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PANDA DIPLOMACY: Pandas have good bowel movements
ADAPTING: A press conference at the Taipei Zoo was marred by protesters who accused the government of dereliction of duty and ‘demeaning national integrity’
By Meggie Lu
Giant pandas Tuan-tuan (團團) and Yuan-yuan (圓圓) are adapting well to their new home in Taiwan and are beginning to consume food grown and made in Taiwan after their first [...]
Symbolic ties bind Taiwan’s new pandas
The Associated Press
TAIPEI: Taiwan is ready to accept a pair of giant pandas that China has long promised the island, officials said Sunday.
The 4-year-old pandas were scheduled to board a Taiwanese jetliner on Tuesday for the three-and-a-half-hour flight from Chengdu to Taipei, after being transported in two large iron crates from their home in Sichuan.
Beijing first offered [...]
China says will send pandas to Taiwan on Dec. 23
BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it plans to send two pandas to rival Taiwan next week — the latest symbols of warming ties between the two sides.
Beijing first offered the pandas to Taiwan in 2005 but Taiwan’s former leaders resisted the move, saying it was part of Chinese efforts to persuade the island to [...]
Taipei officials to depart for China on panda mission
A Taipei city government delegation of officials and animal keepers will depart today for Chengdu in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan to arrange for the delivery of two giant pandas offered by China as a gift to the Taiwanese people.
The delegation, to be headed by Yang Hsiao-tung, director of the city’s Department of Information [...]
Taipei City Zoo celebrates anniversary of relocation to Muzha
By Rachel Chan
Central News Agency
Taipei City Zoo celebrated the 22th anniversary of its relocation to its current premises on Sunday, holding a series of activities including events to mark the anticipated arrival of the two giant pandas presented by Beijing as a gift to Taiwan.After a puppet performance opened the celebration to mark the zoo’s [...]
Taipei Zoo holds postcard design contest to welcome pandas
The Taipei Zoo said Monday that it will hold a “panda conservation” postcard design competition as part of activities to mark the upcoming arrival of two giant pandas presented by Beijing as a gift to Taiwan.Entries, which will be accepted between Nov. 1-14, should encompass the theme of conservation of pandas and Taiwan’s indigenous animals, [...]
20Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedTaipei Zoo panned for failing to phase out smoking areas
The John Tung Foundation (JTF) slammed the Taipei Zoo Saturday for continuing to maintain outdoor smoking areas inside its complex, saying the city zoo has set a bad example for the campaign against smoking.Lin Ching-li, a JTF section chief in charge of tobacco hazards control and prevention, said the foundation has received complaints from a [...]
12Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedTaipei Municipal Zoo to Take Mainland Giant Pandas
TAIPEI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — A Taipei municipal zoo won approval from Taiwan authority to accept the mainland’s panda pair Thursday.
Taiwan’s “Agricultural Council” made the announcement on Thursday evening, saying a panel of experts chose the Mucha Zoo in Taipei to house the pandas over the Leofoo Safari Park in [...]