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San Francisco signs similar agreement as San Diego's to bring pandas from China
San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.” San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term and is the result...
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‘Giant' disappointment: Could San Diego bear it if pandas sent to San Francisco?
Giant pandas will return to California by the end of the year but both San Diego and San Francisco have shown interest in securing the black-and-white bears. Where will the pandas end up?
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Panda Wars: San Diego and San Francisco both want a piece of China's panda pie
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has promised the pandas will return to California by the end of the year. But the question is, where?
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New hope arises for giant pandas to return to San Diego Zoo
The talk of pandas came up during meetings between U.S. and Chinese advisors at the APEC Summit. Now, San Diego Zoo executives are getting ready to make room for their return. NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.
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China President Xi appears to signal pandas coming back to San Diego
Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled late Wednesday that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.”
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Panda-monium 2.0?: China President Xi appears to signal pandas coming back to San Diego
San Diego Zoo Global and China began collaborating on panda research and conservation of the species in 1996, when the species was threated with extinction.
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President Xi signals China could send new pandas to the US: ‘Envoys of friendship'
The bears have long been the symbol of the U.S.-China friendship since Beijing gifted a pair of pandas to the National Zoo in Washington in 1972, ahead of the normalization of bilateral relations
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National Zoo pandas will leave for China in mid-November
Here’s the latest on when the three Giant pandas will go back to China.
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Pandas could be gone from America's zoos by the end of next year
The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in December with no public signs the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue.
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Why are the pandas at the National Zoo going to China?
Here’s what to know about the giant pandas and their departure from D.C.
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Panda-less San Diego feels National Zoo's pain at impending departures
Xiao Qi Ji will fly back to China alongside his parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, by this December, when the contract between research institutions in the U.S. and China expires.