Close-up video footage captured newly-born giant panda twin's sleeping movements in a nursery room at the Wolong National Nature Reserve of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The video presents endearing the female giant panda, Mei Pan, lying on its back in a bamboo basket in sleep at the Shenshuping giant panda base, while his four paws lift in the air and move a little from time to time.
Mei Pan and its twin sister Long Pan were born to the giant panda Pan Qing on June 29, 2024 at the center. Mei Pan is recognizable by the mask-like black hairs around its mouth.
Another video catches a baby panda seemingly looking for sweet milk while creeping and crawling bit by bit in the nursery box.
The video clips were filmed on August 27, 2024 and released on May 9 this year.
The China Conservation and Research Center is China's leading institution for breeding and conserving giant pandas, the country's national treasure.It has also established a global platform for promoting international cooperation and exchanges involving 18 zoos from 16 countries and regions, 39 domestic animal breeding institutions, and more than 10 scientific research institutes.
Footage shows baby panda's sleeping movements at nursery room
The Hong Kong and Tokyo stock markets plunged on Monday as investors are becoming increasingly worried about the prolonged conflict in the Middle East, which could potentially change the outlook for inflation and interest rates, according to a market analyst.
Hong Kong's stock market ended lower Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 3.54 percent to close at 24,382.47 points.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 3.11 percent to end at 8,307.82 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 3.28 percent to end at 4,712.48 points.
Timothy Pope, a market analyst for China Global Television Network (CGTN), said stocks in gold producers and jewelry retailers dropped significantly, as precious metal prices tumbled.
"The Hang Seng was also down about 3.5 percent. Only 2 stocks gained on that index -- one the oil producer CNOOC and the other Geely Automobile. Gold producers and jewelry retailers were also down. The spot gold price fell to its lowest level this year today. Last week, actually, was the worst for gold in 43 years. It's down about 10 percent. So, that's the worst loss it has had since 1983 when the Volcker Fed rate hikes really crushed spot gold. And today marked the 9th session in a row of declines for the precious metal -- silver and platinum prices are also down. This turnaround for gold is essentially down to the fact that the war has completely flipped the inflation and interest rate outlook for many developed economies. A few weeks ago, we were looking at a market which expected rate cuts this year in the U.S., UK and Europe. Now rate hikes are back on the agenda and gold is a lot less appealing because it's not a yielding asset," said Pope.
Tokyo stocks ended sharply lower on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index falling to its lowest level since Jan 8.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 1,857.04 points, or 3.48 percent, from Thursday at 51,515.49, after briefly losing over 2,600 points.
"The Nikkei 225 slid 3.5 percent, that was a very popular fall today, being down about 5 percent earlier on in the session. It's worth noting as well how the war has also completely flipped the outlook for the Nikkei. Before, the projections were broadly for a fairly steady path towards 60,000 points for the index. Now, we are looking at the very realistic prospect that it will slip below 50,000 points quite soon. Japan also gets about 90 percent of its oil from the Middle East, which obviously makes the country very exposed to the current conflict. Today we saw all the heavyweight stocks like Advantest plunging and 95 percent of Japanese prime equities actually traded lower this session," said Pope.
Hong Kong, Tokyo stock markets plunge on Monday as Middle East conflict continues
