As long as it is only Calgary Zoo talking problems amongst themselves and not engaging in any constructive dialogue with the Chinese panda management authorities it is unlikely to come to pass, I am afraid. It requires 2 to tango!
Not unimportant, I do believe is the fact that the Giant Panda deal at the onset was very much a fully supported national diplomatic effort on the part of both countries Canada and PR of China. To be seen to want to undo and renege on a long standing agreement by one party, may have far wider repercussions both diplomatically as well as in terms of economic and cultural interests far beyond this one agreement.
Whereas it is fine to have diverging opinions - I mean Calgary Zoo's position only here ... mind you -, I cannot help but think the continued unhealthy talk in the public domain vis a vis PR China might in some form or other be colouring the discourse here. Various issues in the public domain have recently gone back and forth over relations within some countries pertaining to relations with PR of China and not all of that has been quite the healthy and mature public domain discourse one might wish to expect, nay often being one-way, singular and unilateral with nationalist ressentiments at their core rather than rational inter-relational dialogue.
My question being: Is the Calgary Zoo really talking with the Chinese panda management authority or not and how will this affect it financially as reneging on any termed contract almost invariably has punitive fines involved?
