In the 40s of the 20th century, Song Meiling and Song Ailing during the Republic of China created the gift model of "panda diplomacy", giving giant pandas as national gifts to those countries and regions that maintain good relations with China, the most famous "panda diplomacy" is Nixon's visit to China in 1972, Premier Zhou Enlai announced that the giant pandas "Lingling" and "Xingxing" were presented to the United States as national gifts.
A historic grip
Between 1957 and 1982, the giant panda, a species unique to the mainland, was presented to the Soviet Union, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Spain between Mexico and a total of 23 pandas.
Gift of giant pandas to Mexico
In 1975, on the third anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico, China presented the giant pandas "Yingying" and "Bebe" (Pepe) to Mexico as national gifts, so two giant pandas less than a year old traveled across the ocean to settle at the Chaputepec Zoo in Mexico.
Between 1980 and 1987, a total of 5 children and seven children were born, which was the largest panda family overseas at that time, and after the death of "Yingying" and "Beibei", the descendants were left with "Xinxin" and "Huanhuan", and "Huanhuan", who was born on June 15, 1987, died safely on the day he celebrated his 35th birthday.
So so far, only "Shin Shin" is not a Chinese giant panda, why do you say so? Because in 1984, the national law convention stipulated that all giant pandas in the world belong to China, including foreign-born panda cubs, but according to the previous gift agreement, "Shin Shin" only belongs to Mexico.
Giant panda "Shin Shin"
Born on July 1, 1990, Shin Shin is one of the longest-lived captive giant pandas in existence and the only giant panda in Latin America. Today's "Shin Shin" is 33 years old, equivalent to a human centenarian, although a "bear" alone in Mexico, but it is still very good to see "Shin Shin".
The yard is rich in vegetation and looks like a secret garden, "Shin Shin" also likes to pace in the yard after eating, the hair is still very shiny, and the bamboo is still very strong. Even though Mexico has a small temperature difference in four seasons and a pleasant climate, the zoo still has air conditioning for "Shin Shin", and because of its age, it is also equipped with special breeders and veterinarians, and there is a monitoring room 24 hours a day to observe changes in "Shin Shin's behavior and physiological indicators".
Do you believe pandas eat cacti? I also knew for the first time that sometimes the zoo would feed "Shin Shin" cactus pulp, and the keeper would pull out the spikes of the cactus, leaving only the tender leaf meat to feed to "Shin Shin", which may be a side of water and soil to raise a panda, and over time it is also used to it, and it is happy to eat.
There is also bamboo in Mexico, but it has never been suitable for the stomach of Chinese giant pandas, because the cost of importing bamboo from China is too high, so Chaputepec Zoo specially grows an Asian variety of bamboo, and every day keepers will carefully select the finest and most tender bamboo for "Shin Shin" to eat.
Subsequent
In 1982, in response to the global call to protect endangered animals, China had stopped the traditional model of "panda diplomacy" in response to the global call to protect endangered animals, but it has now been replaced by the name of "cooperative breeding of giant pandas".
The black-and-white and cute pandas are tasked with exporting China's soft power to the world, but since they have only chosen to thrive on Chinese soil, we Chinese sons and daughters have the responsibility to protect them, don't we?