Washington's Pandas Are Returning to China Via FedEx.

Read More: All Pandas in American Zoos Are Being Taken Back by China The US was rewarded with its first pandas after President Richard Nixon normalized ties in 1972, and many other nations followed. (Bloomberg) -- The beloved giant pandas at Washington, DC's National Zoo started their journey back to China on Wednesday, crated up and loaded into a special "Panda Express" FedEx Corp. flight to Chengdu. [Extracted from the article]