How China’s pandas became its most valuable diplomats – and its vulnerable children
- Written by David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Anthony Albanese’s recent visit to Chengdu’s panda breeding base showed the enduring power of China’s panda diplomacy.
China has been sending pandas to other countries, sometimes for obviously politicalreasons, since the 1940s. The term “panda diplomacy” became widespread when China gifted two pandas to the United...
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