China’s giant pandas make public debut at US zoo | AFP

“I think they inspire happiness,” says Zoo Atlanta visitor Rachel Totts as giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang make their public debut while on loan from China. Six-year-old male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang, both born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China, arrived in Atlanta in September under a 10-year conservation agreement with China -- part of Beijing's decades-long "panda diplomacy" program to foster foreign ties.

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