Now, Japanese are heating up over the pros and cons of diplomatic panda of China. A newspaper asked us if we need panda in Ueno Zoo in spite of the super-high rental fee. According to a TV program, half of us agree to rent panda because parents want to let their children see them. On the other hand, half of us refuse to rent panda, because the fee is paid from our tax money(it costs $1,000,000 a year): panda is origin from Tibet: using rare animal for diplomacy is not allowed, etc.
In my opinion, we should not rent a panda any more. we can see 8 pandas in Japan. If parents really want to let their children see a panda, go and see to the zoo located west of Japan. Just leaving aside the issue of Tibet, panda is disappearing from China. And as you know, China is huge country, almost all the Chinese children can not see any panda over their lifetime. It is pity that Chinese government decide to make panda move from their inhabited area for their diplomacy. Chinese economy is increasing at a rapid pace, the government would be afford to run other panda protection facilities in many parts of the country in the future. However, the more we want to keep panda in Japan, the less chance to see a panda for Chinese children.
Because panda inhabit in China(most of them had inhabited in Tibet though), Chinese children are proud of panda. Although panda are loved world wide, I think Chinese children are the best fan of panda. Don't you think we should not have too much desire? Don't you think it is greed of the rich? We are not the rich any more, and we have to think over how we boost international exchanges without money. I wish both Chinese and Japanese government would notice about it.
