Saying Goodbye as Panda Diplomacy Wanes.

The article reports on the transport of two adult pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, and their three-year old cub Xiao Qi from the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington to China via a FedEx Boeing 777 as the era of panda diplomacy ends amid rising tension between the U.S. and Achina. It informs about the panda conservation partnership of National Zoo with the China Wildlife Conservation Association and the research by National Zoo scientists on the reproductive cycles of panda.