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CHENGDU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 19-year-old giant panda gave birth to a male cub at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province during the early hours of Friday.
In terms of a human equivalent, the mother, Dashuang, about 70 years old, said Wu Kongju, a panda expert at the center.
Dashuang has given birth seven times in the past. Her water broke at around 8:40 p.m. Thursday, and the baby, weighing 186 grams, was born a few hours later, Wu said.
Pandas are in the high reproductive season, and staff at the center have gone to great lengths to take care of the mothers and their babies.
There are more than 1,300 wild pandas in Sichuan, 15 percent more than 10 years ago. The number of captive pandas in Sichuan is more than 360, accounting for 86.3 percent of all captive pandas nationwide.
