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According to a Military Times article, the U.S. State and Defense departments believed the balloon was a military surveillance effort, though China has refuted this claim, saying it was a \u201ccivilian research balloon\u201d that went off track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, pandas across the U.S. were removed by China as relations deteriorated, but conversations between Presidents Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping last October inspired hope for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/fedlife\/2023\/11\/16\/pandaplomacy-chinese-president-says-more-pandas-may-be-sent-to-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cpandaplomacy\u201d<\/a> as Xi mentioned the possibility of a return of the cuddly, black-and-white bears to the U.S. as \u201cenvoys of friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pandas have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/when-panda-monium-swept-america\" target=\"_blank\">symbolic<\/a> of a stable U.S.-China friendship since 1972 when China first gifted a pair to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new cooperative research and breeding agreement is effective until April 2034, with conditions like the last one. 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