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From Mao To Now, How Pandas Became China’s Not-So-Secret Diplomatic Weapon

Photo of two women looking at a giant panda in his enclosure at Adelaide Zoo
Tourists look at a giant panda at Adelaide Zoo, in Australia, on June 1 Zhang Jianhua/Xinhua/ZUMA

China’s Premier Li Qiang has offered to send Australia two new pandas during his visit to Adelaide Zoo, as “friendly messengers of China-Australia relations.” It’s the latest example of China’s enduring and unique “panda diplomacy.”

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