Xiang
The term "Xiang" refers to the people and the local sublanguage used in Hunan, a province in southeast-central China; Xiang is derived from the older literary name of Hunan. It is ...
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Xiang Xiang, the world's only artificially bred giant panda to
be released into the wild, has been found dead, China's official
Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
Xiang Xiang, a 5-year...
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Beijing (dpa) - China's first captive-bred panda released into the
wild has died after apparently meeting hostility from rival males,
state media said on Thursday.
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(EDS: ADDING HEADS OF RESEARCH CENTER AND WWF COMMENTS)
The first captive-bred panda released back into the wild in
China has died only a year after being set free, state media reported
Thur...
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Beijing (dpa) - China went into a frenzy when 110-metre hurdles
star Liu Xiang finally delivered the world title eluding him on
Friday.
"Look, this is called ...
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Patience will go a long way when trying to find a reasonably priced hotel for the Olympics.Prices for rooms during the Aug. 8-24 games reportedly have skyrocketed. This, however, may be a tactic ho...
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The National Zoo's panda mother might be pregnant for the second time in two years, zoo officials said Thursday, citing a spike in Mei Xiang's hormone levels.But there's no reliable pregnancy test ...
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China's tiny population of park-bred pandas will all be discreetly tattooed before being released into bamboo forests to integrate with the larger wild panda community, an official said Monday.Over...
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7 die in NATO copter crash in Afghanistan
KABUL - Seven NATO soldiers were killed late Wednesday when
their helicopter, possibly shot down by Taliban militants, crashed in
south...
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SHANGHAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Scientists in China may use a
police dog to teach pandas to fight after the first
artificially bred panda released into the wild was apparently
killed after a battle w...
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