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Atlanta is getting pandas: China's Xi revives a longtime diplomatic strategy at summit with U.S.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, reviving Beijing's decades-old charm offensive on the opening day of his first state visit to the U.S. in more than a decade.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will be sent from a Chengdu research base to Zoo Atlanta, marking the zoo’s first pandas since its previous four were returned to China in November 2024. Xi made the pledge on the opening day of his first state visit to the United States in more than a decade, reviving Beijing’s long‑standing diplomatic “charm offensive.” The pandas are expected to arrive in the coming days, restoring the zoo’s panda exhibit after it became the last U.S. zoo to lose its bears.
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