Want a panda? Then, be nice to China | If You're Listening | ABC News In-depth
China’s pandas are not just pandas. They’re diplomats. In recent years China has been hostile toward the West, with the most literal symbol of their displeasure being the withdrawal of their pandas from zoos around the world. And yet, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be having a change of heart. This may indicate something very important - a return to a more peaceful relationship with the West.
But why? And why are pandas the key to understanding it?
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Matt you are my favourite podcaster by a country mile. If you're listening is just plain wonderful. Entertaining, informative, funny.
Love your work. Beware of those that advocate change. Your show is ideal as it is. Light and informative.
Too bad, there is no kangaroo diplomacy for Australia.
I have no idea how these aren’t more popular, keep up the great work!
Matt You rock mate. Keep up the good work. Always looking forward to your articles.
congratulations matt on your continued good work
Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.
I love all your videos Matt... keep up the good work.
Bamboo is not a wood it's a grass.
@benineimeo
5 ай бұрын
To be fair he said "like wood" and as far as grass goes, it's pretty like wood.
China we love panda's
Enjoy the segments / well put together, cheers
This video has good historical context but far too simplistic with the recent development, the tension between China and the West is so much more complicated than just a rogue diplomat. The fracture began at the start of 2010s when Xi's much more hawkish and aggressive faction assumed power, then China started to reform their currency to be used for international trades, which was viewed as a threat to the petrol dollar hegemony, there's been a whole host of other issues since then that factored into it, certainly much more than just some official who started tweeting in 2019.
@AZ2PM
5 ай бұрын
There's a whole series from this guy (China are you listening) from 2021 that covers everything in detail
Thank you for fixing the high-frequency noise
No panda for you.
Love your work. Not my favorite video, but it wasn't bad. Keep up the great work.
Nice work. Independent and critically super fair. Worth mentioning the sense of humour too.
Yeah, nah, nah, don't change anything! This show is excellent.
Such informative And fun vudeus!
let's remember, that Pandas are on loan for agreed specified periods of time, so at the end of that time, return home.
No panda for you You come back 1 year!
I could take or leave the pandas.
Oh yeah baby, give us some more chest hair 😝
There are less than 2000 pandas in the whole world . In China, we try our best to save this creature. You may think it unfair,however ,panda requires its special environment , needs to be well taken care of. Considering normal sense, would you lend money to someone you even can't get along with?
I think Australia should do koala diplomacy
❤
Your pretty good.
Well china 🇨🇳 definitely understands that losing the support of the west and the global south at the same time isn’t in the best of its interests. To counter India’s growing influence in the global south or at least prevent them from being the global workhorse, and with a plummeting economy China needs the US and wants to be on their good books for the time being.
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
China is smarter than USA, but that's not hard.
"Meh Pandas." I am looking forward to your next non panda related stories :)
Keep the pandas next time, don't give em back
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
WW3.
The ACMA are changing the amatur radio licence to a class licence... there's a aussie current story and its not covered by like ch7 and the like ...
@KeiranR
5 ай бұрын
could talk about its history like the tracking we did for nassa for the moon landing .. how amature radio clubs have helped the community in the time of disaster ..wicen ect..
... nice show but the sublime anti-China place at the very end is so subtle. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Pandaplomacy.
Can we take our koalas back?
You forgot to mention the 400 US military bases surrounding the PRC and logically a country cant invade its own territory as Taiwan under international law is an integral part of sovereign PRC.
I bet there will be listening devices right under there skin
@Sagealeena
5 ай бұрын
What are they going to listen to, the inside of their zoo enclosure? The random zookeepers who take care of them? I really don’t understand your thought process
5:48 That foul mouthed PM of yours are gone, that I know.
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
What do you know, please tell?
stay away from the media talking points given to you by your bosses or this will fail
And the video start with another dumb misinterpretation of panda. In the wild they actually can and will hunt and eat meat.
@even77
5 ай бұрын
If you watched the whole thing they do say this..
Wow, abc has stooped to this level?😳🤔
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
No, this is MBBC.
You shouldn't kiss them Matt; never know what diseases could be transmitted from an animal, from China. 😁
@mathewrowe8840
5 ай бұрын
China bring back Trump
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
Please explain?
@SAL-zg7xd
5 ай бұрын
it is from Fort Detrick Lab in Maryland - shut down in 2019, where the training base for military game located. And it brought to Wuhan by the US via Wuhan International Military Game by 300 + athletes and personnel (one note, with 300+ from the US, 0 Gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze. ranking 35th)... 5 sick athletes being transferred back via military plane mysteriously days before the whole delegates went back...
@martintaper7997
5 ай бұрын
@@SAL-zg7xd What?
Don't feed the enemy
Long Live China