But it belongs to China! China "rents" out pandas (usually in pairs) to various countries/zoos at about $1m a year, for usually a period of 10 years. And if those pandas have cubs, those cubs also belong to China and have to be returned to China when they are 4 years old.
Also every baby panda born is subject to a baby panda tax of $200,000 once they reach 6 months of age. And any panda (baby or adult) that dies due to human error, the zoo will be subject to a $500,000 fine.
If you're starting to suspect China is running a Panda business, you're right.
If you're starting to suspect China is running a Panda business, you're right.
Then I found out that China is claiming ALL overseas Chinese as belonging to China:.
The term "overseas Chinese" has been widely used by Communist Party officials and state-run media in recent years to refer to foreign citizens or residents of Chinese descent -- regardless of their nationality or how many generations of their family have lived overseas. Since President Xi Jinping took office, he has repeatedly asserted that overseas Chinese, too, belong to the nation -- purposefully erasing the line between ethnicity and nationality.
You are mistaken.
I am not a panda.
I do not "belong" to China, or to the CCP, or to Xi Jinping.
Back to pandas, and the fact that we have to return the pandas to China.
What if we didn't?
What if after 4 years, we return the original pair (Kai Kai and Jia Jia), but keep the baby panda (now grown up)?
[On a side note, I think that would be cruel and we shouldn't. Inuka (the Singapore-born polar bear) died alone, and spent the last few years of his life alone. I think we should spare these animals such fate.]
But, what if? [No. I am not serious. This is just a fantasy. The political fallout would be disastrous.]
The point of this post is just this: Ethnic Chinese in of other nationalities DO NOT BELONG to China or the CCP.
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