Tai Shan is the first cub born to Mei Xiang (IPA:[meii]) and Tian Tian (IPA:[tin tin]), the National Zoo's second pair of giant pandas. (The first pair, Ling-Ling (female) and Hsing-Hsing (male), were donated to the National Zoo by China in 1972, shortly after Richard Nixon's historic visit. Ling-...