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Chinese pandas arrive at Taipei Zoo

ENTRAPMENT Tuan Tuan, the male panda of the two, entered a quarantine cell after following a trail of sliced apples, which handlers said was his favorite thing to eat

By Meggie Lu and Shelley Shan  /  STAFF REPORTERS

Once the animals had been loaded onto a truck, children dressed as pandas performed a dance in a small ceremony bidding farewell to the pandas.

“I’m sad to see the pandas go, but I’m happy that Taiwanese children can experience the cute animals,” said Guo Jie, an 18-year-old student at a technical college.

The pandas were transported to Chengdu to board a Taipei-bound jet along with some 20 Chinese animal experts and their two original keepers, who will stay in Taiwan for two months.

Zheng Lizhong (鄭立中), deputy director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, had said before the pandas’ departure: “Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan will sow the seeds of peace, solidarity and friendship on Taiwan’s soil.”

Also See: PANDA DIPLOMACY: ANALYSIS: Pandas part of Beijing’s ‘internalization’ plan

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