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2016-08-22 07:46:38 Bei Bei, the Giant Panda Cub at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Had an Unusual One-Year Birthday Celebration on Saturday 51.Young panda celebrates first birthday By Chen Weihua in Washington ( China Daily ) 2016-08-22 07:46:38 Bei Bei, the giant panda cub at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, had an unusual one-year birthday celebration on Saturday. The first ladies of China and the United States both sent their greetings. China's Peng Liyuan sent her greeting from China, the home country of pandas a world away. ""The giant panda is China's national treasure. Bei Bei's birth is the fruit of collaboration between China and the US and a strong symbol of our friendship,"" Peng said in a message read by Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai on Saturday morning at a birthday celebration in the zoo's panda yard. US first lady Michelle Obama tweeted in the early morning: "Today we celebrate the National Zoo's 'precious treasure' as he turns one year old. Happy birthday, Bei Bei!" In September, Peng and Obama visited the zoo and named the newborn panda cub Bei Bei, meaning "precious" in Chinese. Peng expressed her appreciation for the staff at the National Zoo for taking good care of Bei Bei and for all US friends who love and cherish pandas. The zoo and the Chinese embassy held a special zhuazhou ceremony, a tradition honoring a baby's first birthday that dates back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) about 1,000 year ago. Whatever the baby chooses foretells its future. Three banners - with drawings and words in Chinese symbolizing long life, health, habitat, good luck and friendship - were placed in Bei Bei's yard. The art was created by children of Chinese diplomats in Washington. Panda keepers sprinkled the signposts with honey to attract Bei Bei. Bei Bei appeared to be in good spirits, but he strolled in the yard area far from the banners and climbed a tree for awhile, despite efforts by panda keepers to get him close to the banners. Laurie Thompson, a panda keeper and zoo biologist, said Bei Bei seems to feel most comfortable when his mother is in the yard. Finally, it was Mei Xiang who performed zhuazhou for Bei Bei. She picked the one signifying "luck and friendship", then moved on to the next for "health and habitat." Hundreds of people lined up along the Asia Trail on Saturday morning to have a look at the birthday boy. Suzy Johnson, wearing a red T-shirt proclaiming, "Happy Birthday, Bei Bei," said she tweeted about the birthday in the morning. Like many visitors on Saturday, Johnson has been a panda fan for a long time. She said her mother took her to see Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling back in the 1970s - the first pair of pandas arriving in the US immediately following the historic trip to China by then-president Richard Nixon in 1972. Johnson said she was devastated when Mei Xiang lost her baby in 2012. But the next year Bao Bao was born. "We love the pandas, they are very peaceful," Johnson said. "It's all about peace and friendship and love. The world can use a lot more of that." 52.Bid to give panda a brand name stirs outcry By Xu Junqian in Shanghai (China Daily) 2016-08-20 07:47:02 The possibility that the first panda born in Shanghai could be named after a well-known health product has generated an outcry online. The female bear was born in the Shanghai Wild Animal Park on July 9, and the park has since launched a campaign asking the public to give her a name. But web users found out that the maker of melatonin product Naobaijin has sponsored a TV commercial for the name-seeking campaign, leading to concerns that the panda could be named after the product if the company manipulates the campaign. Naobaijin is one of the best-known health product brands in China, with sales of 100 million yuan ($15 million) per month at its peak in the 1990s. The company says the product helps to improve sleep and boost the immune system. But it generated much controversy because of its publicity strategy of investing huge sums of money in TV commercials. "If the panda could be named after Naobaijin, what if next time a condom producer sponsored the name-seeking campaign?" asked Pmz, a web user, on NetEase. Shanghai Goldpartner Biotech Co, the maker of Naobaijin, said it would not manipulate the name-seeking campaign, adding that it would respect the opinion of the zoo and public regarding the final decision. But the company "would be truly honored if China's national treasure could be named after one of our bestselling products", the company said in a written reply to China Daily. Ni Li, spokeswoman for the Shanghai Wild Animal Park, said on Thursday that