Saturday, September 3, 2016

Let's meet Hao Hao and Xing Hui | Belgium


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Hao Hao and Xing Hue are two Giant Pandas, living in Pairi Daiza Wildlife Park in Belgium. Both pandas are on loan from China. On 22nd of June 2016, the 7-year-old Hao Hao gave birth to a 171-gram male cub.

The idea of pandas as gifts is known as 'panda diplomacy' and it has a long tradition in China. Panda diplomacy describes how the Chinese authorities let chosen governments keep pandas as a mark of respect between their countries. In the 1980s China moved away from 'gifting pandas' to countries, and instead started to loan them out.

3 comments:

Maria said...

Pandas despite their size always look so adorable and huggable!

Birgit said...

You just want to hug them. Toronto zoo has a couple as well and they gave birth as well...very cute.

Johan Vandamme said...

Thank you for publishing the card I send you!

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