Xin Xing, Giant Panda With Progeny Around the Globe, Dies at 38
The star of China’s Chongqing Zoo was the world’s oldest panda in captivity. More than 150 of her descendants have lived in several countries.
Xin Xing with a “birthday cake” at the zoo in Chongqing, China, in August. She used to eat seven meals a day, zoo keepers said.Credit.Tang Yi/Xinhua, via Getty Images
HONG KONG Xin Xing, a giant panda who grew to an age that shattered records, lived a life of great appetites.
Born in the wild in a sprawling panda sanctuary in China’s Sichuan Province, she was transferred to the Chongqing Zoo in southwestern China when she was just a year old.