Its authors, An Xiao Mina, Jennifer 8 Lee and Jason Li – all based in North America – show readers how Chinese characters form their meaning by relating them to the emoji that we use every day.

She was born in August 2000, in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Ya Ya was accompanied at the zoo by a giant panda named Le Le, who died in February at age 25. Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson has ...

The centre posted on Chinese microblog service Sina Weibo however that it has suspended the keeper while an investigation is carried out. But it did little to pacify outraged panda fans.