Giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia JIa land in Singapore

Singapore on Thursday gave a VIP welcome to a pair of giant pandas loaned by China for 10 years to mark two decades of close diplomatic relations.

The bears -- five-year-old male Kai Kai ("victorious") and four-year-old Jia Jia ("beauty") -- will be the stars in a new section of the Singapore Zoo and will make their public debut in December after a quarantine period.

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Jia Jia, one of two giant pandas on loan from China, looks out from its cage upon its arrival at Singapore's Changi airport on September 6. Singapore has devoted millions of dollars to a climate-controlled enclosure designed to promote breeding in the island's humid tropical climate
Jia Jia, one of two giant pandas on loan from China, looks out from its cage upon its arrival at Singapore's Changi airport on September 6. Singapore has devoted millions of dollars to a climate-controlled enclosure designed to promote breeding in the island's humid tropical climate