A captive-bred male panda is still in good health after five years in the wild, said the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda. [Photo/chinanews.com] CHENGDU - A captive-bred male panda is still in good health after five years in the wild, said the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda. Taotao was two years old when he was released into the wild on Oct 11, 2012. On Thursday, he wandered into Liziping natural reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province and was taken in by researchers. Taotao weighs 115 kilograms and is in good health, the center said. He was set free again Friday. The center said Taotao set a new record in terms of the amount of time an artificially-bred panda had survived in the wild. Taotao was the second effort to release a panda to the wild. The first, Xiangxiang, died after fighting with wild pandas for food, about a year after his release in 2007. The failure compelled scientists and experts to use a training method that focused the panda cub on learning from its mother. Taotao lived in semi-wild conditions from a very young age, and learnt from his mother, so there was no human intervention, said Zhang Hemin, deputy director of the center. Since 2010, the center has released eight pandas using the method, with seven surviving. The center will continue to monitor the health condition of the panda. rubber wristbands custom cheap24 hour braceletsbat fidget spinnerrubber arm bandsmake your own rubber bracelet
BEIJING - The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Wednesday called on people across the Taiwan Straits to work together for the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification of the motherland.Liu Jieyi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks while meeting with a Taiwanese delegation led by Hualien county chief Fu Kun-Chi in Beijing.Efforts should be made to adhere to the "1992 Consensus," which embodies the one-China principle, and resolutely oppose separatist activities advocating "Taiwan independence," Liu noted.Liu also pledged more measures to boost cross-Straits economic and cultural cooperation and improve the wellbeing of people on both sides.Fu expressed his gratitude for the help the mainland provided after a devastating earthquake that hit Hualien in early February. He said the county would continue to uphold the "1992 Consensus" and expand cooperation with the mainland.
