Friday, February 5, 2010

Pandamania at the State Dept.,USA

Washington Post, Feb. 5,2010 page A16:

"We certainly wish a safe journey to Tai Shan as he departs the US...for China He is a dual citizen of ...US born, of Chinese parents. He'll always have a close link to the US and to children and adults across our country. But he is a tangible and furry manifestation of cooperation between the US and China.

Page B1: Tai Shan will be shown videos of pandas mating and get to hear tapes of female pandas calling for males.There are high hopes for Tai Shan to be the father of many offspring in the years to come.

Tai Shan's grandfather Pan Pan is the breeding program's star,having produced more than 100 offspring in his 24 years. He is a super productive Panda par excellence!

Francis Shieh aka Xie Shihao, an admirer of Panda for his black and white hairy furs to be protected in the winter for keeping warm to the hearts and minds of humans

Friday, Feb.5,2010 at 5.30 p.m. Tai Shan has arrived at the land of his forebear in China.

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