China's lost children: Adoptees search for answers
Summary
During China’s one-child policy era, many children were taken from their families and put up for adoption abroad. Some adoptees are now adults searching for their origins, while Chinese authorities have worked to stop child trafficking and set up a DNA database to help match children with their birth families.Key Facts
- China began allowing international adoption in 1992.
- Over 150,000 Chinese babies have been adopted by foreign families since then.
- Some children were taken from their families illegally and sold for adoption or marriage.
- Chinese authorities cracked down on child trafficking related to adoption.
- A DNA database was created in 2009 to verify children’s family connections before adoption.
- This database is now also used to help adoptees find their birth parents.
- Many adoptees from the one-child policy period have unanswered questions about their past.
- The one-child policy officially ended about ten years ago.
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