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China dispatches pair of pandas to Atlanta zoo, reports CCTV, after Trump-Xi summit
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Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 498,715 at the 2020 census and an estimated 529,110 in 2025, Atlanta is the eighth-most populous city in the Southeast and the 36th-most populous city in the United States. Atlanta is classified as a Beta+ global city. The Atlanta metropolitan area has an estimated population of over 6.4 million and is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
More on Wikipedia ↗Ping Ping and Fu Shuang travelled aboard a dedicated Boeing 777 emblazoned with a panda logo Read more at The Business Times.
Two giant pandas, a male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang, landed in Atlanta on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the U.S. Read more:...
Diplomacy between the United States and China often centers on high-stakes issues like trade and technology, but in Atlanta it is arriving with fur.