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2 Giant Pandas Will Soon Call Zoo Atlanta Home as China Renews Its ‘Panda Diplomacy’ with the U.S.
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Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport early Sunday morning, Zoo Atlanta announced.
WASHINGTON – Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is sending two giant pandas to the zoo in Atlanta, calling the pandas an "envoy of friendship" between China and the United
China's Xi Jinping said two giant pandas will arrive in the coming days. Tensions between the U.S. and China led the Chinese to reclaim four pandas from Atlanta in 2024. But Thursday, Xi described the panda loan program as an example of China’s friendship with the United States