THERE AS WE GO THROUGH THREE TWO
ONE, HAPPY PANDA ANNIVERSARY.
HARD TO BELIEVE ITS BEEN 50
YEARS.
A PANDEMONIUM THERE.
>> TWO CHINESE PANDAS OFFERS TO
THE UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: AND CONTINUES TO
THIS DAY.
THE KIDS, ADULTS, ALL OF US
STOPPED DEAD IN OUR TRACK WHENGS
SEE' A PANDA.
OFTEN SITTING LIKE A BABY.
>> THEY ARE FROM CHINA.
>> WELL EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS
THAT TOO.
>> WE KNOW THAT NOW BUT FIFTY
YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT PANDAS OR EVEN CHINA.
>> ITS BEEN SO LONG.
TAKE US BACK TO THAT COLD WAR
RELATIONSHIP, HOW FEROCITY WASRO
WAS IT?
>> WELL THERE WERE 25 YEARS OF
NO COMMUNICATION.
>> NONE.
>> NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: BUT THE SO CALLED
BAMBOO CURTAIN THAT SEPARATED
OUR NATIONS FOUND AN UNEXPECTED
OPENING WHEN PRESIDENT RICHARD
NIXON AND HIS WIFE VISITED
CHINA.
ON THE TABLE THE FIRST LADY, PAT
NIXON, SAW A TIN OF CIGARETTES.
>> SO SHE POINTS TO THE CYLINDER
ON WHICH THERE IS AN IMAGE OF A
PANDA AND SAYS TO HIM, GOSH
AREN'T THEY CUTE.
AND HE REPLIES I'LL GIVE YOU
SOME.
>> Reporter: AND JUST LIKE THAT,
PANDA DIPLOMACY BEGAN.
THE ZOO HAS SINCE HOST AD TOTAL
OF EIGHT PANDAS.
>> WE HAD LIN LING AND SHIN SHIN.
TIE SHONN, POW BOW, BEBE AND NOW
SHOW CHI JI.
>> Reporter: THOUSANDS CLICK
ONLINE EVERY DAY TO WATCH THEIR
HUMAN LIKE ANTICS.
AND WHEN IT SNOWS AND THIS
HAPPEN, IT GOES VIRAL.
OVER THE LAST FIVE DECADES,
ADVANCES IN CARING FOR THE BEAR,
INCLUDING LASER TREATMENT FOR
HER ARTHRITIS.
THE HONEY WATER IS A DISTRACTION
TO KEEP TAN TAN IN ONE PLACE.
WHAT IS THE LASER DOING?
>> IT IS EMITTING A LIGHT THAT
BASICALLY WHEN I DESCRIBE IT TO
PEOPLE I CALL IT SORT OF LIKE
JUMP STARTING A CAR.
>> Reporter: 50 YEARS AGO,
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WASN'T
EVEN CONSIDERED BUT IT IS NOW.
TOGETHER VETERINARIANS IN THE
U.S. AND CHINA HAVE HELPED
PANDEMIC'S ONCE ENDANGERED TO
THRIVE.
A NEWBORN IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
STICK OF BUTTER.
>> PANDAS ARE ONE OF THE
SPECIES, THEY WERE AT RISK OF
BEING LOST.
SO THEY WERE ON THE EDGE.
THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK A
LOT QUICKER IN SOME WAYS THAN WE
EXPECTED TO A POPULATION NOW
THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR.
>> Reporter: SHE CONCEIVED THAT
WAY.
AND BORN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THE NAME TRANSLATES TO
APPROPRIATELY "LITTLE MIRACLE."
>> THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO COME
HERE AND BE DISTRACTED FOR A
LITTLE WHILE AND REMINDED AGAIN
THERE IS STILL GOOD IN THE
WORLD.
>> Reporter: AND KIND OF
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONFLICTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: 50 YEARS AGO, THERE
WERE FEWER THAN A THOUSAND
PANDAS IN THE WILD.
TODAY, WITH ALL THE ADVANCES,
MORE THAN 1800, PLUS ANOTHER 600
IN ZOOS.
THREE THAT WE HAVE HERE RIGHT
NOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHEN CHINA
GAVE US THE PANDAS WHAT DID WE
GIVE THEM?
WELL, WE GAVE THEM MUSK OXEN.
AND YES, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY
SMELL.
>> OH WOW.
THAT WASN'T A FAIR TRADE.
TERRIBLE TRADE DEAL.
>> OKAY.
CONGRATULATIONS KERRY ON
THAT --.
WHICH PANDA IS THAT BEHIND YOU
AGAIN?
THE ONE ENJOYING THE BREAKFAST?
>> THAT IS NAY SHONG.
SOW SHE JI.