Pandas’ return to China postponed
China defers the return of baby pandas Yi Yi and Sheng Yi, initially scheduled for next month. – Facebook pic, April 15, 2023.
“It has been postponed twice, three times this year due to the Covid situation in China, but both pandas will still be returned… maybe at the end of this year or early next year, depending on the Chinese government’s decision,” he told reporters at the iftar event with media and sponsors in Kuala Lumpur today.
Yi Yi and Sheng Yi are the offspring of the giant pandas, Fu Wa and Feng Yi, loaned to Malaysia in 2014 for 10 years in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of bilateral ties between Malaysia and China.
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