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[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Did you know, that all Panda bears 🐼 worldwide are all owned by the Chinese government? Pandas outside of China are only on loan.

Just some useless information because of the username...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not quite true, there is one single panda they don't own, Xin Xin at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, that Panda is a leftover from better times when China gave them as diplomatic gifts. Its the offspring of 2 Pandas that were originally given to mexico before the 1980's when China stopped gifting and started the lending thing.

There are 2 more, that are not considered a loan, in Taiwan. But they are more a "F*ck your independence, you belong to us anyways"-gifts with the Chinese arguing that it was an inner country transfer and not a gesture to a foreign nation.

Nevertheless, all Pandas outside of China have been political pawns for the Chinese government including Xin Xin in Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've seen some recent news about China gifting Brazil a panda in a diplomatic move. So, they don't own all pandas, or wasn't it really a gift?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

They are given as a loan. The Wikipedia page about Panda diplomacy someone else linked is quite interesting and explains it all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Gifting the temporary use of the panda