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The Latest Breaking News from Mei Xiang

The pandas have landed! Here's what you need to know

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2024

Giant pandas get police escort and warm welcome from fans as they return to DC zoo

The pandas arrived in the US on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

The winner in China's panda diplomacy: the pandas themselves

China’s giant panda loan program has long been a tool of diplomacy, but its significance for species conservation has proved important, too

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024

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Xi says China ready to send pandas again to US as ‘envoys of friendship’

Three pandas were recently returned to China from Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Pandas are leaving U.S. zoos. They made their American debut in Chicago.

The departure of Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji at the National Zoo means the only giant pandas left in the United States are at the Atlanta Zoo. The first live panda seen in the United States arrived at Brookfield Zoo in 1937.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 13, 2023

Two giant pandas begin return to China from Smithsonian’s National zoo

Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have been on loan to US from China for more than two decades and are being transported with their cub

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2023

Watch as giant panda celebrates 25th birthday with cake at Washington’s National Zoo

Watch as keepers at the National Zoo in Washington DC present a birthday cake and other goodies to their giant panda, Mei Xiang, on her 25th birthday.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

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Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at Smithsonian National Zoo in the US

Pandas and their fans celebrate five decades since then-US president Richard Nixon brought some furry friends home from his landmark visit to China.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2022

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022

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