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The winner in China's panda diplomacy: the pandas themselves

China’s giant panda loan program has long been a tool of diplomacy, but its significance for species conservation has proved important, too

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Giant pandas will return to the DC zoo thanks to a surprise new deal with China

Meet Bao Li and Qing Bao.

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National Zoo's sweet new additions: Jatz, Oreo, Monte and McVitie

The zoo has welcomed four new baby penguins.

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Congress presses Smithsonian director on new museums, ‘panda diplomacy’

“We would like to have the pandas back,” Lonnie Bunch III, who leads the Smithsonian Institution, told the House Administration Committee.

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Take heart, it looks like China could send new pandas to the U.S.

Calling them ‘envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples,’ President Xi Jinping of China signals that more pandas would be sent to the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times

Could America’s giant panda exodus be reversed? The Chinese president’s comments spark optimism

Panda lovers in America have received a much-needed injection of hope as Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government is “ready to continue” lending the black and white icons to American zoos

The Independent UK

Could America's giant panda exodus be reversed? The Chinese president's comments spark optimism

Panda lovers in America have received a much-needed injection of hope as Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government is “ready to continue” lending the black and white icons to American zoos

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More pandas will be coming to the U.S., China's president signals

After meeting with President Biden in California, President Xi Jinping signaled that he will send new pandas to the U.S., calling them "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples."

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Chinese president signals more pandas will be coming to the United States

Chinese President Xi Jinping is signaling that China will send new pandas to the United States

The Independent UK

Pandas are leaving U.S. zoos. They made their American debut in Chicago.

The departure of Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji at the National Zoo means the only giant pandas left in the United States are at the Atlanta Zoo. The first live panda seen in the United States arrived at Brookfield Zoo in 1937.

Chicago Sun-Times

National Zoo's giant pandas fly home amid uncertainty about future panda exchanges

Two giant pandas and their cub are headed from the National Zoo in Washington to China

The Independent UK

DC pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected

The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected

The Independent UK

'A love job': why everybody wants to be a zookeeper

October 4 was celebrated as International Zookeeper's Day.

The Canberra Times

What is panda diplomacy, and why are the bears going back to China?

Since the Tang Dynasty (618–907), China has given or lent pandas to other countries, but now many are headed back home.

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Panda Diplomacy: The departure of DC's beloved pandas may signal a wider Chinese pullback

The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in early December with no public signs that the 50-year old exchange agreement struck by former President Richard Nixon will continue

Fortune

The frosty U.S. and China decoupling talk is getting real—pandas are getting recalled from zoos across the country

For 50 years, China and the U.S. have enjoyed "panda diplomacy." But that is at real risk of being decoupled.

WEKU

A government shutdown could cut short the National Zoo's panda goodbye celebrations

Through the rest of the month, the zoo is inviting the public to commemorate the departure of the three giant pandas who will return to China in December. A shutdown could kill the party's finale.

The Canberra Times

Under threat in the wild, the National Zoo celebrates its 'sensitive souls'

Teenage boys Ubuntu and Eco are big in size and big in personality.

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17 photos of pandas proving that they are just the cutest

Pandas are the most adorable creatures. There, we said it.

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Watch as giant panda celebrates 25th birthday with cake at Washington’s National Zoo

Watch as keepers at the National Zoo in Washington DC present a birthday cake and other goodies to their giant panda, Mei Xiang, on her 25th birthday.

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