A second giant panda born in Taiwan made its media debut on Monday, climbing a wooden climbing frame and playing with sawdust to the sound of clicking cameras.
The cub was born on June 28, the son of Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, who were presented by China in 2008 to mark the heated relations between the two rivals.
China normally only lends its pandas to foreign zoos, but has given Taiwan the breeding couple – whose combined names mean “reunion” or “unity”.
China sees Taiwan as part of its territory and has promised to one day bring the self-managed democratic island back to the fold, by force if necessary.
Yuan Bao, which means “round baby” in Chinese, was revealed to some 150 reporters and invited people alongside his mother to the Taipei Zoo.
The mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, said the pup “grew up well”.
She now weighs more than 13 kg (30 pounds), compared to 186 grams (6.5 ounces) at birth.
The Taiwan zoo has had a flurry of births this year, including a gorilla, a koala, a Malayan tapir and a pangolin.
Yuan Yuan gave birth to a daughter, Yuan Zai, in 2013 – the first giant panda born in Taiwan. The family has been the main attraction of the zoo.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, just over 1,800 are believed to survive in the wild.