They’re alarmingly cute. A hotel in China has been rapped by local wildlife officials for using endangered red pandas during wake-up calls for guests, according to a report. The Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel, located in the mountains near Chongqing, offered boarders the option of a “red panda-themed holiday,” which included bringing the endangered species…
Hong Kong businesses have made extensive efforts to entice mainland Chinese visitors during the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday, but many tourists will opt to take recommendations from social media platform RedNote. The government anticipates around 840,000 mainland visitors between Thursday and Monday, about 10 per cent more than last year during the same…
YouTube star IShowSpeed has begun his visit to Hong Kong, drawing crowds of fans as he made his way around the popular shopping neighbourhood of Causeway Bay before seeing the pandas at Ocean Park. The 20-year-old American, dressed in a Hong Kong football team shirt, spent Friday morning taking part in a “villain-hitting” ritual in…
From harbor-front sculptures to posters and even a pyrotechnic drone show, Hong Kong is in a panda frenzy. One of two as yet unnamed Panda cubs is seen near their keepers during a viewing by select visitors at an enclosure in Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Hong Kong bets on pandas to revive tourism—will it…
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has removed a HK$36,000 (US$4,615) panda-themed luxury watch from sale a day after its launch following an outcry over its alligator leather strap. The theme park apologised on its social media page on Thursday for a lack of sensitivity and pledged to conduct a comprehensive internal review. “Ocean Park appreciates the…
Hundreds of early birds queued outside Ocean Park’s panda enclosure on Sunday morning to meet the two bears gifted to Hong Kong by Beijing, with the pair’s public debut even attracting fans from around the world. Male bear An An and his female counterpart, Ke Ke, enjoyed a warm reception from visitors stopping by their…
HONG KONG: A pair of giant pandas presented as gifts to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by the central government will greet the public at Ocean Park on Dec 8, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on social media on Wednesday (Nov 27). The national treasures, currently called An An and Ke Ke, will…
Image credit: AllRightsReserved / Panda Friends & Family Hong Kong Who else is still inflicted with the panda craze? Get ready for the upcoming PANDA GO! FEST this December, which is set to be the largest panda exhibition in Hong Kong. 2,500 panda sculptures will take over the city every weekend in a different location….
After 11 months, the District’s panda lovers will no longer have to bear the pain of a panda-less National Zoo. Two-year-old male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16, 2024. Two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China this year. The announcement from…
What to Know A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas will arrive at the National Zoo today. The male panda, Bao Li, is the offspring of Bao Bao, who was born in D.C. in 2013 FedEx flew the new pair to the United States via a “Panda Express” flight. The pandas’ plane touched down at Dulles…