Xi Jinping suggests China will send new pandas to US as 'envoys of friendship'

Chinese president Xi Jinping signalled on Wednesday evening that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples". "We are ready to continue our cooperation with the United States on panda conservation, and do our best to meet the wishes of the Californians so as to deepen the friendly ties between our two peoples," Xi said during a dinner speech with business leaders. The gesture came at the end of a day in which Xi and President Joe Biden held their first face to face meeting in a year…