Their new environment would have to have bamboo because that is all that pandas eat. I think but I am not positive that bamboo only grows in China. Correction: According to annother poster Panda bears can eat other things besides bamboo. Therefore maybe they could live else where.

Yes they can survive somewhere besides china. In fact, there are reportedly at least 9 fully grown giant pandas living in the U.S. today. "Mei Xiang" and "Tian Tian" lived in the United states nation zoo in D.C. In the summer of 2005 the happy couple gave birth to a son. Le le and Ya ya live at the memphis zoo and Ling ling and Tsing Tsing were also living in the US. Pandas today number so few, breed and adapt so slowly, and depend so heavily on the stability of their environment that their fate lies entirely in the hands of humans. This means that zookeepers must constantly be monitoring the panda's habitat to ensure that the pandas are safe. Also Panda cubs must be monitored very heavily because they are so small and can be easily crushed by the 250+ lb. mother. Take a look at this article: http://www.washingtonobserver.org/en/document.cfm?documentid=20&charid=1 "Panda Ambassadors" to the United States Experience One Happy Event After Another, Dominate American Zoo Visits In the summer of 2005, the two pandas, "Mei Xiang" and "Tian Tian", resident since the year 2000 at the National Zoo in the United States capital of Washington, finally "attained the right fruit" and gave birth to a son on July 9. While Chinese all over the United States celebrated the joyous occasion of the panda's birth, good news came from the San Diego Zoo on the country's west coast: the panda couple currently living in that Zoo had given birth to their third baby on August 2nd, which was also the first birth of a panda living in America through the successful use of artificial insemination.. The succession of happy events among pandas living in the United States makes animal-care workers and animal lovers leap for joy. They are eager to visit the zoos, hoping to see the lovely baby pandas with their own eyes. additional sources: http://www.american.edu/TED/panda-tour.htm http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/10/panda.cub.ap/index.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0501_030502_panda5.html http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/pandas/enriching/enriching.html check out the 'panda cam' http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/