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Dec 2023
28m 35s
From “What Next”: Wait, China’s Taking O...
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FT News Briefing presents
a special episode from Slate’s “What Next” podcast
, 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
Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China’s Modern Icon
and
professor of environmental history of modern China
at St. Mary’s College of California. FT News Briefing will return with regular episodes next week.
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