China Sends Two Giant Pandas to US Following Trump-Xi Summit

Two giant pandas were flown nonstop from China to Atlanta on a cargo flight days after the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

A giant panda at the Chengdu panda breeding and research center in China, 2009 · Photo: Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas or alternatively © CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Two giant pandas have departed China for the United States following the summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, according to reports by Nikkei Asia and Simple Flying.

According to Simple Flying, the pandas were flown on a 15-hour nonstop flight from China to Atlanta, Georgia, aboard a Boeing 777F cargo aircraft operated by FedEx.

Further details regarding the zoo where the pandas will be housed and the terms of their stay in the United States have not yet been released.

Sources: Simple Flying, Nikkei Asia

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