{"id":44099,"date":"2009-08-29T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T04:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=44099"},"modified":"2009-08-30T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T00:52:15","slug":"adopted-teen-finds-answers-mystery-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/08\/adopted-teen-finds-answers-mystery-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted Teen Finds Answers, Mystery in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-fg-china-adopt30-2009aug30,0,5845487.story?page=1\">Los Angeles Times tells the story<\/a> of a Chinese boy adopted by an American woman who traveled back to meet his birth family:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe reunion between Christian, a high school student in Easton, Md., and his birth parents took place Saturday in a Beijing hotel room crowded with well-wishers and media on hand to witness the virtually unprecedented event.<\/p>\n<p>Since the early 1990s, an estimated 75,000 Chinese-born children have been adopted abroad, and although they increasingly visit China on heritage tours, Christian is one of only a few who have managed to chase down their personal history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure yet,&#8221; Christian answered with a teenage boy&#8217;s characteristic reticence when asked what he hoped would come of the reunion. &#8220;I want to move on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Christian&#8217;s case is unusual in several respects: He&#8217;s male, whereas most adoptees are girls abandoned because of the Chinese preference for boys and the government&#8217;s &#8220;one child&#8221; policy. 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