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You're here to see 23 giant panda cubs,Watch Midhunter all of which made their public debut on Thursday in Chengdu, in the Sichuan Province of southwest China.

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All the pandas were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding this year, and there was good reason to celebrate.

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In early September, the giant panda was reclassified from "endangered" to "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It was a decision challenged by Chinese authorities, who said the decision has come "too soon."

But enough talking. Look at the baby pandas.

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