{"id":27676,"date":"2009-01-12T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T07:10:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:38:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:38:12","slug":"2676-the-epic-of-the-pandas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2676-the-epic-of-the-pandas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Epic of the Pandas\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span>Her sponsorship by the National Forestry Bureau and the environmental organisation WWF meant that she had full access to investigate and interview, and so the volume covers a wider range, and in more depth, than similar works. <\/p>\n<p>Fang&rsquo;s book reports the story of humanity and pandas in great detail. A number of those working with pandas &ndash; including Dong Zhiyong, Liu Weixin, Hu Jinchu, Pan Wenshi, Lu Zhi, Zeng Zhou, Li Wuke and Zhang Heping &ndash; have been interviewed. Some of these experts are now in their later years, so the interviews in these pages are of considerable historical value. Fang also includes a review of the events in Chinese history that have had an impact on the pandas. Ample material is provided, along with descriptions of the author&rsquo;s encounters with wild pandas. The style of writing and the creativity she shows are of a very high standard.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are some faults. The book seems almost too literary and lacks the penetration of a genuinely good work. Details are sometimes presented in a disordered manner and the language and chapters appear confused, with no clear point of view and a slight lack of depth of thought. I had hoped that the author would have dealt more strongly with real problems that China faces, but in this aspect the book is weak.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span><br \/>\nAll the same, <i>The Epic of the Pandas<\/i> is still one of the few current environmental literary works worth reading, particularly because of the author&rsquo;s first-hand material and long period of research. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><b><i>The Epic of the Pandas<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<b><i>Fang Min<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<b><i>Chongqing<\/i><\/b><b><i> Press, 2008<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span>&#8212; By Feng Yongfeng<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fang Min&rsquo;s <em>The Epic of the Pandas<\/em> is a unique work. It is, in its publishers&rsquo; words, &ldquo;the first literary description of the historical relationship between pandas and humanity&rdquo;. 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