A small, baby panda was carried into a pen with glass windows at the Taipe Zoo in Taiwan for her media debut Monday.
The cub, named Yuan Boa, was unveiled to some 150 guests and reporters for the first time since her birth on June 28 to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan.
The parents were gifted to the Taiwan zoo by China to mark then warming relations between to two rivalling countries.
Yuan Bao, which means round baby in Chinese, was seen clambering over a wooden fame and playing in sawdust as the audience watched from outside the cage.
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Second Taiwan-born panda cub makes heart-melting media debut
The cub was born on June 28 to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, who were gifted by China in 2008 to mark then warming relations between the two rivals.
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The picture shows six-month-old giant panda cub Yuan Bao during a media preview at Taipei Zoo. (Photo| AFP) By AFP
TAIPEI: A second Taiwan-born giant panda made her media debut on Monday, clambering over a wooden climbing frame and playing with sawdust to the sound of clicking cameras.
The cub was born on June 28 to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, who were gifted by China in 2008 to mark then warming relations between the two rivals.