An American-born panda has given birth to a pair of cubs in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.

Hua Mei, who lives in a panda research center in Wolong, Sichuan, gave birth to the cubs on Monday. One was male and was being kept in an incubator. The second one has been with its mother so the gender was unknown. Both are in good condition.

Six-year-old Hua Mei was the first panda to be born overseas. She moved from the San Diego Zoo to Sichuan in February 2004. In May, she became pregnant through artificial insemination.

(Xinhua News Agency September 2, 2005)