Panda Diplomacy: A Mayor’s Quest To Bring Pandas From China To Hawaiʻi
FILE – Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Honolulu, Jan. 27, 2022. Caleb Jones/AP Photo/Caleb Jones When Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi decided he wanted pandas at the Honolulu Zoo, he approached the Chinese Consulate-General in Los Angeles, who gave him some advice: Go to China. The trip, a…