'Toxic' panda fans in China call for keeping the bears at home NBC News Top Stories By: Cheng Wong and Larissa Gao and Peter Guo 25 June 2024 at 12:00 As China resumes βpanda diplomacy,β an online community of panda fans in China and elsewhere has embraced the bears with an enthusiasm that can verge on toxic. Β© An YuanTourists taking photos of giant pandas in Chengdu, China, last month. Β© Kevin LamarquePresident Joe Biden with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Woodside, Calif., in November. Β© XinhuaA giant panda at a conservation center in southwest Chinaβs Sichuan province on June 12.