China Faces Isolation Amid Setbacks in Panda, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Strategies: Expert

Panda cubs born in 2019 being displayed to the public at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan Province, on Sept. 24, 2019. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Over a dozen pandas were reportedly returned to China from Japan, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Britain, and Germany last year.

“China welcomed 17 giant pandas back home from various countries around the world in 2023,” Chinese media outlet CGTN reported on Dec. 30.