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Explore "pandadiplomacy" with insightful episodes like "From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?" and "How giant pandas became China’s furry diplomats" from podcasts like ""FT News Briefing" and "Stories of our times"" and more!

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From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?

FT News Briefing presents a special episode from Slate’s “What Next” podcast, hosted by Mary Harris. Everybody loves pandas—and China knows it. As we say goodbye to the National Zoo’s pandas, this Slate podcast looks back at 50 years of “panda diplomacy” and consider its uncertain future. Join Harris as she speaks with E. Elena Songster, author of Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China’s Modern Icon and professor of environmental history of modern China at St. Mary’s College of California. FT News Briefing will return with regular episodes next week.

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enDecember 29, 2023

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How giant pandas became China’s furry diplomats

The giant panda has become one of China’s diplomatic tools, after a pair were gifted to President Nixon as an act of friendship in the 1970s. But with US-China relations deteriorating - what can pandas tell us about the two superpowers’ modern relationship?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.

Guest: Didi Tang, Beijing Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: The National Archives, CNN, France 24, CCTV, NBC News, Richard Nixon Foundation, Action News 5, TikTok/@care2petitions, pandavoices.org.

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enJuly 20, 2023

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From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?

How giant pandas became China’s furry diplomats