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Pandas around the world. Pandas that are part of China’s loan program are meant to serve as an envoy of friendship between China and the host country, so the fading program in the United States ...
The National Zoo’s three giant pandas left Washington, D.C., early Wednesday and took off from Dulles on the specially-equipped FedEx Panda Express aircraft destined for Chengdu, China, their ...
The San Diego Zoo said last month that staff members recently traveled to China to meet pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, which could arrive in California as soon as this summer. Zoo Atlanta officials said in a news release they should be able to share “significant advance notice” before their pandas leave.
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced the pandas’ departure on Wednesday morning, saying they will embark on a trans-Pacific journey from Washington, D.C ...
(CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of ...
The pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji began their journey from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to China on Wednesday. Say goodbye: Pandas leaving the National Zoo in DC ...
Tuan Tuan (right) and Yuan Yuan (left) chewing on bamboo in Wolong shortly after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The exchange of the pandas was first proposed during the 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China, when politicians from the then-Opposition Pan-Blue coalition, which is comparatively pro-unification in stance, visited mainland China.
Ling-Ling (bottom) being playfully nipped by Hsing-Hsing after mating, March 18, 1983. Ling-Ling (Chinese: 玲玲, 1969–1992) and Hsing-Hsing (simplified Chinese: 兴兴; traditional Chinese: 興興, 1970–1999) were two giant pandas given to the United States as gifts by the government of China following President Richard Nixon's visit in 1972.