Gift pandas on view in Paris
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) PARIS, Dec. 13. Li-li and Yen-yen, the third pair of Panda bears now living outside China, made their debut in Paris yesterday in their sumptuous quarters in the Vincennes zoo. ! The two new young forjeigners lolled on their backs (by the side of the swimming pool of their new apartment, occasionally waving a foot ! in the air, and languidly fanjning themselves with (branches. I China’s gift to France, marking President PomI pidou’s visit to Peking last (September, arrived on Satur- < day in a special aircraft ac(companied by two animal specialists from the Peking zoo. Until now, the panda population outside China had been confined to Tokyo, i Washington, and Moscow.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33408, 14 December 1973, Page 9
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