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Two giant pandas head to Atlanta zoo from China after Trump-Xi agreement
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More on Wikipedia ↗Two giant pandas, on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing's long-standing "panda diplomacy," landed in Atlanta early Sunday morning.
China’s giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have arrived in Atlanta aboard a dedicated FedEx Boeing 777 dubbed the “Panda Express.” The 10-year loan follows Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement during his meeting with Donald Trump. The pandas will undergo quarantine before their public…
The pandas, named Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, took off from China on Sunday aboard the ‘FedEx Panda Express’