--- title: Rare Panda Triplets Born in China description: China announced the birth of rare panda triplets to mom Ju Xiao at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province. canonical: https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-13T15:41:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:25.023Z og:title: Rare Panda Triplets Born in China og:description: China announced the birth of rare panda triplets to mom Ju Xiao at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province. og:url: https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rare Panda Triplets Born in China twitter:description: China announced the birth of rare panda triplets to mom Ju Xiao at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chinese Panda Brings to Bear Rare Batch of Triplets  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 13, 2014 3:41 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 13, 2014 3:41 PM UTC A rare batch of panda triplets was recently born at China’s Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, the Associated Press [reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/china-announces-birth-rare-panda-triplets). Their mother, Ju Xiao, was impregnated with sperm from a panda at a Guangzhou zoo in March, and she gave birth to the cubs on July 29\. China made the announcement this week after it was certain that the cubs had survived, [according](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/china-announces-birth-rare-panda-triplets) to the AP via China News Service. The AP also [reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/china-announces-birth-rare-panda-triplets) that the triplets, which reportedly weigh between 8-12 ounces, mark the fourth panda triplet born via an artificial breeding program. It is unclear how many of those triplet groups have survived, however. **MORE:** [TIME Launches Panda Cam During Government Shutdown](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/17/its-time-to-bid-adieu-to-times-panda-cam/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/"},"headline":"Chinese Panda Brings to Bear Rare Batch of Triplets","datePublished":"2014-08-13T15:41:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:25.023Z","description":"Three of a kind","url":"https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3107639/panda-triplets/","name":"Chinese Panda Brings to Bear Rare Batch of Triplets"}}]}] ```