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Giant panda born at Washington zoo celebrates first birthday

China PlusPublished: 2021-08-22 13:16:03
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Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates his first birthday with his mother Mei Xiang by eating a fruitsicle cake at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC, US, August 21, 2021. Staff of the zoo provided the male cub and its mother panda-friendly fruitsicle cakes made with frozen-diluted grape and apple juice, sweet potato, apples, pears, carrots, sugar cane, bamboo and lots of love. [Photo: Agnes Bun/AFP via VCG]

Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates his first birthday with his mother Mei Xiang by eating a fruitsicle cake at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC, US, August 21, 2021. Staff of the zoo provided the male cub and its mother panda-friendly fruitsicle cakes made with frozen-diluted grape and apple juice, sweet potato, apples, pears, carrots, sugar cane, bamboo and lots of love. [Photo: CNSPHOTO]

Media and local residents come to celebrate the first birthday of Giant Panda Xiao Qi Ji, cub of giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC, US, August 21, 2021. [Photo: CNSPHOTO]

Giant Panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates its first birthday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC, US, August 21, 2021. With its name literally meaning "little miracle," the baby panda was born at the US national zoo in Washington on August 21, 2020, amid the pandemic. "You came into the world last year during the pandemic. At such a difficult time, your arrival and every bit of your growth has given us joy and hope. For us, you are a miracle," said Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang in a birthday message to giant panda Xiao Qi Ji. [Photo: Agnes Bun/AFP via VCG]

Giant Panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates its first birthday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington DC, US, August 21, 2021. With its name literally meaning "little miracle," the baby panda was born at the US national zoo in Washington on August 21, 2020, amid the pandemic. "You came into the world last year during the pandemic. At such a difficult time, your arrival and every bit of your growth has given us joy and hope. For us, you are a miracle," said Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang in a birthday message to giant panda Xiao Qi Ji. [Photo: Agnes Bun/AFP via VCG]

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