Panda Research Centre

Chengdu - Pandas

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November 13th 2010
Today was another highlight of our visit to China. We visited the Panda Research Centre at Chengdu. What an experience. To see our first live Panda was something I will remember for a very long time. We had a chance to learn about the work of the research centre, that the population of pandas is growing each year, that they haven't been able to successfully release a Panda back to the wild yet ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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