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China sends two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta after Trump-Xi summit

Original: Panda diplomacy: China sends two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta after Trump-Xi summit

China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, following a summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The move is widely read as a revival of panda diplomacy, Beijing's long-standing practice of lending pandas to signal warmer ties with other countries. Pandas returned from the US in recent years amid strained relations, so the new loan is being taken as a sign of a thaw between Washington and Beijing.

Why now: The panda loan came immediately after a high-profile Trump-Xi summit and is seen as a symbolic gesture of improving US-China relations.

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• Panda diplomacy: China sends two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta after Trump-Xi summit · The Business Times

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