Chinese man adopted by Canadian family reunites with birth father after being abandoned

SCMP | March 6, 2026, 5 a.m. | Original

A Chinese man was recently reunited with his biological father after being lost at a railway station at the age of four before being adopted by a Canadian couple who later abandoned him. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

A Chinese man who got lost at a railway station at the age of four and was adopted by a Canadian couple who abandoned him has been reunited with his biological father.

Zhang Yunpeng, 28, hugged his father Zhang Jiucheng and both of them burst into tears at the reunion event in Huinan county, Jilin province, northeastern China, on March 2.

“After more than 20 years, I saw you finally,” Zhang senior said, Jimu News reported.

The son replied with his rusty Chinese: “Dad, I love you.”

Zhang Yunpeng’s biological father, above, is overcome with emotion at the reunion event. Photo: thepaper.cn
Zhang Yunpeng’s biological father, above, is overcome with emotion at the reunion event. Photo: thepaper.cn

Zhang junior got lost at Shenyang Railway Station in northeastern Liaoning province in 2001, when his uncle left him for a short while to buy ice cream.

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