Xi celebrated the loan program as showing ‘friendship between the Chinese and Americans’ Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Xi celebrated the loan program as showing ‘friendship between the Chinese and Americans’S1

• Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington.S2

• A pair of giant pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Thursday, the latest sign of stabilizing relations between China and the US.S3