Giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan play in a breeding base in Ya'an, south-west China's Sichuan Province in February 2006Photograph: Chen Xie/APTaiwanese breeder You Xueyin feeds giant pandas at a the base in Ya'anPhotograph: Chen Xie/APA People Liberty's Army (PLA) soldier guards the two giant pandas at the Bifeng Gorge Base of the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Ya'anPhotograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan are seen at the Bifeng Gorge Base before their send-offPhotograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty ImagesTaiwan press photographers take pictures of Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan at the Bifeng Gorge BasePhotograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty ImagesWorkers transport giant panda Tuan Tuan in a cagePhotograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty ImagesWorkers at the panda base in Ya'an wave at the pandas inside the truck as they are escorted by Chinese paramilitary police officers to their send-offPhotograph: Andy Wong/APChinese students and workers hold placards baring the names 'Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan' during the send-off ceremonyPhotograph: Andy Wong/APGirls dressed as panda bears get ready to perform during the ceremony marking the delivery of two panda bears from China to TaiwanPhotograph: Nir Elias/ReutersChinese officers wave as they bid farewell to the giant pandas after being loaded inside a aircraft in Chengdu Suhangliu International AirportPhotograph: Andy Wong/APSecurity personnel escort the cages containing two Panda bears at the airportPhotograph: ReutersBalloons decorate the sky during a ceremony in Ya'an marking the delivery of two panda bearsPhotograph: Nir Elias/ReutersEthic Qiang performers cheer after the farewell ceremony held for giant pandasPhotograph: China Photos/Getty ImagesA forklift unloads a carton containing a giant panda from a charter jet upon its arrival at Taoyuan airport, northern TaiwanPhotograph: Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images
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