Created Fri 2nd May 2008 3:12pm PDT by 
gingerboi
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Will Ueno Zoo in Tokyo get a new panda from a scheduled meeting on Wednesday May 7th between Chinese PM Hu Jintao and Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda, after the (timely) death of it's popstar panda Ling Ling?
Settled as Yes
Jintao has offered a panda or two to Fukada!
Background:
http://www.gadd-zooks.com/images/lingLing-lg.jpg
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080503TDY03003.htm
Fellow expatriate pandas Kang Kang and Lan Lan both bought the bamboo bus sometime ago, and now for the first time in 36 years Ueno Zoo faces its greatest ever crisis - no panda. Will the Japanese economy crumble? Japan needs a panda like China needs a global free trade agreement. Will China cough up another another of those furry, black-eyed layabouts and save Sino/Japanese economic relations? Will Ueno Zoo get another couch potato?
Both countries are meeting to discuss weighty issues, but the elephant in the lounge room will be the panda. What will Jintao say?
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080503TDY03003.htm
Fellow expatriate pandas Kang Kang and Lan Lan both bought the bamboo bus sometime ago, and now for the first time in 36 years Ueno Zoo faces its greatest ever crisis - no panda. Will the Japanese economy crumble? Japan needs a panda like China needs a global free trade agreement. Will China cough up another another of those furry, black-eyed layabouts and save Sino/Japanese economic relations? Will Ueno Zoo get another couch potato?
Both countries are meeting to discuss weighty issues, but the elephant in the lounge room will be the panda. What will Jintao say?
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Activity: H$9,360
Settled as Yes on Wed 7th May 2008 5:25am PDT
Suspend date: Mon 12th May 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Wed 7th May 2008 5:25am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 7th May 2008 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
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Created Fri 2nd May 2008 3:12pm PDT by gingerboi
gingerboi
Settlement requested Tue 6th May 2008 8:30pm PDT by gingerboi: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/japan_china_4;_ylt=A9j8eOp4HiFIVkwAjgAAAAAA
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8117701.htm
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=117394
it's PANDA POWER! Two will be offered on loan instead of one.. I think we can settle as yes, Ueno will get a panda or two.. this chunk of copy below confirms the likely location as Ueno:
One of the top items on the agenda was pandas, however.
Ling Ling, a 22-year-old giant panda at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died last week of heart failure. "It would be nice if we have a panda there again," Fukuda told reporters last week.
Tokyo is hoping to get one on loan from China, and Japan's Kyodo News agency said that during the leaders' dinner Tuesday night, Hu expressed his willingness to send a couple of pandas to Japan.
gingerboi: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_re_as/japan_china_4;_ylt=A9j8eOp4HiFIVkwAjgAAAAAA
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8117701.htm
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=117394
it's PANDA POWER! Two will be offered on loan instead of one.. I think we can settle as yes, Ueno will get a panda or two.. this chunk of copy below confirms the likely location as Ueno:
One of the top items on the agenda was pandas, however.
Ling Ling, a 22-year-old giant panda at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died last week of heart failure. "It would be nice if we have a panda there again," Fukuda told reporters last week.
Tokyo is hoping to get one on loan from China, and Japan's Kyodo News agency said that during the leaders' dinner Tuesday night, Hu expressed his willingness to send a couple of pandas to Japan.
Settlement requested Tue 6th May 2008 8:30pm PDT by gingerboi: that is from the first yahoo story
gingerboi: that is from the first yahoo story
Settlement requested Wed 7th May 2008 12:17am PDT by 
randburg
: To be settled as YES: the scheduled meeting produced TWO PANDAS!
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=8383&eeid=5858476&_sitecat=1505&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=0&ck=&ch=ne
Hu and Fukuda, hoping to underscore the positive during his five-day stay, were to use pingpong and pandas to take the edge off more contentious problems.
Hu said China was willing to loan a couple of pandas to Japan following the death last week of 22-year-old giant panda Ling Ling at Tokyo's largest zoo.
randburg: To be settled as YES: the scheduled meeting produced TWO PANDAS!
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=8383&eeid=5858476&_sitecat=1505&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=0&ck=&ch=ne
Hu and Fukuda, hoping to underscore the positive during his five-day stay, were to use pingpong and pandas to take the edge off more contentious problems.
Hu said China was willing to loan a couple of pandas to Japan following the death last week of 22-year-old giant panda Ling Ling at Tokyo's largest zoo.
Settled as 'Yes' Wed 7th May 2008 5:25am PDT by 
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: Jintao has offered a panda or two to Fukada!
lesley: Jintao has offered a panda or two to Fukada!
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