U.S.-born panda cubs should belong to and stay at their birthplace, said Rep. Nancy Mace (R-N.C.), as she introduced an amendment that would prevent them from being sent to China. “It’s high time the United States said ‘no’ to the Chinese Communist Party and its international propaganda campaign,” the congresswoman said in a Feb. 1 statement. China has sent giant pandas as diplomatic gifts to foreign countries since 1941 and switched in the 1980s to payable loans concerning the dwindling numbers of the bears. Beijing later offered long-term loans of the adorable ambassadors, generally in pairs, at a current fee of $500,000 each, according to Mace. Yet the recipient country must agree to return the pandas, including their offspring—before they turn four for a breeding program—or their remains if they die. “Whether born in the United States or in another country, pandas are considered the property of the Chinese government …