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The Guardian · 3d

Exit from Edinburgh zoo may signal end to era of China’s panda diplomacy

Beijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bears

WHDH · 4d

The National Zoo’s panda program is ending after more than 50 years as China looks elsewhere

Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Evening Standard on MSN · 17h

Britain's only giant pandas start journey back to China after 12 years at Edinburgh Zoo

The UK’s only giant pandas will depart for China on Monday after spending 12 years in Scotland.Yang Guang and Tian Tian came to Edinburgh Zoo in 2011 as part of a 10-year agreement between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the China Wildlife Conservation Association,

Daily Mail · 4h

China's cuddliest diplomats: As the UK's only giant pandas leave Edinburgh Zoo after 12 years, how Beijing's 'panda diplomacy' saw a VERY excited Ted Heath meet two in 1974

Chia Chia and Ching Ching arrived in September 1974 to great fanfare, after a deal struck by Edward Heath with China's Chairman Mao. Above: Mr Heath pays the pair a visit.

3don MSN

The era of failed panda diplomacy is over. Now we’re just left with lousy Confucius Institutes

It’s the end of an era – the panda diplomacy era – as the couple’s ‘residency’ in the Scottish capital came to an end on ...

The New York Times26d

The End of Panda Diplomacy?

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the heart of Washington has panda posters, panda mugs, panda pajamas, panda puzzles and even panda ice cream. It has a phalanx of employees and volunteers ...

HUB26d

Is panda diplomacy over?

One of D.C.'s most famous families has officially left town. No, not the Obamas—the giant pandas at the National Zoo. On Wednesday morning, Mei Xiang, 25, a female; Tian Tian, 26, a male; and their ...