Posted:2007-5-30|Source:Chengdu Weekly|No. of Views:
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick cuddles a five-month-old panda cub during a trip to a research center in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, in this Wednesday, Jan 25, 2006 file photo. Robert Zoellick, a nimble negotiator who has crisscrossed the globe as President Bush's trade chief and as the country's No. 2 diplomat, is the White House's choice to be the next World Bank president, according to a senior Bush administration official. During a visi to a Chinese panda preserve, the severe, often demanding Zoellick was photographed nuzzling a panda cub and looking delighted. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she had given Zoellick tough assignments that required him to travel often and fill in for her in Washington, 'and occasionally even hug a panda.'
