China reclaims pandas from US zoos – is the panda politics era over?

Rising tensions between the US and China could lead to the end of “panda politics” between the two countries, in which agreements to loan the bears to US zoos have been used as tools of diplomacy

Giant pandas housed at two US zoos will be returning to China later this year, leaving the US with only one zoo where the public will be able to see the gorgeous black-and-white bears.

It s unclear whether China’s recall of the pandas at the two zoos that are about to lose them is the result of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the zoos and the Chinese government or a reflection of the rising tensions between the US and China. …

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