{"id":228050,"date":"2024-06-04T13:51:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/china-is-sending-giant-pandas-to-us-zoos-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:54","slug":"china-is-sending-giant-pandas-to-us-zoos-for-the-first-time-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/china-is-sending-giant-pandas-to-us-zoos-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"China is sending giant pandas to US zoos for the first time in decades"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2-year-old female panda Qing Bao will arrive in Washington DC later this year<\/p>\n

Roshan Patel, Smithsonian?s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Two new pairs of giant pandas will join the Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoo in Washington DC and the San Diego Zoo in California by the end of the year, signalling a shift in \u201cpanda diplomacy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s official, the pandas are coming back to DC!\u201d said US First Lady Jill Biden in an announcement<\/a> on social media. This marks the first time in two decades that China has sent giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca<\/em>) to US zoos.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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