Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Pandas
China /  Diplomacy

China-US relations: in turbulent times a Miracle baby panda is bringing nations together, says ambassador

  • Three-month-old giant panda cub in Washington is lauded by Chinese envoy to the US as an uplifting presence during the pandemic
  • Official naming comes after a five-day online poll that drew nearly 135,000 voters, a sign of the panda’s life in the public eye

Topic |   Pandas
Kinling Lo
Kinling Lo

Updated: 8:30pm, 25 Nov, 2020

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Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is pictured at the Washington zoo this month. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
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