Just in time for the Olympic Games, a pair of giant pandas have been born in China.

Bei Bei and Huan Huan have been named after two of the Olympic mascots because they were born on the second day of the 2008 Games.

The twins were born to 9-year-old 'Qi Zhen', who gave birth after a pregnancy extending over 100 days. The birth took place at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, near Chengdu, in Sichuan province.

The eight "Olympic pandas" have witnessed more than one million visitors since their arrival in Beijing from the Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province on June 5.

"Crowds press six deep up against the glass. Everyone jostles for a position. Cameras flash constantly. The very sight of the pandas makes people grin inanely."

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At Chengdu's Panda Breeding and Research Center, $125 US gets you a smock and a baby panda to hold for 2 minutes. I will do this one day...