{"id":11494,"date":"2011-12-06T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-06T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T01:12:12","slug":"Giant-Pandas-from-China-are-a-first-in-Britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11494","title":{"rendered":"Giant Pandas from China are a first in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

An eagerly anticipated pair of giant pandas arrived in Edinburgh on Sunday on a charter flight from China, to become the first of the endangered animals to live in Britain for 17 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yang Guang (Sunshine) and Tian Tian (Sweetie) were welcomed to Scotland to the sound of bagpipes as their “Panda Express” plane touched down at Edinburgh Airport.<\/p>\n

The bears will spend 10 years on loan in the Scottish capital, a deal agreed after five years of high-level political and diplomatic negotiations.<\/p>\n

Politicians are stressing their importance to relations between Britain and China, while Scotland is hoping for a tourism boost in austere times.<\/p>\n

It is hoped the pandas will take advantage of a specially-built “tunnel of love” between their enclosures and breed new cubs that will help preserve the endangered species.<\/p>\n

The bears were given an in-flight meal of bamboo, apples, carrots and a special “panda cake” on their journey from Chengdu in southwest China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The duo were accompanied by two Chinese researchers who will help look after them until they adapt to their new life at Edinburgh Zoo.<\/p>\n

The zoo is paying about $1 million (750,000 euros) a year to the Chinese authorities for the pandas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As of December 16, visitors to the zoo will be able to look in on the outdoor enclosure, while Internet users can follow Yang Guang on hidden “panda-cams”.<\/p>\n

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