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Pandas Resurface as U.S., China ‘Envoys of Friendship’

Prospect of pandas’ return one more marker of attempts to reset ties

By

James T. Areddy

Nov. 16, 2023 6:12 pm ET

Xiao Qi Ji, the 3-year-old male giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, was flown to China earlier this month along with his parents. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s suggestion that China would send new pandas to the U.S. was a minor gesture in an otherwise bitter rivalry but symbolic of attempts by both governments to find areas to cooperate.

It was also a reminder of how pandas have long occupied a special place in U.S.-China diplomacy. 

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