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Panda Diplomacy: Media

How China has used its soft—and very cute and cuddly—power

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The first lady and the panda
During the historic presidential visit to China in 1972, first lady Pat Nixon, in...
White House Photo—Nixon White House Photographs/NARA
The products of panda diplomacy
Giant pandas Qing Bao, left, and Bao Li, right, getting accustomed to their new digs...
© Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images, © Shannon Finney/Getty Images; Photo composite Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.