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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Twin panda cubs at Tokyo zoo named Xiao Xiao, Lei Lei
By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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diagonalslip
what a lovely warm and natural environment for these precious creatures..... 可愛いなー。
noriahojanen
Inconvenient truth 1: The twin will be (forcibly) striped of the names when returning to China at the end of contract. The ownership belongs to China.
Inconvenient truth 2: Tokyo has paid about 100 million yen per year to loan pandas. Of course it's from tax money. To see pandas at the Ueno Zoo, you have to pay admission. A double charge, no?
上野動物園のパンダ、中国に支払うレンタル料は
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO24976500S7A221C1EA5000/
Inconvenient truth 3: By updates, pandas are no longer an endangered species while Beijing is still taking advantage of the protection program for own political purpose and profiteering. Shame.
Fighto!
Exactly.
The pro-China poster who suggested otherwise has a habit of struggling to comprehend the written story.
noriahojanen
Names for pandas born in Japan are proposed by the public, selected by the committee under Tokyo gov. There is no intervention from Beijing.
Chico3
So cute! Like you kind of want to hug them. I look forward to seeing them with their mommy.
shogun36
Cuties!
But why is it that every time Japanese people give Chinese names, it's always the same name twice?
I don't get that.
That isn't a Chinese thing.
Paul
Send them back to China and stop paying 100 milion a year fees for them!!!
Alex
@Fighto: as was already pointed out in the comments, this is right in the article. I will quote it below just for you once again. Next time try focusing or taking a deep breath before going into your commenting bursts.
John-San
Why don,t the government open up public jails for viewing session? Could be a better earn than a couple of pandas. Over there we have the notorious pickpocket of Kobe station, to the right today we been able to have on display the great jail escapee Suto. I pay to see that. Why lock animals for doing nothing wrong and charge money to see them when today you can get a better view and more info on the internet. Why not earn revenue by holding public viewings of jailed criminals ?
Strangerland
It's a Chinese thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_given_name
It's a fairly well known Chinese phenomenon. Here is some more on it: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Chinese-names-often-contain-double-words-like-Yao-Yao-Wei-Wei-or-Sun-Sun
Gaijinjland
Pandas are a joke and are just used by china as soft diplomacy. The enclosure space at Ueno zoo is appalling. The only great panda exhibit I've seen is at the Washington DC zoo.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
Cute photos
albaleo
From the article:
*the Tokyo government chose the names from more than 190,000 entries sent from around Japan *and after consulting with the Giant Panda National Park in China
John Noun
Err, this is a bit one sided. The Japanese are as anti-Chinese as the Chinese are anti-Japanese. If not more. The Chinese have reasons to dislike Japan. What reasons do the Japanese have other than rudely thinking Chinese are noisy and dirty?
Let's be real here.
Alex
No, the names are selected in consultations with China.
quercetum
I like the videos of them munching and crunching crispy bamboo and pumpkins. So endearing.
BackpackingNepal
Does it really have to be Chinese names? Or still not yet Japanese citizen?
ReasonandWisdomNippon
Don't support CCP or like what their doing, especially recent aggression.
We shouldn't hate the Pandas. They are cute, Chinese people care about them a lot too, showing respect is common courtesy.
You want to counter China, stand up to them, built strong deterrent... Let's do it! I'm in favor!
Dont involve the Pandas. We are better people then that.