China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its use of the animals for soft power abroad against the demands of an adoring ...

Elena Songster, a historian and author of “Panda Nation: The Construction and Conservation of China’s Modern Icon.” Unique, lovable and free of historical baggage, the black and white bear ...

noting that the global giant panda population has almost tripled — from less than 1,000 to nearly 3,000 — since the China-US conservation program began decades ago. Addressing the ceremony, Chinese ...

Giant pandas , after a hiatus of 14 months, captivated a passionate crowd of patrons as well as officials at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute early Friday morning, as ...

PANDA craze has gripped Hong Kong once again as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs ...

That's because, over the last half a century, China has either gifted or loaned its beloved bears to zoos around the world, a practice that's become known as "panda diplomacy." In exchange ...

People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they know it, they’re hooked: spending hours staring through the glass at panda habitats, pouring over clips of the bears online and ...

The upcoming public debut of the cubs at Ocean Park will serve as a litmus test, with hopes they will spark a viral moment.

As one of China's most beloved national treasures, the giant panda has long captured the hearts of people worldwide. Right now, dozens of giant pandas are living in zoos across the globe ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao join a long lineage of giant panda bears sent from China since 1972 as part of a decades-long partnership between the two countries to help the endangered species breed and as ...