The National Zoo's three celebrity giant pandas are heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press that adult bears Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji will be returning to China.
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WASHINGTON — The National Zoo s three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press that adult bears Mei Xiang and
The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang and
The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji will be returning to China sometime in mid-November. The zoo’s exchange agreement with the Chinese government, originally brokered by President Richard Nixon 50 years ago, expires Dec. 7. Ongoing negotiations to extend the agreement haven’t produced results, amid speculation from China-watchers that Beijing is gradually pulling its pandas from Western nations due to deteriorating diplomatic relations with the U.S. and other countries.