Peter Li is an associate professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, specializing in animal policy and law in China. He is also a China Policy Specialist for the Humane Society International.
On Wednesday, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, two giant panda bears who lived in the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., for more than two decades, returned to China , together with their cub, a 3-year-old named Xiao Qi Ji 'little miracle'). In the last four years, the San Diego Zoo and the Memphis Zoo have also had to say goodbye to their pandas when their agreements with China expired.
Pandas were even included in the embargo on trade with China. Admittedly, animal gift-giving is not confined to China. However, the nation’s panda diplomacy remains culturally and politically potent. Besides the U.S., many other countries have received pandas as gifts or loaned exhibits. China’s snuggly strategy toward the U.S. and Japan coincided with a three-decade cooperative relationship with both countries.
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