Chinese Consul General Guo Shaochun (center) and his wife, Madam Wang Wei (left), along with Paul Baribault, president and ...

In 1999, when the time came to name the newest panda cub in captivity, a column in the San Diego Union-Tribune joked that the ...

China has also loaned two other giant pandas to the U.S., both at the San Diego Zoo. As a gesture of goodwill, it seems panda appeal is pretty black and white.

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In addition to D.C., the San Diego Zoo welcomed two pandas in ... two Chinese ambassadors in Washington: me and the panda cub at the National Zoo," Cui Tiankai, China's then-ambassador to the ...