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Mainland pandas make debut with Taiwan public

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-25-2009 16:45

Special Report:   Mainland panda gifts to Taiwan

The two pandas sent by the Chinese mainland as gifts to Taiwan compatriots made their debut at the Taipei Zoo on Saturday just ahead of the Lunar New Year.

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Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou (R) visits pandas with
children at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, southeast China‘s
Taiwan Province,Jan. 24, 2009. The panda pair given by the
Chinese mainland to Taiwan made their debut at the Taipei
Zoo Saturday evening, meeting a select group of visitors
including Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou and Kuomintang
Honorary Chairman Lien Chan. (Xinhua/Li Kai)

The pandas are called Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan..and their names when combined mean "reunion" in Chinese.

On Saturday, they met a select group of visitors including Taiwan leader, Ma Ying-jeou, and Kuomintang Honorary Chairman, Lien Chan during a ceremony to inaugurate their new enclosure.

The Taipei city government also invited about 500 orphans and children from low-income families as some of the two pandas' first visitors.