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At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Worry Pandas Could Be China’s Next Target

✇NYT | China
By: Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno
18 December 2025 at 13:01
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.

At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Worry Pandas Could Be China’s Next Target

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno
18 December 2025 at 13:01
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.

© Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press

Visitors watching Lei Lei, one of the Ueno Zoo’s two giant pandas, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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On British Roads, Chinese Cars Are Racing Ahead

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Eshe Nelson
17 December 2025 at 16:30
BYD, Chery and other Chinese automakers are winning over drivers in Britain, where tariffs are low and buyers are open to new brands.

© Owen Richards for The New York Times

Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu
17 December 2025 at 13:01
The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

© Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A new Chinese humanoid robot appeared so lifelike that workers cut its leg open during a demonstration last month.

Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes
16 December 2025 at 18:02
In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.
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