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  • Episode 416
  • 18 Dec 2021
  • 30 min

Pandas, pangolins, and koalas: can animals be diplomats?

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Episode 416
  • 30 min

Exotic animals have long been used as unlikely but effective furry ambassadors to further a country’s international influence. Whether it’s China strategically loaning giant pandas as a gesture of goodwill, Australia flaunting the kangaroo as part of its national brand or Taiwan dispatching pangolins to Prague, animals have been used…

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  • Andrew Mueller

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