The Chinese government has spent millions of dollars donated by zoos in the United States for protecting pandas in the wild on a myriad of expenditures unrelated to conservation, according to a report by the New York Times

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Panda diplomacy leads to millions going to China, with very little oversight

The Chinese government has spent millions of dollars donated by zoos in the United States for protecting pandas in the wild on a myriad of expenditures unrelated to conservation, according to a report. A report by the New York Times, which combed through $86 million worth of financial reports between U.S. zoos and a pair of organizations run by the Chinese government over the past two decades, revealed that the money donated to China was instead…

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Washington Examiner

Philip Anschutz

Washington

District of Columbia

United States

China used US money for panda conservation to fund other projects

American zoos have sent tens of millions of dollars to China for the right to host pandas in the U.S., according to the NYT.

The Daily Caller

Tucker Carlson

Neil Patel

Panda Conservation Projects Backfiring After American Zoos Dished Out Millions To China

China built houses and roads with panda conservation money.

Kiina rakensi pandansuojelurahoilla taloja ja teitä.

NY Times: Eläintarhat antoivat kymmeniä miljoonia pandojen suojeluun – Kiina käytti rahat kaikkeen muuhun

Ilta-Sanomat

Sanoma

Finland

NY Times: Zoos gave tens of millions to protect pandas - China used the money for everything else

A bombshell NYT report revealed that China has been misusing millions of dollars sent by American zoos for Panda conservation. The report accused Beijing to be using the money to build apartments and other infrastructure, while Panda conservation takes the backseat

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Mukesh Ambani

Mumbai

Maharashtra

India

American zoos sent millions to save pandas, Chinese govt diverts funds to build roads, buildings: NYT

American zoos have dished out millions to China for panda conservation projects, but the money has instead largely been spent developing China’s economy, according to The New York Times. U.S. zoos have sent tens of millions of dollars to China for the right to host…  Panda Conservation Projects Backfiring After American Zoos Dished Out Millions To China.

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Panda Conservation Projects Backfiring After American Zoos Dished Out Millions To China.

For decades, American zoos have raised tens of millions of dollars from donors and sent the money to China for the right to host and display pandas. Under U.S. law, those funds were required to be spent protecting pandas in the wild. But the Chinese government instead spent millions on apartment buildings, roads, computers, museums and other expenses, records show. For years, China refused even to account for millions more. Regulators with the U…

DNyuz

U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That’s Not How China Spent It.

For decades, American zoos have raised tens of millions of dollars from donors and sent the money to China for the right to host and display pandas. Under U.S. law, those funds were required to be spent protecting pandas in the wild.
But the Chinese government instead spent millions on apartment…

Upstract

Millions of Dollars to Protect Pandas Was Spent by China on Roads and Buildings

American zoos have sent tens of millions of dollars to China under the Endangered Species Act in what some have referred to as "panda diplomacy" over the past few decades. In exchange for the large amounts of money, China ships pandas, in pairs, to American zoos. The National Zoo in Washington and the San Diego Zoo are among them. The money, by U.S. law, is supposed to be spent on protecting pandas in the wild. However, a New York Times investig…

Pandas are cute, cuddly, and, it turns out, an important distraction from the fact that tens of millions of dollars raised by US zoos to fund the protection of wild giant pandas instead went to essentially whatever projects Chinese officials decided. That's according to a New York Times investigation, which...

Newser

Patrick Spain, Michael Wolff

Miami

Miami-Dade County

Report: $86M Sent to China to Protect Pandas Went Elsewhere

Washington, Nov 29 (EFE).- The money that U.S. zoos collect to pay China the right to house and display pandas in their facilities is not being spent on conservation, but is being invested in other expenses, according to an investigation published this Friday by the New York Times. According to U.S. law, the tens of millions of dollars of donors that U.S. zoos have raised for years to send to China should be used to protect pandas in nature, som…

Washington, 29 nov (EFE).- El dinero que los zoológicos de Estados Unidos recaudan para pagarle a China el derecho de albergar y exhibir pandas en sus instalaciones no está siendo destinado a la conservación, sino que se está inviertiendo en otros gastos, según una investigación publicada este viernes por el diario New York Times. Según la ley estadounidense, las decenas de millones de dólares de donantes que los zoológicos estadounidenses han r…

China used US money for panda conversation to fund other projects: NY Times

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