A keeper takes care of the "Olympic" giant pandas at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing June 5, 2008. The eight pandas, flown to Beijing from Chengdu in Sichuan Province May 24 for Olympic visitors, made their first public appearance on Thursday. [asianewsphoto]

A keeper takes care of the "Olympic" giant pandas at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing June 5, 2008. The eight pandas, flown to Beijing from Chengdu in Sichuan Province May 24 for Olympic visitors, made their first public appearance on Thursday. [Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency June 6, 2008)