Giant Panda Qin Hua celebrated his fifth birthday at the Huayang Mountain Scenic Area in Hanzhong City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday.
Keepers prepared a special birthday cake for the pandan with bamboos, flowers, and carrots.
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Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Qin Hua was born on Oct 11, 2020 at the Qinling Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding.
His mother is giant panda Zhu Zhu, and his father is Qi Zai, the world's only artificially captive brown giant panda. Unlike his father's special brown and white fur color, Qin Hua is black and white.
Qinling giant panda is a subspecies even more precious than those living in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The fourth national survey of giant pandas (2011–2014) showed that the Qinling giant pandas are mainly distributed in seven scattered regions with a population of 345, which is only 17 percent of the subspecies population in Sichuan.
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
Giant panda Qin Hua celebrates 5th birthday
The Republic of Korea (ROK)'s former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday was sentenced to five years in prison on arrest obstruction charges.
The criminal division of the Seoul Central District Court in charge of Yoon's obstruction of justice case handed down the prison sentence to Yoon for abusing the presidential security service to hinder the anti-corruption agency from executing its arrest warrant in January 2025.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) was once thwarted in its attempt to arrest Yoon as the presidential security service formed human shields and bus blockades to prevent investigators from entering the presidential residence.
The team of Cho Eun-suk, an independent counsel who led investigations into Yoon's insurrection and other charges, demanded a 10-year prison term for Yoon.
The court said Yoon privatized the presidential security service for personal safety and private interests by blocking the law enforcement agencies' lawful execution of an arrest warrant and attempting to destroy evidence, pointing out that despite the very bad nature of his crime, he consistently offered unconvincing excuses and showed no remorse.
The court stressed that severe punishment was necessary, considering the need to restore the rule of law damaged by Yoon's crime, but it noted that the fact that he was a first-time offender with no criminal record was considered a favorable factor.
The sentencing, which was broadcast live, was Yoon's first verdict coming from his botched martial law bid.
The first-instance sentencing for Yoon's insurrection charges was scheduled for Feb 19. The special counsel sought a death penalty for Yoon on the charges.
Yoon declared emergency martial law on the night of Dec 3 in 2024, but it was revoked hours later by the National Assembly.
The constitutional court upheld a motion to impeach Yoon in April 2025, officially removing him from office.
The ousted leader was indicted while in detention in January 2025 on charges of leading an insurrection, becoming the first sitting ROK president facing such prosecution.
ROK ex-president Yoon sentenced to 5 years in prison on arrest obstruction charges
