Amid tensions with U.S., Beijing recalled its pandas.
As relations between the United States and China soured in recent years, Beijing made its unhappiness known by recalling its softest power: pandas. 3 bears departed from the National Zoo last year. However recently The China Wildlife Conservation Association has inked agreements with the San Diego Zoo and the Madrid Zoo Aquarium of Spain “concerning cooperation on the conservation of giant pandas, as part of efforts to step up the protection of the species on a global level.” The decision to send...