Sichuan beckons visitors from around the world

From: China Daily | Date: November 25, 2005| Author: Huang Zhiling | Copyright information

China's giant pandas attracted worldwide media attention again when Jingjing, a panda, became one of the five mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on November 11.

Having been around for some 3 million years, pandas are an endangered animal species unique to China. The mention of China's pandas reminds people of Southwest China's Sichuan Province which is home to most of the country's 1,000-plus pandas.

One of the best-known venues to view pandas in Sichuan is the Wolong Nat...

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