TAIWAN-CHINA/PANDAS

Two giant pandas named Tuan Tuan (back) and Yuan Yuan, whose names when said together means unite in Chinese, are seen at a giant panda centre in Ya'an, Sichuan province December 22, 2008. A Taiwan-based Eva Air flight arrived in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, near midday Monday to pick up the two pandas the mainland has offered to Taiwan as a gesture of goodwill, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.