Heir keir is bringing the UK to a new level of cuckery.
They also recently gave up the chagos islands because of “international law,”.. as judged by an ex CCP official. Who surely did not have Chinese interests in mind, no chance of that! And the irony of the CCPs history of not following international laws..
In 2019, Chinese judge Xue Hanqin, then Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), was part of the 13-1 majority ruling that the UK’s administration of the Chagos Islands was unlawful and should end. The ICJ advised that the archipelago should be returned to Mauritius to complete its decolonization.
As for pandas, again Japan is far behind. Canada gave back the last pandas years ago
Jurisdiction: Japan
Current pandas (2026): 0
Historically received: Approximately 30+ pandas (gifts and later loans combined) since 1972
Notes: First two pandas (Kang Kang, Lan Lan) were gifted in 1972 following normalization of relations; subsequent pandas were long-term loans. Japan has no pandas as of early 2026 after the most recent returns.
Jurisdiction: Canada
Current pandas (2026): 0
Historically received: 4 pandas total (all on loan)
Notes: Adult pandas Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in 2013; twin cubs Jia Yueyue and Jia Panpan were born in Canada in 2015. All were returned to China by 2020.
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Current pandas (2026): 1
Historically received: 2 pandas (gifted)
Notes: Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were gifted in 2008. Tuan Tuan died in 2022; Yuan Yuan remains at Taipei Zoo and has produced offspring.
Jurisdiction: Italy
Current pandas (2026): 0
Historically received: 0 pandas
Notes: No confirmed records of panda gifts or loans from China to Italy.
And again the only country not supporting Taiwan by your panda metric is… Taiwan!
They should take a lesson from Meloni. She’s been quietly building ties to Taiwan after she took office and exited the belt and road nonsense. China doesn’t like these big symbolic announcements. Subtance over symbolic moves. She’s been quite savvy in geopolitics. Her hands are tied domestically as no one stays in power in Italy by making real changes that can improve the country. She has mastered the art of doing something at home without doing anything that upsets all the parties.
The way she gave Salvini who was almost PM before with a very popular party a visible position of Minister of Transport but neutered his ability to cause chaos with the EU is pretty smart. He gets to cut ribbons and look like he’s doing something in front of the camera but anyone who lives in italy knows they can’t even fix the roads.
I don’t know, seems to me the country who signed up for belt and road has a lot of catching up to do compared to Canada. You should read up on the TPP after Trump dropped out, including the rename and also why Taiwan isn’t expecting to join any time soon…
