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Panda Diplomacy

Chinese Government
Ever since the 1950's, the Chinese has had a communist government. The National People's Congress (NPC), the State Council and the President (the head of state) all have the power of the government. As it states in the Chinese constitution, the highest organ of state power of China is the NPC. The president of China's term length is up to 5 years, but it can be renewed for longer.

Panda Rapprochement
Around the 1970's, Mao Zedong was the Chinese communist chairman. During this time also, President Richard M. Nixon was the president of the United States of America. President Nixon went to China for a visit and Mao Zedong stated that they would send two pandas to a zoo found in America. In exchange for these pandas received by the Chinese, President Nixon returned the gift by gifting two musk oxen to the Chinese. This gift between China and the United States show a strong diplomatic relationship of each other. The female panda, Ling-Ling and the male panda, Hsing-Hsing were given on 1972. This is not the first instance that the Chinese has gifted countries with pandas. Although there is a long history behind panda diplomacy, before these two pandas were gifted, for over twenty-years, there has not been a panda in the U.S.