Washington Post, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009:
Page A28: The National Zoo's loss is an endangered species's gain: There is no denying the love Washington feels for its giant pandas. So the sadness surrounding this month's announcement that Tai Shan, the panda born in the zoo in 2005 soon will be sent to China is understandable. It's clear, though, that Tai Shan can do more for the panda-loving world by going to China to make babies rather than staying in the District to mollify his fans.
There are only about 1, 600 giant pandas in the wild and just a little more than 200 in captivity. The San Diego Zoo has sent two cubs to China to breed, and one of them has given birth to seven cubs in China. We can hope that Tai Shan will emulate that example.
Well, it is up to Tai Shan to take action when he sees fit but we wish him good luck to find a partner to create a cub for the love of humankind on earth.
Page C10: China's 7,000 Terra Cotta Warriors all have different faces! with photo to see on such page. Qin shi huang di i.e. Qin, the Emperor was only 13 years old when the whole project got started, more than 2,200 years ago. He brought bronze birds, versions of the dancing cranes he kept as pets as his answer to the iPod.
Such exhibition at the Nastional Geographic Museum is up until March 31, 2010.
Francis Shieh aka Xie Shihao blogs the above info for readers of Sino-American Economics.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 at 9.36 a.m.
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