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Giant Pandas Arrive in Atlanta as China’s Diplomatic Icons

Original: Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta

Two giant pandas have arrived at Zoo Atlanta, renewing one of the most visible symbols of China’s soft power abroad. China has long loaned pandas to foreign zoos as a gesture of goodwill, and their arrival in the United States is being read as a small thaw in bilateral relations at a time of ongoing political and trade tensions between the two countries.

Why now: Panda loans are closely watched as barometers of US-China relations, so the arrival is being seen as a diplomatic signal.

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Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta · The New York Times

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