Panda homecoming

Two male pandas born in Japan four years ago will become the first overseas-born twin pandas ever to come to China next week.

Ryuhin and Shuhin are due to leave Osaka, Japan at 3:30 am (Beijing time) on October 27, stay in Beijing overnight and arrive at Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the following day, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding announced on Wednesday.

(China Daily 10/18/2007 page3)