Love Letters to Xin Xin (2025)
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As its title suggests, is a love epistle addressed to Xin Xin, the last giant panda in Latin America born outside of China,
currently living at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. For decades, China employed what is known as “panda diplomacy,”
the practice of gifting giant pandas to other countries as a diplomatic gesture. Over time, pandas ceased to be gifts and
instead began to be loaned, which meant they remained the property of the Chinese government. Xin Xin is the only giant
panda in the world that does not belong to China, but is instead considered Mexican. The video explores themes such as
loneliness, love, and shared diasporic identity through a personal reflection on belonging and longing.
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Love Letters to Xin Xin (2025)
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As its title suggests, is a love epistle addressed to Xin Xin, the last giant panda in Latin America born outside of China,
currently living at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. For decades, China employed what is known as “panda diplomacy,”
the practice of gifting giant pandas to other countries as a diplomatic gesture. Over time, pandas ceased to be gifts and
instead began to be loaned, which meant they remained the property of the Chinese government. Xin Xin is the only giant
panda in the world that does not belong to China, but is instead considered Mexican. The video explores themes such as
loneliness, love, and shared diasporic identity through a personal reflection on belonging and longing.
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