A pair of giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, have left a research facility in China and will be flown to Washington.

China has been using so-called "panda diplomacy" since 1972

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

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

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

The National Zoo's long dark panda drought is coming to an end.

The National Zoo's long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, will soon be flown to Washington.

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

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

A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, have left a research facility in southwestern China and will soon be flown to Washington, according to a statement by the China Wildlife Conservation Association