Today, the giant panda is not only a national treasure of China, but also loved by people all over the world.

The World Wildlife Fund uses the giant panda as its symbol, and the giant panda has also become an important envoy of China's diplomacy, traveling to zoos in many countries around the world to convey friendship.

But did you know that the first giant panda to reach the West alive was actually smuggled out of China in the name of a pug?

In 1869, a missionary named David brought back a giant panda skin from Sichuan, China, which caused a sensation in the Western world.

Later, explorers and hunters went to China to try and bring back a living giant panda, but they all failed.

In 1936, the 35-year-old New York fashion designer Ruth Hakes' new husband died in Shanghai.

In order to fulfill her last wish of bringing back a living giant panda, Ruth went to China. With the help of a Chinese-American, she found a giant panda cub and named it Su Lin.

After a lot of trouble, Ruth took Pug's license, bribed the customs officials, and finally brought Sulin to the United States.

After arriving in the United States, Su Lin became the most high-profile guest in New York, and Ruth was also known as "Mrs. Panda."

In the first three months of Su Lin's visit to the United States, 325,000 people visited. Major media reported that even Helen Keller came to touch Su Lin. Ruth made a lot of money.

Cub Surin lay on his back on a blanket on the floor, paws spread, looking at the ceiling.

As we all know, Su Lin started a "panda craze" in the West.

Hunters rushed to China and launched a crazy panda hunting operation in the southwestern mountainous areas, which brought huge disasters to the pandas.

After that, Ruth took away three giant pandas from China, but during the hunting process, Ruth witnessed some tragic experiences of giant pandas, coupled with the death of Su Lin, she suffered from depression, and finally died in 1947.

Die in poverty.