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Tuan Tuan (right) and Yuan Yuan (left) chewing on bamboo in Wolong shortly after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The exchange of the pandas was first proposed during the 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China, when politicians from the then-Opposition Pan-Blue coalition, which is comparatively pro-unification in stance, visited mainland China.
Yuan Zai (Chinese: 圓仔; pinyin: Yuánzǎi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Îⁿ-á) is a female giant panda born at the Taipei Zoo on July 6, 2013. She is the first panda cub born in Taiwan , to parents Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan by artificial insemination .
There are currently three pandas living in Taiwan. Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were sent by mainland China to Taiwan in 2008 as part of an exchange program. The couple has two cubs, Yuan Zai, born in 2013, and Yuan Bao, born in 2020. The two pandas were given to Taiwan rather than leased, thus them and their offspring are Taiwanese-owned.
A contest in 2006 to name the pandas was held in the mainland, resulting in the politically charged names Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan (from simplified Chinese: 团圆; traditional Chinese: 團圓; pinyin: tuanyuan; lit. 'reunion', implying reunification). China's offer was initially rejected by Chen Shui-bian, then President of Taiwan.
This is a partial list of giant pandas, both alive and deceased.The giant panda is a conservation-reliant vulnerable species. [1] Wild population estimates of the bear vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, [2] while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000.
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Meng Yuan and its twin Meng Xiang were the first giant pandas ever born in Germany. [7] Meng Yuan is 48 minutes younger than Meng Xiang and is known for its mischievous, inquisitive nature. [8] In December 2023, the two pandas were sent to China. [9] Their handover was contractually agreed to between Germany and China, but was delayed by the ...