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January 21, 2011
Famous pandas to stay in D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's beloved pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will be allowed to stay at the Smithsonian National Zoo for five more years, Chinese officials announced Wednesday amid a lavish state visit by China's president.
The panda pair will remain in Washington until December 2015 for cooperative research under a five-year, $2.5 million extension of the 10-year, $10 million agreement that expired last month, China Wildlife Conservation Association Secretary General Zang Chunlin said.
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