China is the home of the rapidly dwindling population of giant pandas.
A very, very few zoos and wildlife programs outsode of the PRC have been allowed to borrow some pandas (read: rent for 6-7 figure sums per year), because they are such a valuable, rare creatures, symbols of the great nation which is China, that they must only be allowed in the custody of those few institutions who will respect them appropriately.
So why, during a Daily Show bit on “Pandas: Why Do They Hate Us?,” were they able to show footage of trained pandas in a Beijing circus doing things like riding little cars, sliding down slides, putting basketballs into baskets, etc.?
Wait, don’t tell me …
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