The pandemic fear grips the world as the virus spreads from Mexico to the US, Europe and as far as China.
A record 28 panda cubs born via artificial insemination have survived in 2006.
A giant panda couple will leave their southwest China home Friday for a 10-year stay in Australia, the first of the endangered species to live in the southern hemisphere.
Over the past year, China's award-winning environmentalist Liao Xiaoyi, has spent most of her time in a remote village of Sichuan Province.
A split has emerged in China's wind power industry over its future development.