Panda fan culture once flourished in China. But Beijing is tightening control of discussion of a national symbol. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl has spent months reporting on China’s ...

Hua Hua’s unprecedented popularity epitomizes a new wave of “pandamonium” that is sweeping across China, following a decades-long government effort to transform the giant panda from a little-known ...

From the gates of the famed Chengdu Panda ... China, following a decades-long government effort to transform the giant panda from a little-known animal into a cultural icon, a national symbol ...