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The two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, arrived from southwestern China.
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The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (US) has been complex and at times tense since the establishment of the PRC on 1 October 1949 and the subsequent retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan. After the normalization of relations in the 1970s, the US–China relationship has been marked by persistent disputes including China's economic policies, the political status of Taiwan and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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The two pandas will spend about a month in quarantine before making their public debut at Zoo Atlanta.
FedEx provided dedicated air transportation from China to deliver pandas to Zoo Atlanta