countries in the West, including the UK and USA, in cultural exchanges dubbed “panda diplomacy”.“Giant pandas served the Chinese government as invaluable tools for putting a friendly face on China,” historian Elena Songster wrote in her book. “These fuzzy creatures thawed Cold War tensions and promoted the idea that warmer relations with the inscrutable Communist power could be possible.
He cited sanctions imposed by the US on prominent Chinese citizens and officials, accusations Chinese-made fentanyl is flooding American cities and uproar over a Chinese balloon floating over the US earlier this year among the reasons.