The fuzzy geopolitics of the giant pandas’ return to China

The D.C. National Zoo’s beloved pandas – Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji – departed for China Wednesday, marking the end of a 23-year-era for the city and amplifying fraught Sino-American relations. The three pandas were escorted from the zoo via a presidential-like motorcade to Dulles…

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