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Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological

  • Written by John M. Kinder, Professor of History and American Studies, Oklahoma State University
imageGiant panda Xiao Qi Ji walks around his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in September 2023 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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