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Adrian Black

Panda diplomacy reins as zoo awaits new residents

China has offered to gift Adelaide Zoo a new pair of giant pandas. (Asanka Ratnayake/AAP PHOTOS)

China's visiting premier has announced a panda swap at an Australian zoo but protesters say panda diplomacy shrouds the black and white of a troubling human rights record.

Making the announcement at Adelaide Zoo, China Premier Li Qiang said two new giant pandas would replace Wang Wang and Fu Ni, who have lived at the zoo for 15 years as the only specimens of their kind in the southern hemisphere.

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