Pandas Place

A pair of giant pandas arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday as a gift from rival China, another symbolic step forward in the two sides’ rapidly improving relations. (Dec. 23)

Two giant pandas have arrived in Taiwan from mainland China on 23 Dec 2008, a gift from Beijing to a self-governing island it considers part of Chinese territory.

Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan are China’s newest Panda diplomats. Say their names together in Chinese and it means unite. China’s government wants to win friends in Taiwan. It knows that the pandas will be a hugely popular tourist attraction once they arrive at Taipei zoo.

The exchange is a sign of gradually warming ties between China and Taiwan. The island’s new president accepted the offer of the two pandas after he was elected in May. His predecessor had refused them.

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“CBS News RAW”: Eight pandas were chosen to be mascots for the Olympic Games by an internet poll. The pandas were forced to relocate to the Beijing Zoo after their habitat was devastated in China’s earthquake.

SelectPlusEarthquake Pandas Move Into New HomeEarthquake Pandas Move Into New HomeThe Associated PressEight pandas are now calling Beijing home, brought there after the Chinese earthquake damaged their preserve. The pandas got acclimated to their new place before digging into bamboo. (May 24)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:VO vehicles pulling up with pandas]UNDER POLICE ESCORT … INSIDE THESE VANS … EIGHT PANDAS COMING TO BEIJING, AT THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY FROM A RESERVE RAVAGED BY THE CHINESE EARTHQUAKE. [Notes:VO pandas in cages, exploring pens] THEY WILL SPEND THE NEXT SIX MONTHS HERE, AT THE BEIJING ZOO. ON A SPECIAL OLYMPICS VISIT.THE PANDAS ARE BEING CLOSELY WATCHED … AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, THEY SEEMED NERVOUS, NOT EATING AS MUCH AND GETTING LESS SLEEP. THEIR HOME IN WOLONG WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE QUAKE – A QUAKE KILLING MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE. [Notes:VO MS of pandas with bamboo, crowd reaction]BUT ON THIS DAY, THESE TWO-YEAR-OLD PANDAS LOUNGED AROUND … DEVOURING BAMBOO … CHECKING OUT THEIR NEW PLACE, CHECKING OUT THE CROWD GATHERED AROUND THIS GLASS HOUSE. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE:————————-VIDEO PRODUCER: Lee Powell——————————VIDEO SOURCE: AP Direct————————–VIDEO APPROVAL:——————————VIDEO RESTRICTIONS:———————————-SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: China-Earthquake-Pandas————————————

The world gets a look at two pandas who will soon be sent from mainland China to Taiwan, an exchange signifying warming ties between the long-time rivals. Male Tuan Tuan and female Yuan Yuan are described as the ‘happy pair.’ (Dec. 13)

SelectPlusPandas Still Missing After EarthquakePandas Still Missing After EarthquakeThe Associated PressTwo pandas that live at the Wolong Reserve in the area of China hardest hit by the earthquake are still missing. The quake damaged the panda enclosures at the reserve which is just 20 miles from the quake’s epicenter. (May 22)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.