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Workers move one of two giant pandas selected for Taiwan into a specially designed cabin today in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, for a flight from Chengdu airport to Taipei as goodwill ambassadors from the mainland. The pair, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, are named to form the Chinese phrase for "reunion." The pandas landed safely in Taipei at around 5pm.
Workers move one of two giant pandas selected for Taiwan into a specially designed cabin today in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, for a flight from Chengdu airport to Taipei as goodwill ambassadors from the mainland. The pair, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, are named to form the Chinese phrase for "reunion." The pandas landed safely in Taipei at around 5pm.
Workers move one of two giant pandas selected for Taiwan into a specially designed cabin today in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, for a flight from Chengdu airport to Taipei as goodwill ambassadors from the mainland. The pair, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, are named to form the Chinese phrase for "reunion." The pandas landed safely in Taipei at around 5pm.
Mainland panda pair arrive in Taiwan
Created: 2008-12-23 17:35:56
TWO giant pandas presented by the mainland arrived at the Taipei Taoyuan Airport at 5:02pm today.
The plane has been seen landing on the airport runway.
The four-year-old pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, will receive quarantine examination at the airport and be escorted by the police to the Taipei zoo, according to Taiwan-based Eastern Broadcasting Company (EBC).
They will meet the public in next month, the EBC news said.
The panda pair left a breeding base in Ya'an of southwestern Sichuan Province, at around 8:20am Tuesday in an enclosed truck.
They were transported to Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu, about 120 km from Ya'an, and from there left for the island by air.
The plane has been seen landing on the airport runway.
The four-year-old pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, will receive quarantine examination at the airport and be escorted by the police to the Taipei zoo, according to Taiwan-based Eastern Broadcasting Company (EBC).
They will meet the public in next month, the EBC news said.
The panda pair left a breeding base in Ya'an of southwestern Sichuan Province, at around 8:20am Tuesday in an enclosed truck.
They were transported to Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu, about 120 km from Ya'an, and from there left for the island by air.
Xinhua
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