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China sends gift of pandas to Taiwan (Page 1)

Instructions: Read the article ‘China sends gift of pandas to Taiwan’.

Answer questions 1-15.

1. What are the names of the giant pandas China gave to Taiwan?

2. What is the capital of Taiwan?

3. Why were the giant pandas given to Taiwan?

4. Where do giant pandas live?

5. Which area of China was struck by an earthquake seven months ago?

6. Describe what is meant by ‘panda diplomacy’.

7. Describe what happened in 1972.

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8. What happened to Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing?

9. What were the names of the giant pandas given to Britain in 1974?

10. Explain why China and Taiwan have mistrusted each other.

11. How do the DPP and KMT differ in their approach to China?

12. Where will the two giant pandas be kept?

13. What is quarantine?

14. What is significant about the giant pandas’ names?

15. Who is the president of Taiwan?

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China sends gift of pandas to Taiwan (Page 1)

Instructions: Read the article ‘China sends gift of pandas to Taiwan’.
Fill in the boxes with the correct answers to find the mystery word.

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Clues
1. Capital city of Taiwan
2. Province in western China affected by a recent earthquake
3. Name given to negotiations and relationships between countries
4. __________ Zedong is a former Chinese leader
5. Richard __________ is a former president of the U.S.A.
6. Ching __________ was the name of a panda given to the government of Britain
7. __________ Shui-bian is a former president of Taiwan
8. Describes keeping animals in isolation
9. Ma __________–__________ is the president of Taiwan
10. Members of the DPP would like Taiwan to be fully _____________