Technicians load a pair of giant pandas, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, on board a flight to Taiwan on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The plane left at 2:20 p.m. from the Shuangliu Airport in Chengdu. [Photo: Xinhua]
Related: Mainland's Panda Pair Leave for Taiwan
Two giant pandas presented by the mainland arrived at the Taipei Taoyuan Airport Tuesday afternoon.
The four-year-old pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, left a breeding base in Ya'an of southwestern Sichuan Province, at around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday in an enclosed truck.
They were transported to Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu, about 120 km from Ya'an, and from there left for the island by air. |
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