The World's Only Giant Panda Not Belonging to China Can Never Return Home, Causing Countless People to Cry.
Everyone says that scarcity drives up the value of things, the less there is, the more valuable it becomes, and the higher the price. But not everything can be measured by money, like China's national treasures, giant pandas. They are truly priceless.
When it comes to giant pandas, Chinese people have a lot to say about them. Their bodies are plump and round, with 'black circles' around their eyes, and they walk with a slight 'outward turn' of their legs. Just a scratch, and they instantly melt everyone's hearts. Foreigners are completely bewitched by them. However, giant pandas only exist in China, so various countries try their best to get China to send them a few, yes, 'gifts'.
Nowadays, in everyone's impression, giant pandas only 'borrow' for foreign countries, and the renting country has to pay 'rent' every year. Generally, it's around 100,000 yuan, and the rental period is 10 years. If a little panda is born during the lease, an additional 600,000 yuan has to be paid, and the little panda is returned after 2 years. Of course, the renting country doesn't have the ability to take good care of the pandas – it's a huge expense.
Actually, the 'panda borrowing' system didn't start until 1984. Before that, all giant pandas were 'gifts' to various countries in the world. According to records, as early as 685 AD, Empress Wu sent 2 giant pandas to the Japanese Emperor. From 1936 to 1982, China successively gave 40+ giant pandas to foreign countries.
Don't underestimate these giant pandas. Over 8,000 Americans came to the Washington National Zoo in the rain to see giant pandas. They were willing to risk the rain to see giant pandas. Because of the charm of giant pandas, the Washington National Zoo opened for 1 month and more than 100,000 visitors came, which greatly eased relations between the two countries and was called 'panda diplomacy'. However, since the environment abroad is not suitable for giant pandas to live, and the giant panda population has declined, China cancelled the gift system and switched to borrowing.
The two giant pandas who cannot return to China today are the babies born to Bei Bei and Ying Ying, who were sent to Mexico in 1975. They are called Xinxin and Shuangshuang.
Since Xinxin and Shuangshuang are both female pandas, they can't have offspring, and their parents were also sent to Mexico, so Xinxin and Shuangshuang naturally belong to Mexico. Now, Shuangshuang is 33 years old, and Xinxin is 30, which is already more than the average lifespan of giant pandas of 25 years, making them true 'long-lived' giant pandas in the panda world.
According to the zookeepers, Xinxin and Shuangshuang are still in good condition despite their age, and they are happy, they will interact with the tourists. Because bamboo is scarce in Mexico, the cost of importing bamboo from China is too high, so the Mexican zoo usually feeds them prickly pears. Xinxin and Shuangshuang really like it.
Elias and Hoover are the two full-time zookeepers who check the bodies of the giant pandas every day and track their behavior and physiological changes for 24 hours. They have been taking care of giant pandas for 10 years. Overall, the Mexican people and the Mexican people really love Xinxin and Shuangshuang.
But now, Xinxin and Shuangshuang are old, since they were born they have never left Mexico, and they have never seen China. Considering their physical condition, they can't take a plane or a long boat, and they probably have no chance to return to China. Now their parents and siblings have passed away, only Shuangshuang and Xinxin depend on each other in Mexico, which is really sad.
