Giant pandas arrive in Atlanta as part of 10-year US-China agreement

Ao vivo Clique aqui para pesquisarpesquisar Inscreva-se Notícias|Política Pandas gigantes chegam a Atlanta como parte de acordo de 10 anos entre EUA e China. Os dois pandas, Ping Ping e Fu Shuang, chegaram vindos do sudoeste da China.

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A new agreement between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association makes Atlanta one of three zoos in the US to house giant pandas.

The diplomatic gifts departed early on Sunday from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwestern China, according to Chinese state media. They arrived after the high-level three-day Washington summit with China last week, where closed-door talks between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping yielded no major policy breakthroughs on prickly issues such as AI, trade, Taiwan and the war with Iran.

Embora a transferência dos pandas já tivesse sido concluída em abril, Xi anunciou oficialmente a linha do tempo de chegada na quinta-feira na Casa Branca, observando que os mamíferos preto e branco poderiam chegar ao Zoo Atlanta a partir da Chengdu Research Base, o principal centro de conservação, reprodução e pesquisa de pandas gigantes da China, nos próximos dias.

The dispatch of the vulnerable species aimed to signal a renewed bilateral friendship between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies.

Ahead of their arrival, Zoo Atlanta had upgraded its panda habitats and secured a stable, long-term supply of locally grown Atlanta bamboo, which shares a near-identical climate with Chengdu.

Os ursos concluíram um voo charter de 16 horas atravessando a Linha Internacional de Data, pousando em Atlanta, Geórgia, pouco antes das 7:00 (11:00 GMT).

Midway through its journey through Alaska, the FedEx Boeing 777 had spiked to the top of Flightradar24’s global tracking charts.

Steamed corn buns, bamboo shoots and carrots were prepared to keep the pandas nourished during their flight, Chinese state-run media reported. The US also mobilised a specialised care team to accompany the duo on their flight, they said.

Um porta-voz do zoológico disse ao Al Jazeera que sua equipe “fez tudo o que era possível para acomodá-los”, mas um cronograma definitivo para a sua chegada – muito menos seu debut público – permanece “não confirmado”.

Zoo visitors will have to wait a while to see Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, officials said. The bears will be quarantined for about a month in a biosecure area of the wildlife park’s new giant panda complex.

Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, were born in 2020.

Globally revered, the iconic furry animals have been sent across the globe for decades, serving as diplomatic emissaries loaned by China under its infamous “panda diplomacy” initiative through soft-power projection.

Pequim aproveita o imenso apelo público dos animais para cultivar boa‑vontade internacional, fechar acordos comerciais lucrativos e embelezar sua imagem geopolítica no exterior.

Da mesma forma, quando as relações estrangeiras se desgastam ou surgem tensões, Pequim deixa os acordos de empréstimo expirarem.

Xi has said this latest loan programme was an example of “friendship between the Chinese and Americans”.

Last week’s summit was Xi’s first visit to Washington in more than a decade and the second meeting this year with Trump.

Resultados concretos das reuniões permanecem modestos, restritos a uma extensão de dois meses da trégua comercial, à revivificação de empréstimos de pandas gigantes por Pequim e ao apoio de Xi ao reposicionamento de Trump da inteligência artificial como “super inteligência”.

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