China to bring ‘friendship’ panda home from US

After spending

Ya Ya was loaned two decades ago as part of an informal diplomacy program.

After spending two decades on loan to the Memphis Zoo as a tool of Beijing’s so-called ‘panda diplomacy’ efforts, Ya Ya – a 22-year-old female giant panda – will be returned to China amid a hail of concern from animal rights and welfare groups over her health. The US zoo denies claims of poor animal care.

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