Return of globe-trotting bears unlikely to pause panda diplomacy

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A giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington in November last year, shortly before its return to China. Photograph: Erin Schaff/The New York Times Chongqing, a city in central China with a population of 32 million and a municipal area the size of Austria, this week welcomed four new residents. Giant pandas Qing Hua, Qing Lu, Qiao Yue and Ai Lian will not appear in public until they have settled into their new surroundings at Chongqing Locajoy Theme Park. But they already have a big online following and Chinese media reports describe each of the four female pandas...