This was a nice gesture on the part of Xi. Sincerely.
Normally, Chyna only ‘loans’ pandas. Here he’s actually giving them away.
I remember seeing the first pair of pandas in the Washington National Zoo in the 1970s after Nixon’s ‘rapprochement’. I believe they were on loan.
Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. Found here: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/history-giant-pandas-zoo
Loan is correct and any babies belonged to China...and the “loan” cost us $1 million each.