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Taiwan zoo to reapply for Chinese pandas

A Taiwan theme park will reapply this spring to bring over from China a pair of giant pandas that the island government rejected last year amid political tensions, a park manager said on Sunday. The Leofoo Village Theme Park in Hsinchu County of northern Taiwan will ask the Taiwan government in March or April for permission to bring over two pandas from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center in Sichuan Province of China to show eager visitors, who total about 1.1 million per year, marketing manager Albert Yuan said. "Everyone has a wish to see pandas," Yuan said. "They are rare animals." China offered pandas named Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan -- words which said together mean "unite," in keeping with Beijing's political demands for Taiwan -- in early 2006. The Taiwan government rejected the animals. Since Taiwan split from China after a civil war in the 1940s, China has insisted that staunchly self-ruled Taiwan is still part of Chinese territory. Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Show/Hide comments Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Website Title Comment Write the displayed characters Add Comment Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved.

 

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