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Tourist attacked by giant panda in Beijing zooPosted by Eric Mu, January 8, 2009 5:01 PM
 The Beijing News January 8, 2008 A man was attacked by a giant panda at the Beijing Zoo, after he climbed into its enclosure despite the warning sign yesterday, today's The Beijing News reports. The man whose name is Zhang Xiao was trying to pick up his son's toy panda which had fallen inside the panda pen. Zhang was chased by the panda and bit several times on his left leg before zoo keepers rescued him. He suffered several injuries including deep cuts. The newspaper article also says the panda Gu Gu had previously attacked two people who had tried to approach him. Also: ● Beijing has suspended transport of live poultry after a woman from Chaoyang District died of bird flu on January 5. ● China's three telecommunication operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have received 3G mobile licenses issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. ● High quality counterfeit banknotes that can even trick some detectors have been found in various provinces in China. It is suspected that the counterfeit money is being shipped from Taiwan to the Mainland. Links and Sources
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Comments on Tourist attacked by giant panda in Beijing zoo
Was he from Henan like the last guy? At least he didn't bite the panda back like my drunken coprovincial did.
This one is an Anhui ren.
should've tried some kungfu like the street kid hopped up on glue or whatnot did last time around