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Li Qiaoqiao/XinhuaZumapress.com A baby panda ate a carrot at a panda kindergarten on Friday in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province.

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ChinaFotoPress/Zumapress.com A baby panda played with its new year gift on Wednesday at Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, China.

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Staff writers William Wan in Ya'an, China, and Chico Harlan in Tokyo contributed to this report.

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The state; within 12 counties in the jurisdictions of Chengdu and Ya'an cities and the Aba and Ganzi Autonomous Prefectures.

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In this hole in the wall run by friendly folks from Ya'an, a town not far from Chengdu, I found my favorite dish of the trip: shengjiao niurou mian, or raw chili beef noodle.

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Last night, a man contacted in Ya'an city in Sichuan said military vehicles had been moving through the city in the past two or three days.

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The animals' arrival from Ya'an reserve in Chengdu, China, is the result of five years of work to bring them to Scotland.

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The Edinburgh Zoo team spent three days with local experts at Bifengxia Panda Base in Ya'an, where the pandas are being cared for.

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Tian Tian and Yang Guang will arrive in Edinburgh from the Ya'an reserve in Chengdu, China, on Sunday.

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"About 70 to 80 percent of all the pandas in the world live in Sichuan," said Huang Zhi of the Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center in Ya'an, Sichuan.

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