From Asia Times:
Much to the chagrin of many prospective American parents, China has decided to make it more difficult to adopt Chinese orphans. But is it holding back the prospects of millions of orphaned girls finding homes because it is embarrassed by a pernicious side-effect of the one-child policy?
Whether the new rules for foreign adoptions are truly intended to safeguard the adopted children or, rather, to change what Beijing perceives as the demeaning image of China as America’s favorite orphanage, many would-be mothers and fathers now fear they will be left out in the childless cold. They also wonder how many abandoned Chinese children will be left to fend for themselves in orphanages whose existence Beijing does not even officially acknowledge. [Full Text]
– The BBC also reports on another consequence of the one-child policy in “Wifeless future for China’s men.”
