Two giant pandas departed Chengdu in southwestern China early Sunday for their new homes in Atlanta as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments.
While in Washington for a three-day summit with US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/meet-hong-kongs-baby-pandas-jia-jia-and-de-de-23553427" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">pandas would arrive</a> in Atlanta in the coming days.
The loan of the pandas to the Atlanta zoo was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of the state visit, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the long-standing differences between the two countries.
Atlanta said farewell to its last pandas in 2024, leaving the zoo without the bears. The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/nature-and-wildlife/article/ahead-of-trumps-visit-to-beijing-china-to-send-two-giant-pandas-to-atlanta-in-the-us-again-23627584" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">new agreement was announced back in April</a>, but without any dates.
Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are the two adult pandas that will be on loan to Zoo Atlanta for 10 years as part of the agreement. Both pandas were born in 2020 and were kept at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Ping Ping, the male, has dark black circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang, the female, has a forehead that protrudes a bit, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/nature-and-wildlife/article/japans-last-pair-of-pandas-have-arrived-back-in-china-heres-all-you-need-to-know-23614035" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">China has long used the pandas as part of its diplomacy globally</a>, deploying the bears in loan programs as expressions of goodwill and letting loan agreements lapse when tensions arise.
Xi had said the loan program was an example of "friendship between the Chinese and Americans.
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