The pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, will be flown to the Smithsonian National Zoo from China before the end of the year.
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Giant Pandas Are Returning to San Diego, China Announces
“Panda diplomacy” has represented an area of cooperation between the United States and China despite tension over weighty issues of trade and national security.
San Diego Zoo Could Be First in U.S. to Get Pandas From China Again
China said it reached agreements with zoos to again send giant pandas to the United States and Europe, continuing a tradition of animal-based diplomacy.
Britain Says Bye-Bye to Its Only Pandas as They’ll Soon Depart for China
The playful, waddling bears charmed millions of people at the Edinburgh Zoo of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
Panda Diplomacy Might Not Be Dead Just Yet
President Xi Jinping of China said his country may keep sending giant pandas to the United States. The National Zoo in Washington sent three of them back to China last week.
As Pandas Leave National Zoo, Is Panda Diplomacy Over?
The giant pandas have left Washington. Some fans find it unbearable.
A Panda Is Coming Home, and Her Chinese Fans Say It’s About Time
Ya Ya, who has been at the Memphis Zoo for 20 years, will soon return to China, where a campaign accusing the zoo of mistreating her has resonated on social media.
An An, World’s Oldest Giant Male Panda in Captivity, Dies at 35
The animal was euthanized in Hong Kong on Thursday because of his deteriorating health, a statement said.
50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’
In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role: softening China’s authoritarian image.
50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’
In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role: softening China’s authoritarian image.