The government has been steadily expanding visa-free entry in a bid to boost tourism, the economy and its soft power.

While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what ...

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...

Pandas have long been the symbol of the U.S.-China friendship since Beijing gifted a pair to the National Zoo in 1972, ahead of the normalization of bilateral relations.

CNN gained exclusive access on the ground in Sichuan province as pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao transition from southwest China to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC. Senior National ...

China's panda diplomacy with the US began more than 50 years ago, in 1972, when two giant pandas were gifted to the National Zoo, following US President Richard Nixon's landmark visit to China.

Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new pair of bears arrived late Tuesday morning.

Two giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, less than a year after the nation's capital said goodbye to another pair of pandas that were on loan from China.

It's time for panda diplomacy. Today, Washington is welcoming two giant pandas from China. They're all known to the Smithsonian National Zoo for 10 years. The facility is closed to visitors today ...