China May Be Making the U.S. a Cuddly Offer It Cannot Refuse

China 's President Xi Jinping has signaled that China may send pandas back to the U.S. Last week , the last three pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington , D.C. , were flown back to China .

Pandas have been a sort of barometer of China 's feelings toward other countries since the 1940s .