Giant Pandas to Return to California by End of Year, Chinese Foreign Minister Announces

The announcement comes amid celebrations of the 45th anniversary of U.S.-China diplomatic relations and emphasizes the need for peaceful coexistence and cooperation.

• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that giant pandas will return to California by the end of the year, marking a positive development amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. and China.
• The announcement was made during a banquet in Beijing celebrating the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
• Wang emphasized the need for peaceful coexistence and cooperation between the U.S. and China, stating that it is 'no longer a dispensable option for the two countries or even for the world'.
• Both Wang and David Meale, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy, cited congratulatory letters exchanged by Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on the anniversary.
• The return of pandas to the U.S. comes after the pandas in Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., returned to China last year due to tensions between the two countries.

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