Chinese, U.S. first ladies name baby Panda at D.C. National Zoo

English.news.cn 2015-09-26 09:54:55

U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-CHINA-PENG LIYUAN-MICHELLE OBAMA-VISIT

Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan (L) and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama choose "Bei Bei" as the name of a baby Panda at the Giant Panda House of the National Zoo in Washington D.C., the United States, Sept. 25, 2015. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's First Lady Peng Liyuan and her U.S. counterpart Michelle Obama on Friday jointly named a panda baby at the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The panda cub was named "Bei Bei", which means "precious treasure" in Chinese and has similar pronunciation as the English word "baby". It was one of the two cubs born at the zoo on Aug. 22, but the other died four days later. Full story

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[Editor: Hou Qiang]

Chinese, U.S. first ladies name baby Panda at D.C. National Zoo

English.news.cn | 2015-09-26 09:54:55 | Editor: Hou Qiang

U.S.-WASHINGTON D.C.-CHINA-PENG LIYUAN-MICHELLE OBAMA-VISIT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's First Lady Peng Liyuan and her U.S. counterpart Michelle Obama on Friday jointly named a panda baby at the Smithsonian National Zoo.

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