US, China extend giant panda deal by three years
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US, China extend giant panda deal by three years
The National Zoo said it had signed a three-year extension with the Conservation Biology Institute and China Wildlife and Conservation Association.
Under the agreement, the National Zoo's 22-year-old female giant panda Mei Xiang, 23-year-old male giant panda Tian Tian and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, born on August 21, would go to China in December 2023.
"Along with millions of Americans, I look forward to the next three years, watching Xiao Qi Ji grow and making further strides in conservation and in our understanding of giant pandas," said Steve Monfort, director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
The National Zoo has hosted giant pandas from China since 1972 and Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have been at the zoo since December 2000.
Xiao Qi Ji is their fourth surviving cub. The other three were returned to China.
There are an estimated 1,800 giant pandas in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan Province, and some 600 living in zoos and breeding centers around the world.
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PROVIDED, of course, that Trump and Pompeo do not ban Panda Bears from America as being a threat to National Security.
Has Trump given any indication of doing that?
You do realize he now has less than two months in office; and the worlds lap dog Biden will be taking over? Anything Trump does now will be very temporary.
The Giant Pandas are one of the areas the US can work with China. That doesn't mean we can work with China in every area. That also doesn't mean that China doesn't do things that aren't in the US best interests; and the US should call them out on.
Does he have to give an indication? He and/or Pompeo are announcing a new China-bashing policy almost eveery day so that Biden will have tons of roadblocks to get rid of before he can normalize relations with China. Your comments indicate that you see no benefit in normalization. Do you also think that Biden STOLE the election?
By the way, America having possession of the Panda bears for a while is a benefit for America where China gets no benefit, but that's okay I guess, right?. It's only when it's the other way around when it's a bad thing. That's sort of similar in my mind to the fact that Trump's lawsuits on the election are only based on allegations of fraud carried out where Biden won, but of course there's NO fraud in States where Trump won. LOL
AMERICA FIRST eh? Maybe it's really AMERICA ONLY.