Adopted Xiangxia goes viral on Chinese TikTok with message to biological parents: 'Please find me'

china - Xiangxia van den Ham, a Chinese woman adopted by a Dutch couple, is searching for her biological parents in China and her emotional plea on TikTok has gone viral.

Xiangxia van den Ham, a 27-year-old woman adopted from China at the age of 1 by a Dutch couple, is on a mission to reunite with her biological parents. She has made an emotional plea on the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, asking her parents to find her. Her video quickly gained popularity, receiving millions of views and thousands of supportive comments.

Xiangxia had previously believed it was impossible to find her family due to lack of information, but meeting other adoptees who successfully reunited with their parents gave her hope. She is now actively taking steps to increase the chances of a reunion, including providing her DNA for matching purposes.

Despite the recent halt on foreign adoptions in China, Xiangxia sees this as a positive change, allowing more children to grow up in their own country. However, she emphasizes the need for more support for adoptees in their search for their roots, as many face challenges such as language barriers and lack of connections in their birthplace.

Over the past three decades, around 150,000 Chinese children were adopted by foreign families, primarily from the United States. The focus has now shifted towards domestic adoptions within China. The adoption landscape has also changed in countries like the Netherlands, where adoptions from China ceased in 2022 following concerns of misconduct in the process.