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Two giant pandas on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing’s long tradition of “panda diplomacy” have arrived at Zoo Atlanta.
For now, both Ping Ping and Fung Shuang will hang out in a biosecure area of the zoo's new giant panda complex for quarantine.
One of the few outcomes from the recent Trump-Xi bilataral meeting was China's decision to loan two pandas to the US. While the country is known for having turned the gifting of animals into a diplomatic art form, the practice's history goes back many thousand years.