France gave the Statue of Liberty. China sends pandas. What do diplomatic gifts mean – and how do you choose one?

France’s offer to the American people was a point made on a colossal scale, and world leaders’ exchange of tokens remains a complex art It was one of the most potent political gifts of modern times: the Statue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture made in France and…

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