The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 27 Number 19 q October 2, 2017 q www.asianreporter.com
Japan’s baby panda now has a
name: Xiang Xiang, or fragrance
Singer, actress Josie Ho
is making new music
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Portland Thorns to host
NWSL semifinal match
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CUTE CUB. This photo released by the Tokyo Zoological Park Society shows a female giant panda cub on the 100th day since her birth at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, on
September 20, 2017. The cub now has a name: Xiang Xiang in Chinese, or Shan Shan in Japanese. The name, whose Chinese characters mean fragrance, was chosen
from more than 320,000 candidates from the public and also approved by Chinese authorities. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society via AP)
Make these egg
rolls at home
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s baby panda
now has a name: Xiang Xiang, or
fragrance.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike an-
nounced the three-month-old giant panda
is called Shan Shan in Japanese, or Xiang
Xiang in Chinese.
The name, whose Chinese characters
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mean fragrance, was chosen from more
than 320,000 suggestions and was
approved by Chinese authorities.
The Ueno Zoo in Tokyo said the panda
is healthy and growing rapidly. She
weighed 13 pounds and measured 26
inches long, nearly twice as big as she was
in late August, according to the latest
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measurement marking the 100th day since
birth.
Recent videos showed the fluffy
black-and-white cub crawling, and some
teeth coming in.
Xiang Xiang was born on June 12 to
the zoo’s resident giant panda, Shin
Shin.
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