GLOBALink | Japan bids adieu as beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang returns to China

The beloved Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang returns to China on Tuesday.

On February 19, the final day the public could see Xiang Xiang, thousands of Japanese people from all over the country crowded at the zoo for one last look at the five-year-old panda.

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