WASHINGTON: China will send two young giant pandas to Washington, the National Zoo said on Wednesday (May 29), months after the zoo returned three of the bears amid heightened tensions between the two global superpowers.
Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, on Sep 28, 2023. WASHINGTON: China will send two young giant pandas to Washington, the National Zoo said on Wednesday , months after the zoo returned three of the bears amid heightened tensions between the two global superpowers.
The Smithsonian's National Zoo said in a statement that it will welcome pandas named Bao Li and Qing Bao to the zoo in Washington by the end of the year. Chinese President Xi Jinping hinted that he was open to sending more of the"envoys of friendship" to the US afterChina's government has long used"panda diplomacy" to enhance the country's soft power, lending the large but cuddly-looking black-and-white bears to zoos in various countries over the decades as goodwill animal ambassadors.
Other pandas have since been loaned to the US for research and educational purposes, and the bears have perennially been a top attraction at zoos, drawing millions of adoring visitors.
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