Panda power to heal tsunami wounds

BEIJING - A pair of giant pandas could be on their way to a zoo in the tsunami-affected area of Japan.

"It will be a heartwarming event if pandas are successfully sent to Japan to cheer the children up," said Zhang Jingshuo, an assistant professor of zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The idea originated from correspondence between Premier Wen Jiabao and a Japanese girl he met during his visit to Miyagi prefecture in late May following the magnitude-9 quake and ensuing tsunami that struck Japan on March 11.