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Red Pandas Arrive from China Amid Rising Tensions
6 Jun
Summary
- Endangered red pandas exchanged between China and Taiwan.
- Pandas will undergo a month of quarantine at Taipei Zoo.
- Taiwan will send white-handed gibbons to Shanghai in return.
Taipei City Zoo received a pair of endangered red pandas from China on Saturday. This marks the first animal exchange between the two sides in over a decade. The pandas, a male and a female, will remain in quarantine for one month before being introduced to their new habitat.
The male panda has begun exploring his new environment, while the female is exhibiting cautious behavior. This event occurs against a backdrop of heightened political tensions between China and Taiwan, though city-level exchanges persist. As part of the agreement, Taipei is set to send white-handed gibbons to Shanghai.
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