Best of 2023: How giant pandas became China鈥檚 furry diplomats
We鈥檙e listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we鈥檙e listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
The giant panda has become one of China鈥檚 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鈥� modern relationship?
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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