Xi Says U.S. Should Get New Pandas Soon After Trio in D.C. Were Returned to China Last Week
Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled late Wednesday that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.”
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00:00 Not long ago, three big pandas from the National Zoo in Washington returned to China.
00:07 I heard that many American people, especially children, were reluctant to let them go.
00:14 They went to the zoo to see them off.
00:17 I also learned that the St. David's Park Zoo and the people of California were looking forward to the return of the big pandas to California.
00:28 The big pandas are the friends of the people of China and the United States.
00:32 We are willing to continue to work with the United States to develop the big panda protection.
00:37 for future cooperation.