It's not "rumormongering" when it was a fact before the rumor ever surfaced. https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2019/03/25/san-diego-zoos-last-2-giant-pandas-to-return-to-china/ "The return of 27-year-old Bai Yun and her 6-year-old son Xio Liwu is specified in the zoo’s conservation loan agreement with the People’s Republic of China."
I hope everyone that replied, or thought of replying, before post number 11 of this thread looked into it, and did not just bite onto the BS of Internet news. Yes, USA guys, hackles are raised about the China trade thing. We get it. But never let it skew you from the truths. And the truth is...Once the MAX comes back, the world will be back in it's comfortable cycle. (Anyone notice how shit went bad in markets when the Max problem started? Not really a relation to Trump's tariff thingy, and not the same timing, but maybe?) Airplane rides for the win. Wheee!
So there's a clause for China to recall the animals...I don't see anything about a loan expiration date. The Max problems coincidentally happened as Trump started exerting pressure. Something China capitalized on by grounding the planes
You can't make this stuff up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China's panda diplomacy puts a smile on 'best friend' Putin's face 2 Min Read MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping presented two pandas to Moscow’s zoo at a ceremony with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, in a gesture the Russian president described as a sign of deepening trust and respect between the two powers. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping visit the Moscow Zoo, which received a pair of giant pandas from China, in Moscow, Russia June 5, 2019. Sputnik/Alexander Vilf/Kremlin via REUTERS Xi unveiled the pandas - Ru Yi and Ding Ding - after talks with Putin whom he called his “best friend” at the start of a three-day visit that will see him attend Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg later this week.
This is what happens when an incredibly stupid man who think s he is brilliant goes up against an incredibly brilliant man who knows just how stupid his self-deluding competitor is.
Is it just me, or didn't something weirdly familiar like this happen to Russia during the late 1930s, early 1940s, ala Hitler? And then Hitler lost his mind and he invaded? Hmmm! Xi is gonna' go ballistic, literally! (Lol, just kidding)
China clamps down on Ford, other U.S. companies Though China didn’t spell out any links between the $23.8 million antitrust fine on Ford and the U.S. tensions, "it’s hard to see it as not related," said Andrew Polk, co-founder of research firm Trivium China in Beijing. (Automotive News)
China Tariffs President Trump has waved his tariff stick in Beijing's direction again, telling reporters: "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens... I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time." It's not clear what goods would be involved here. Reuters