China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reigniting its panda diplomacy

China wants to send two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo in California in a friendly gesture toward the United States. In the past, the country has taken home nearly all panda bears that have been on loan to zoos in the United States, while significantly deteriorating relations between the countries. A new cooperation agreement has been established with zoos in San Diego and in Madrid, and said...

China to send giant pandas back to US

Fulfilling a pledge made by Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco last year, China will again send giant pandas to the United States, with two due at the San Diego Zoo this summer and talks ongoing to send more to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The giant pandas, which Xi called “envoys of friendship” during a speech at a dinner with American business leaders in San Francisco in November, will be sent abroad as part of a series of d…

China to Send Pandas to San Diego Zoo

On Feb. 22, China's state-run news agency, Xinhua, said that the China Wildlife Conservation Association has made deals regarding "a new round of international cooperation for giant panda conservation" with both the San Diego Zoo and the Madrid Zoo, NBC News reports.

China Announces Plan To Send 2 Giant Pandas To American Zoo

China is reportedly sending two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, which is arguably considered to be the best zoo in the United States.

China will send a pair of pandas to the San Diego zoo to the United States, a gesture of diplomacy that the Asian country has maintained for years.

National Zoo ‘in discussions’ to bring pandas back to D.C.

National Zoo officials said they were in talks with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to develop a new giant panda program.