Forbidden Children: China's One-Child Policy
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Adoptions of Chinese Babies
As foreign adoptions of chinese babies gained steam, it quickly became clear just how much these parents were willing to pay. The Chinese government even required a mandatory donation of five thousand dollars to whichever orphanage the child came from. Unfortunately, all of this foreign money was driving a lucrative shadow industry of kidnapping and child trafficking. It's been estimated that as many as 20 thousand children are abducted every year in china. Many of these adopted children grow up completely unaware that they have not been abandoned at all, but have birth parents somewhere out there who are still searching for their baby.
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