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Mainland panda pair to travel to Taiwan on Dec 23
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-17 12:50 BEIJING - The pair of giant pandas offered by the Chinese mainland to Taiwan will travel to the island on December 23, a mainland official announced here on Wednesday. State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Li Weiyi made the announcement at a press briefing.
The mainland announced in May 2005 it would donate two giant pandas to Taiwan. But their departure has been delayed for more than three years. The warming cross-Straits ties make their journey to Taiwan possible. The 4-year-old pandas, members of one of China's most endangered species, have been living at a breeding base in Ya'an, Sichuan for the past several months. Their previous home, the Wolong Nature Reserve, was seriously damaged in the strong earthquake that struck southwest China on May 12. |
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