This handout photo released by the Smithsonian's National Zoo shows a panda cub named Xiao Qi Ji in Washington. The National Zoo has struck a new extension of its longstanding agreement with the Chinese government that will keep the zoo’s iconic giant pandas in Washington for another three years. But the agreement calls into question the long-term future of the zoo’s popular panda exhibit, as it calls for all three pandas—baby Xiao Qi Ji and parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian—to return to China at the end of 2023(Smithsonian's National Zoo via AP)
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