Fu Shuang

Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang have arrived in the United States from China, continuing Beijing's long-running practice of panda diplomacy, in which pandas are loaned abroad as gestures of goodwill. Their arrival makes them the newest animal ambassadors sent by Beijing to deepen ties with Washington, and the story is drawing wide attention as a rare positive note in US-China relations.

Two giant pandas, a male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang, arrived in Atlanta on Sunday. The arrival came three days after Chinese President Xi Jinping said he would send 'envoys of friendship' to the United States, framing the panda loan as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries.