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(NewsNation) — The United States has gained 2 caller Chinese residents successful the signifier of 2 elephantine pandas: Yun Chuan and Xin Bao.
Both of the Chinese pandas person freshly arrived successful their caller location successful San Diego aft a 7,000-mile travel from China.
The brace are the archetypal pandas to participate the United States successful 21 years, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
“We are incredibly excited to invited Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo,” CEO Paul Baribault said successful a statement Wednesday.
By Thursday, the Chinese Consulate General successful Los Angeles confirmed Yun Chuan and Xin Bao’s accomplishment successful Southern California.
Despite an eagerness to spot the furry pair, some Yun Chuan and Xin Bao volition not beryllium disposable to the nationalist for "several weeks", per San Diego Zoo, arsenic they turn accustomed to their caller abode.
“This farewell celebrates their travel and underscores a collaboration betwixt the United States and China connected captious conservation efforts."
The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Chinese announced in May that 2 caller Giant pandas would beryllium arriving from China by the extremity of 2024.
It continues a longstanding concern betwixt the U.S. and China, wherein pandas are sent to American zoos arsenic portion of "panda diplomacy."