![Panda Mei Xiang in her enclosure at the Washington National Zoo.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/E5V5T2NDZPAB7LJXDEIDKRFTX4.jpg?auth=6018ec8529c89754ba15dc67303f917272deec5bdbbd65b8c2f6ab52204696fe&width=414&height=233&focal=2010%2C803)
The National Zoo bids farewell to its beloved pandas: Is it the end of panda diplomacy?
Only one pair of these bears and their two cubs remain in the United States, in Atlanta. For the first time in half a century, the prospect of having no pandas in American zoos is very real