Tian Tian (female giant panda) Zoo said was hard to predict and the panda breeding season can last until late September. On 11 September 2017, the Zoo said that Tian Tian was not pregnant and her hormone levels had returned to normal. The coverage of Tian Tian's pregnancies at Edinburgh Zoo became so widespread that BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme PM broadcast satirical daily "Possible Panda Pregnancy Update[s]". Tian Tian (female giant panda) Tian Tian (, meaning "Sweetie") is a female panda born on 24 August 2003 at the Beijing Zoo from mother Niu Niu and father Ying Ying, and currently resident at Edinburgh
Tian Dawei studied at a primary school in Baoding, Hebei. In 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Tian fled to Shaanxi. From 1940 to 1946, Tian studied at Yucai School () in Hechuan County, Chongqing. In June 1946, Tian returned to Beijing and studied at Beijing No. 4 High School. Tian attended Beifang University () from December 1946 to August 1948. Tian entered North China University of Technology in August 1948, majoring in Russian language. After graduating in January 1949 he was appointed an officer to the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, he retired in February 1994. Tian