Although she has been pictured resting in an incubator, she is being fed by her mother and zookeepers are taking turns massaging Yuan Yuan’s breasts and extracting colostrum milk for the baby, the Taipei Times revealed.
China sent the pandas to Taiwan in December 2008. The two sides split amid civil war in 1949. The animal's named combined mean "reunion."
Baby Panda 'Tuan Tuan' At Taipei Zoo
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In this photo taken Saturday, July 6, 2013 released by the Taipei Zoo, a panda cub is placed in an incubator by staff shortly after being born from a giant panda named Yuan Yuan, one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, at the Taipei Zoo, in Taiwan. Zoo officials said 9-year-old Yuan Yuan delivered the cub Saturday night, following artificial insemination given in March. (AP Photo/Taipei Zoo) (credit:AP)
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In this photo taken Saturday, July 6, 2013 released by the Taipei Zoo, a panda cub is seen shortly after being born from a giant panda named Yuan Yuan, one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, at the Taipei Zoo, in Taiwan. Zoo officials said 9-year-old Yuan Yuan delivered the cub Saturday night, following artificial insemination given in March. (AP Photo/Taipei Zoo) (credit:AP)
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This undated handout photograph released by Taipei City Zoo on July 21, 2013 shows recently born panda cub of giant panda Yuan Yuan being fed by a zookeeper in an incubator in an incubator at Taipei Zoo in Taipei. The public will have to wait three months to catch a glimpse of the first panda born in Taiwan, officials said after she was successfully delivered by parents who were gifted from China. (Credit: Taipei City Zoo/AFP/Getty Images)