The cub born to giant pandas Xuang Xuang and Lin Hui, which are on loan from China, has been officially named Lin Bing.

The name Lin Bing was chosen from four names short-listed by judges from thousands of suggested names. The other three names were Ying Ying, Tai Jin and Kwan Thai.

The name Lin Bing received the most votes from the public, according to Thailand Post.

Around 22 million postcard-votes were mailed in.

Lin Bing received 13.2 million votes, or about 60% of the total votes sent in on postcards, followed by Kwan Thai with 3.9 million votes, Tai Jin with 2.9 votes and Ying Ying with 2 million votes.

The name Lin Bing is Chinese for "a forest of ice." The word bing is very similar in Chinese pronunciation to "ping", the name of Chiang Mai's major river.

Lin Bing was born on May 27 this year.

Writer: Bangkok Post.com
Published: 10/08/2009 at 04:54 PM

Ref:Bangkokbiznews.com