FT News Briefing

From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?

FT News Briefing presents <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2023/09/panda-diplomacy-how-china-wields-its-giant-pandas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a special episode from Slate’s “What Next” podcast</a>, hosted by Mary Harris. Everybody loves pandas—and China knows it. As we say goodbye to the National Zoo’s pandas, this Slate podcast looks back at 50 years of “panda diplomacy” and consider its uncertain future. Join Harris as she speaks with E. Elena Songster, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0199393672/?tag=slatmaga-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China’s Modern Icon</a> and <a href="https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/faculty-directory/songster-e-elena" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">professor of environmental history of modern China</a> at St. Mary’s College of California. FT News Briefing will return with regular episodes next week. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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