The US and China may be at odds these days over Russia's war in Ukraine, cheap Chinese goods, problems with Taiwan, and human rights issues.
But when it comes to gigantic pandas, diplomacy returns.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this week that two giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will be transferred from the China Conservation and Research Center to the San Diego Zoo.
The zoo has a long history of collaboration with China on panda conservation studies, and a ministry spokeswoman stated that the future exchange will focus on serious
"We believe as China-U.S. cooperation in this area deepens, it will enhance the capacity for cooperation and research on endangered wildlife and biodiversity
conservation and contribute to the conservation of endangered wildlife and the friendship between Chinese and Americans," said Lin Jian, a spokesman for the Chinese government.
It is unclear when the new pandas will arrive, but the arrangement should assuage fears that recent tensions between the US and China
For over five decades, China has been giving bears to American zoos as a diplomatic gesture between the two countries.
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