--- description: It's a panda birthday party for all to enjoy. title: It's This Panda's Party and She'll Ignore Cake If She Wants To image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc147da94000862d5/6988a34f428a9e45cfcd3fdc/gettyimages-519514440.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # It's This Famous Panda's Party and She'll Ignore the Cake If She Wants To by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 5:54 PM CUT  Nuan Nuan and mother Liang Liang are diplomatic symbols. Nuan Nuan and mother Liang Liang are diplomatic symbols.Mohd Samsul Mohd Said—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 5:54 PM CUT Another day, [another panda](http://time.com/4460317/bei-bei-panda-first-birthday-cake/ "undefined") having a more important party than you. Throngs of visitors and media came to [Malaysia’s](http://time.com/4363930/mahathir-mohamad-malaysia-najib-razak/ "undefined") [National Zoo](https://twitter.com/NationalZoo/status/767027171911200768?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") in Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the tenth birthday of [famous pandas](http://time.com/4155777/pandas-china/ "undefined") Liang Liang and her one-year-old cub Nuan Nuan on Tuesday. (The mother panda was born on Aug. 23, 2006, and her one-year-old cub was born on Aug. 18, 2015, according to the [_Wall Street Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/photos-mother-daughter-pandas-celebrate-birthdays-at-malaysia-zoo-1471969211 "undefined").) Pandas have become [symbols of political diplomacy](http://time.com/4170789/the-panda-doctrine/ "undefined"), and Liang Liang actually traveled to Malaysia on loan to commemorate forty years of diplomatic ties between China and Malaysia, according to [Xinhuanet](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/23/c%5F135627727.htm "undefined"). The zoo commemorated the occasion with great ceremony. There was even a towering colorful cake, which the panda considered, but didn’t appear to be that interested in from the video. Watch the magical moments above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4462784/liang-liang-panda-birthday-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4462784/liang-liang-panda-birthday-video/"},"headline":"It's This Famous Panda's Party and She'll Ignore the Cake If She Wants To","datePublished":"2016-08-23T17:54:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:45.597Z","description":"How a panda celebrates ten years","url":"https://time.com/4462784/liang-liang-panda-birthday-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","politics","Internet","Panda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc147da94000862d5/6988a34f428a9e45cfcd3fdc/gettyimages-519514440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc147da94000862d5/6988a34f428a9e45cfcd3fdc/gettyimages-519514440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Baby Panda Named To Commemorate 40 Years Of Diplomatic Ties Between Malaysia And China","caption":"Baby Panda Named To Commemorate 40 Years Of Diplomatic Ties Between Malaysia And China","creditText":"Mohd Samsul Mohd Said—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4462784/liang-liang-panda-birthday-video/","name":"It's This Famous Panda's Party and She'll Ignore the Cake If She Wants To"}}]}] ```