The Chinese pandas chief visited Israel last week with a huge 200-man business delegation, to determine if the Haifa zoo is Panda-worthy. Watch adorable video.
Following a diplomatic tradition going back millennia, China will be gifting Israel with two giant pandas, if it decides that the conditions in the Haifa zoo meet the animals’ needs.
![Four-month old panda babies playing at Atlanta Zoo, December 12, 2013.](https://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.629588.1417519804%21/image/2399376905.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/2399376905.jpg)
Four-month old panda babies playing at Atlanta Zoo, December 12, 2013. – Photo: Reuters
The delightful duo, which are actually a primitive species of bear, would be the latest to travel further to China’s “Panda Diplomacy,” a policy first employed by the Empress Wu Zetian in the year 658 AD to charm the Japanese emperor Temmu. Continue Reading »