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China Sends Two Giant Pandas to Zoo Atlanta
Original: 'Panda Diplomacy' Continues: China Sends Two Giant Pandas To Zoo Atlanta
China has sent two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, continuing its long-standing practice of 'panda diplomacy' in which pandas are loaned abroad as a gesture of goodwill. The arrival is being widely covered by US local news outlets. The loan follows earlier periods when pandas in the United States were returned to China, making the new deployment a notable sign in US-China relations.
Why now: The panda loan is seen as a symbolic gesture in US-China relations and news of the animals' arrival is drawing broad interest.
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- 'Panda Diplomacy' Continues: China Sends Two Giant Pandas To Zoo Atlanta · WKOW
- 'Panda Diplomacy' Continues: China Sends Two Giant Pandas To Zoo Atlanta · KDRV NewsWatch 12
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