China plans to send more pandas to US zoo

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China said Thursday it had signed agreements to send pandas to a zoo in San Diego, after nearly all the beloved black-and-white animals on loan in the United States were returned during years of diplomatic tensions. Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press briefing that "Chinese institutions have already signed agreements with... the San Diego Zoo in the US". The agreement centred "on a new round of cooperation in giant panda protection", she said. A deal was also signed with a zoo in Madrid, and Beijing is in talks with zoos in Washington and Vienna, she added. China...