Popular Giant Panda Ling Ling Dead
Ling Ling moved to Tokyo from Beijing in 1992 for breeding purposes, but the Tokyo Zoo failed to breed any panda cubs between Ling Ling and three other pandas there. Ling Ling, pictured to the right, had been living alone since 2005. This raises the question of whether Chinese President Hu Jintao might engage in “panda diplomacy” during his visit to Japan next week. China has conducted panda diplomacy with Japan in the past and donated four giant pandas to celebrate the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
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