The best things to do on a Chengdu visit: it's not all pandas and spicy hotpot | South China Morning Post
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FILE--A giant panda cub plays with a hanging tire on a tree at a base of China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in southwest Chi Stock Photo - Alamy
![Yingying, a 17-year-old panda, born in a zoo in the southwestern province of Sichuan, drives a car during a performance at the Chinese Acrobats Arts Festival in Beijing late October 20, 2001. Yingying, a 17-year-old panda, born in a zoo in the southwestern province of Sichuan, drives a car during a performance at the Chinese Acrobats Arts Festival in Beijing late October 20, 2001.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3R5F4/yingying-a-17-year-old-panda-born-in-a-zoo-in-the-southwestern-province-of-sichuan-drives-a-car-during-a-performance-at-the-chinese-acrobats-arts-festival-in-beijing-late-october-20-2001-yingying-is-said-to-be-the-only-member-of-the-endangered-species-in-the-world-able-to-dunk-a-basketball-go-down-a-slide-and-lift-weights-reutersguang-niu-gnpb-2D3R5F4.jpg)
Yingying, a 17-year-old panda, born in a zoo in the southwestern province of Sichuan, drives a car during a performance at the Chinese Acrobats Arts Festival in Beijing late October 20, 2001.
The best things to do on a Chengdu visit: it's not all pandas and spicy hotpot | South China Morning Post
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