China to Resume Its ‘Panda Diplomacy’ With U.S., Europe

(Bloomberg) — China said it will renew its “Panda Diplomacy” efforts with the United States and other nations, reversing the trend over recent years of bringing the bears back home from foreign zoos.

China’s wildlife agency reached an agreement with the San Diego Zoo in California and the Madrid Zoo in Spain on “a new round of international cooperation on panda conservation,” according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.