the zoo was unaware of the company's ads via Shanghai TV & Radio Station regarding the panda's naming. But she did not rule out the possibility of the panda being named Naobaijin, "if netizens voting online want it to be". Pandas' names usually have a meaning of some blessing when the animals are loaned as national gifts to other countries or regions, said Wu Kongju, a senior researcher with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province. During the visit to the United States by President Xi Jinping in September, first ladies Peng Liyuan and Michelle Obama jointly announced that the panda newly born in Washington, DC, was named Beibei, meaning both treasure and baby in Chinese. In other cases, Wu said, breeders could name the animals in a more casual way after studying their parents, hometown or the weather conditions on the day of a panda's birth. During the 2012 London Olympics, for example, a newborn panda was named Aoli'ao after its mother, Lili, and Olympics, the pronunciation of which coincides with Oreo, the famous cookie brand. For the baby panda born in Shanghai, the zoo said it will pick 20 names given by netizens on the web or via social media before asking for a vote. The final result will be announced on Sept 9. Popular names collected so far have included Nannan, a baby girl's nickname in the Shanghai dialect, and Husheng, which means born in Shanghai. Huang Zhiling in Sichuan contributed to this story. [email protected] 53.Plan completed for national panda park BY XINHUA 2016-08-18 (China Daily 08/18/2016 page9) A plan to build a national park for giant pandas has been completed and will be submitted to the central government for approval, authorities said on Wednesday. The provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu have determined the area for the park, said Yao Sidan, head of Sichuan's provincial forestry department. Drafting of the plan began in April. Yao said authorities have tried to keep the pandas' habitat intact, while also integrating existing nature reserves, parks and scenic areas into the national park, which will cover areas in the three provinces. Sichuan has the biggest population of giant pandas in China. By the end of 2015, there were 1,387 wild pandas and 364 captive ones in the province, accounting for 74 percent and 86 percent of the country's total, respectively. 54. Jia Jia, 38, holds title as oldest panda in captivity By Evelynyu In Hong Kong And Huang Zhiling In Chengdu ( China Daily ) Updated: 2016-08-11 08:07:26 The world's oldest panda in captivity, Jia Jia, just celebrated her 38th birthday - the equivalent of 114 years old in human terms - at Hong Kong Ocean Park this month. The female panda holds two Guinness World Records: the oldest panda ever in captivity and the oldest panda living in captivity. The average life span for wild pandas is 14 to 20 years, and 25 to 30 years for those in captivity. Jia Jia, who was born in the wild in Sichuan province in 1978, was sent as a gift to Hong Kong in 1999 to mark the second anniversary of the city's handover to China. She has been living in Ocean Park ever since. Jia Jia's good physique and the attentive care of the park have contributed to her longevity, said ElkeWu, the park's terrestrial life sciences senior supervisor. A comprehensive physical checkup, including a look at Jia Jia's eyes, teeth and blood pressure, is provided on a daily basis. Jia Jia also is rewarded with her favorite food if she behaves during procedures like the taking of blood samples. Wu believes that Jia Jia's health status is satisfactory for her age. However, the panda has been suffering from geriatric conditions such as high blood pressure and cataracts. Jia Jia is given antihypertensive drugs and eyedrops every day. Though at least five kinds of bamboo bought from Guangzhou are prepared for Jia Jia every day, she can be very picky. Especially in summer when the quality of bamboo is comparatively poor, Jia Jia is inclined to eat only bamboo leaves, said Wu. The staff must coax her to eat more bamboo shoots and other supplements for a balanced diet. Veterinarians have accumulated rich experience in treating captive pandas' diseases, said Zhang Hemin, chief of the administrative bureau of the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, Sichuan province. The Wolong reserve has the world's largest captive panda population. "Like humans, pandas can suffer from hypertension, cancer, diseases of the digestive tract, stroke and paralysis," said Zhang. Contact the writers at [email protected] 55.Panda twins born on day for lovers By Xinhua in Chengdu ( China Daily ) 2016-08-10 08:23:49 Panda twins were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province on Tuesday.
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