Red Panda

Pandas!

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December 27th 2008
Even though we were in Chengdu for one day and night, I was relieved that we had time to go see the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center. It was a cold and gray day, and a lot of the things in the park were closed for the winter, but there were plenty of pandas about. The first thing we saw was a huge group of female peacocks, and the first few panda enclosures were empty, but then we hit the jackpot. ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more