Twin Giant Panda Cubs Born in SW China – Xinhua

From Xinhua:

A pair of twin panda cubs were born on Thursday in a southwest China giant panda research center.

The first new cub is male and was born at 1:00 p.m. and the second was born five hours later – its sex is still unknown as its mother has not let it out of her grip. “The mother and her babies are all well,” said Zhang Zhihe, director of the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in Sichuan Province. [Full Text]