US EditionChina will send giant pandas to Atlanta again
The 10-year cooperation includes facility upgrades and technical guidance as China renews panda diplomacy with U.S. zoos, officials said.
- On Thursday, the China Wildlife Conservation Association announced a decade-long agreement to send two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to Zoo Atlanta for research and conservation cooperation.
- Zoo Atlanta's previous 25-year conservation partnership concluded in 2024, when longtime pair Lun Lun and Yang Yang returned to China with their two youngest offspring in October.
- The Chinese government has established 67 panda reserves to improve habitat connectivity, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies wild giant pandas as "vulnerable" species under strict protection.
- President and CEO Raymond B. King stated Zoo Atlanta is "delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species" as facility upgrades proceed.
- This announcement precedes U.S. President Donald Trump's mid-May visit to Beijing, where he expects to discuss trade with President Xi Jinping; China's panda loan program remains a tool of soft-power diplomacy.
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China Is Sending in the Pandas
Atlanta will have giant pandas again. China on Friday announced it will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in Beijing's latest efforts at panda diplomacy despite tensions with Washington, less than a month before a much-anticipated visit by President Trump to Beijing. The China Wildlife Conservation Association said in...
China says it will send giant pandas to Atlanta again in new round of cooperation
China on Friday announced it will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in the U.S. in Beijing's latest efforts of panda diplomacy despite tensions with Washington, less than a month before a much-anticipated visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing.
China to send two pandas to Atlanta ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China on Friday agreed to send two giant pandas to the United States in a renewed display of “panda diplomacy,” a move that comes weeks before a planned summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The announcement comes less than a month before Trump is expected to travel to Beijing for high-level talks with Xi in mid-May, where trade and geopolitical tensions are likely to dominate the discussion. The China Wildlife C…
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