Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing;: Year of the panda [Collins, Larry R] on Amazon.com. Ling-Ling, the female giant panda who symbolized the opening of relations between the United States and China, was found dead Wednesday. Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 1 time. Hsing-Hsing lived a little longer, but by age 28 he was beginning to suffer from age-related conditions, and when he developed a terminal kidney infection, he was euthanized in November 1999. The male panda is reading a Chinese take out menu and the female is eating noodles; they are named Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling Wongbruin. There are related clues (shown below). Ling-Ling herself died suddenly in December 1992, from heart congestion. Ling-Ling passed away in 1992, and Hsing-Hsing followed in 1999. 1972: Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing (Shing-Shing), the National Zoo’s first pair of giant pandas, arrived from China in 1972 as a gift to the American people to commemorate President Nixon’s historic visit to China. The Zoo Goer Pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing (1976) [Xanton, William, Curator] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The first surviving cubs to be born in D.C. were created by the next panda duo in D.C.: Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. The melancholy at the close of Hsing-Hsing's life was in sharp contrast to the excitement surrounding his and Ling-Ling's arrival in April 1972. Clue: Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. Before the arrival of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, it had been nearly two decades since a U.S. zoo had a panda. The new pandas were born in semi-captivity at the Wolong National Reserve, where China operates its Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda. They stayed there and had 5 cubs, but none of them survived past a few days. Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing went on to have five cubs, though unfortunately “none lived more than a few days,” says the Associated Press. The Zoo Goer Pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing (1976) At age 23, she was already the oldest Panda outside of China. H/T Washington Post *Update: The … Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing had been born in the wild. President Nixon gave the Giant Pandas to the Smithsonian National Zoo. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Giant Pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing were gifts given to President Richard Nixon from the Chinese government in 1972. Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling Wongbruin ... Carryout Here is a cute Boyds Bears figurine that features a pair of pandas preparing for a trip on an ark. Now, after their passing, there are two more Giant Pandas there. These two were slightly older on arrival than Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing were believed to have been. 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