Giant pandas at the Edinburgh Zoo may have to return to China next year due to financial pressure. Yang Guang and Tian Tian cost about £ 1 million a year to lease from China. Zoos wishing to breed pairs are nearing the end of their 10-year contract with the Chinese government and may not be able to renew their contract. 3янв. 2021
Why does China care about pandas?
International recognition. Other countries recognize the importance of pandas as a symbol of diplomacy, which symbolizes the state of relations with China. When China's then President Hu Jintao visited Japan in May 2008, China announced that it would lend two pandas to Japan.
What happens to the pandas sent back to China?
As with the previous agreement, the zoo will pay the Chinese government $ 500,000 a year until 2023, keeping Chinese-owned pandas in Washington, DC. Under the terms of the previous agreement, the cubs born to Macian and Tian Tian had to return to China. When they were 4 years old. The 8th. 2020г.
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