The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 25 Number 15 q August 3, 2015 q www.asianreporter.com
Oldest ever giant panda celebrates
with bamboo and veggie cake
Japan starts over on
Olympic stadium plan
Page 2
10 ideas using Korean
gochujang chili paste
Page 8
Attendees endure
heat at Natsu Matsuri
Page 13
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RECORD-BREAKING BIRTHDAY. Giant panda Jia Jia tastes her birthday cake — made of ice and vegetables — at Ocean Park in Hong Kong while celebrating
her 37th birthday on July 28, 2015. In human years, Jia Jia is about 110 years old. She broke two Guinness World Records on her special day. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Born in 1978, Jia Jia was sent to Hong expectancy is around 20 years and only
HONG KONG (AP) — The oldest giant
panda ever in captivity tasted a vegetable Kong Ocean Park with An An in 1999. eight of about 400 living in captivity today
ice cake and, of course, bamboo in They were given by China to mark the are older than 30.
So, he says, “it’s quite exceptional to
second anniversary of Hong Kong’s hand-
celebration of her 37th birthday.
reach such an old age for a panda.”
Jia Jia was recognized as holding two over.
Jia Jia’s age equals about 110 years for
Jia Jia has had six babies and four are
Guinness World Records — the oldest ever
humans. She suffers high blood pressure
and the oldest living giant panda. Her still living.
The park’s veterinary service director, and arthritic pain, though her health is
mate, An An, also marked a birthday, his
Paolo Martelli, says typical panda life stable.
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