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    A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday, "During talks with Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Sydney this morning, Vice Premier Li Keqiang promised to transport the two pandas within this year." Wangwang and Funi are still in the Wolong-based China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in southwest China's Sichuan Province, The administration is sending the pair to Adelaide as part of a10-year co-study as a goodwill gesture promised by President Hu Jintao during a visit to Australia in September 2007. Full Article at People's Daily Online
    During talks with Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Sydney this morning, Vice Premier Li Keqiang promised to transport the two pandas within this year.
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago
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Preparations underway for panda delivery to Australia
  1. Construction of the giant panda house in Adelaide Zoo was just finished in September, and our experts who inspected it just returned from Australia on Oct. 28. There is no delay. This is just normal
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago

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