China sends two giant pandas to US
Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are headed to a zoo in Atlanta, Georgia, where they will be spending the next 10 years.
Beijing, China - China has sent two giant pandas to the United States, state media reported, following a high-profile summit in Washington that yielded few tangible results. The decision to send the pandas was announced during President Xi Jinping's visit to the US. The black and white bears, named Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, departed from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on a chartered plane early Sunday morning.
They are scheduled to spend the next ten years at a zoo in Atlanta, Georgia. The pandas' journey was marked by a farewell ceremony held by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. In a separate diplomatic move, Beijing recalled two of its pandas from Japan earlier this year, following a tense relationship that was further strained when Japan's prime minister suggested the possibility of military intervention in Taiwan.
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