Two Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, names together mean "reunion", are seen at a panda base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The pair of pandas that have long been offered to Taiwan by mainland China since 2005 are scheduled to arrive Taiwan before Christmas this year. (AP Photo)
Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, names together mean "reunion", are seen at a panda base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The pair of pandas that have long been offered to Taiwan by mainland China since 2005 are scheduled to arrive Taiwan before Christmas this year. (AP Photo)
Pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, names together mean "reunion", eat bamboo at a panda base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The pair of pandas that have long been offered to Taiwan by mainland China since 2005 are scheduled to arrive Taiwan before Christmas.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)
The pair of pandas that have long been offered to Taiwan by mainland China since 2005 are scheduled to arrive Taiwan before Christmas.