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20/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Politics of Pandas

As the world watches the pandas in Edinburgh zoo, Philip Dodd investigates their allure.

As the world watches the pandas in Edinburgh zoo, Philip Dodd investigates how China uses these mighty beasts for political influence.

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Mao gave them to Nixon, Edward Heath desperately wanted some, and now Alex Salmond has got his hands on two. Has there ever been a more political animal than the panda? In this special programme tied to the arrival of the two pandas at Edinburgh Zoo, Philip Dodd investigates how a lazy, bamboo munching bear with a marked reluctance to procreate became the political gift par excellence.

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