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China's Panda Diplomacy Is Losing Its Clout With the U.S.
Original: China’s Panda Diplomacy Is Losing Its Clout With the U.S.
China's long-standing practice of lending pandas to the United States as a goodwill gesture is reportedly losing its effectiveness, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The symbolic panda loans, historically used to signal warmer ties between Beijing and Washington, now carry less diplomatic weight as relations between the two countries grow more strained over trade, technology and security disputes.
Why now: US-China relations are deteriorating, making the decline of this symbolic gesture of goodwill a talking point.
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