WASHINGTON: Two giant pandas arrived at the Washington zoo on Tuesday (Oct 14) in the latest chapter in China's campaign of international "panda diplomacy". Bao Li, a male panda, and Qing Bao, a female, were flown from Chengdu to Dulles airport in Virginia aboard a FedEx Boeing 777F cargo plane dubbed

Two giant pandas departed China for a zoo in the US capital on Monday, a Chinese conservation group said in a statement.

BEIJING: Two giant pandas departed China for a zoo in the US capital on Monday (Oct 14), a Chinese conservation group said in a statement. Bao Li, a male panda, and female Qing Bao, both three years old, were headed to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington under a decade-long breeding and

Eleven months after the zoo in Washington D.C. sent its three wildly popular pandas – Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji – back to China, a new pair of bears arrived in the US.

The black and white duo are the first pandas China has sent to Washington in 24 years.

A motorcade through the capital revived “panda diplomacy” between Washington and Beijing for the first time in nearly a year.

Bao Li and Qing Bao arrive in Washington as part of a new 10-year agreement with Chinese authorities after a previous deal expired last year