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Taiwan welcomes Chinese panda experts in moment of easing tensions

The zoo said that the two Chinese veterinarians Wu Honglin and Wei Ming from the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China's Sichuan Province agree with local experts that Tuan Tuan is too ill to undergo invasive treatment after being diagnosed with a brain lesion in September.

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Tuan Tuan is one of two giant pandas given by China in 2008 to Taiwan as part of a cross-strait animal exchange program, meaning that Taiwan will continue to "own" the panda even after its death, as well as any cubs born to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan.