
SYMHC Classics: Ruth Harkness and the First Panda in the U.S.
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'Shanghai Panda'
Ruth got rid of all the men that he had already hired and brought on, and she opted to seek out loca s as her guides and her employees. She ended up hiring quinton young, and he was a young chinese american college student as her guide. Before they started their journey into the tibetan highlands, what they wanted to do was to capture a baby panda. Quenton knew the areas of thibet where their travels were going to take them, and his guidance in this expedition really can't be understated. He was fluent in chinese as well as english,. And he was able to handle virtually every logistical need of missus.
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