Three giant pandas born in October celebrated their birthday together at Shanghai Wild Animal Park on Friday.
Under the watchful eye of panda fans, seven-year-old Xue Bao and Qian Jin, and five-year-old Kang Kang, enjoyed their special birthday feast presented by animal care staff of the zoo.
The zoo also carefully prepared handmade birthday gifts, including exquisite bamboo beds, swivel chairs, bamboo baskets and other toys.
The giant panda birthday celebration is expected to last for one week. During this period, visitors are welcomed to write blessing cards and make Chinese 'wotou' (steamed bread made from corn, soybeans, rice and eggs) or toys for pandas. The birthday party was held to help the public learn more about these adorable creatures.
Group birthday party held for pandas in Shanghai zoo
The European Parliament on Wednesday decided to put on hold approval of the trade deal between the European Union (EU) and the United States following U.S. threats of tariffs linked to Greenland.
Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, said in a statement that the Parliament would suspend work on two legislative proposals related to the deal given the continued and escalating threats, including tariff threats, against Greenland and Denmark.
Under the EU-U.S. trade deal hammered out last July, the European Union would suspend tariffs on all U.S. industrial products and introduce tariff-rate quotas for a wide range of U.S. agri-food products entering the EU market. In return, the United States would apply a 15-percent import tariff on most EU goods. The European Commission subsequently published two legislative proposals aimed at implementing certain tariff aspects of the agreement.
European Parliament puts EU-US trade deal on hold over Greenland tariff threats
