"In the early years, transportation between Hefei and South Korea was not convenient

Her lawyer said she was ill with an ear problem and could not appear in court

The pandas were born at the Ya'an Bifengxia base, part of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan

She herself knew little of the province or its capital at that time, so she decided to have a look before taking her family there

Travelers had to change flights in Shanghai or Nanjing, Jiangsu province