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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Red panda diplomacy offers glimmer of hope even as China-Taiwan tensions soar

Taipei is sending African penguins to Shanghai in exchange for red pandas in a bid to establish a cooperative relationship between the two cities through animal exchange.

The capital city of Taiwan on Tuesday signed an agreement to exchange the animals during a rare visit by a Chinese delegation led by Shanghai's deputy mayor to the contested island for an annual city-to-city forum.

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