The San Francisco Zoo will receive a pair of pandas from China

San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing's famed 'panda diplomacy.'

San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing's famed"panda diplomacy."San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Wu Minglu, secretary general of the China Wildlife Conservation Association, hold up an agreement to lease giant pandas for the San Francisco Zoological Society and Gardens during a signing ceremony in Beijing on Friday.

Breed said the city had been working with its Chinese and Asian communities to advocate for the pandas for almost a year leading up to an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting in San Francisco last November, during which the U.S. and Chinese presidents met.

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