Cindy shares her thoughts as a Chinese adoptee about the closure of China's intercountry adoption program announced late 2024.
Tag: adopted from China
Pride in my Disability
Maddy shares her pride in living with disability as an intercountry adoptee.
Searching for my family in China
The following blog series will be dedicated to our Searching in Intercountry Adoption series. These individual stories are being shared from our Perspective Paper that was also shared with our Webinar, Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts. by Shelley Rottenberg, born in China, raised in Canada, http://www.shelleyrottenberg.ca I was adopted from Zhejiang, China to …
Olivia Atkocaitis is not just a tabloid headline
Maya challenges us to see beyond the tabloids and to give adoptees their space to represent themselves and be heard with their authentic real voices.
Grief in Adoption
Cosette shares deep feelings of grief during her life, coming to terms with all she's lost and might never know. Being adopted means living deep grief.
Adoptees at the Hague Special Commission
Lynelle shares the history of adoptee led organisation involvement at the Hague Special Commission meetings and the importance of adoptee voices being included.
Anonymous shares about Adoptee Anger
Anonymous shares as a Chinese adoptee about anger, her journey of coming to terms with what has created her life and what has helped her deal with her anger.
A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On
An online vigil, 30 Dec 2021, in honour of Christian Hall, adopted from China to the USA, shot to death by police during a mental health episode.
The Dehumanisation of an Adoptee
Kayla discusses the dehumanising effects being adopted had or her life, the role Christianity played, and the importance to reclaim our own truth as an adoptee.
My realities of being adopted from China
by Xue Hua adopted from China to the USA. Hi everyone! My name is Xue Hua and I was adopted as a 1 year old from Hunan, China. I live in Indianapolis in the USA, where I've grown up. My (white American) parents had 3 biological children and then adopted me when their youngest was …
Implications of China’s One Child Policy Expansion
Chinese Canadian adoptee shares the impacts to her with the latest expansion of China's One Child Policy to now allow 3 children in a family.
How to Spot Racism and White Supremacy in Adoption Language
Kayla Zheng adopted from China to the USA shares her thoughts on this phrase - You are Chosen.
Decolonizing Moses
by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA. Growing up in an evangelical white Christian home, I learned the story of Moses before I learned the story of Santa or Easter Bunny. White Christianity was a core pillar in my years growing up. Like Moses, who was orphaned and floated down the Nile to …
Hurtful Words
by Wes Liu, adopted from China to the USA. Artwork by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom COVID continues to spread within our communities because people continue to lack seriousness when facing it. Chinese people continue to be blamed. While Asian ethnicities include countless unique, beautiful, and distinguishable cultures, many who are outside of the Asian diaspora can’t …
Adoption is no Accident
by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA.
Appreciating Country and Culture
Laney shares to adoptive parents about appreciating our Country & Culture.
Dear White Parents
Laney shares to adoptive parents about racism.
I Haven’t Forgotten My Chinese Orphanage Friend
Thomas is looking to find his Chinese orphanage friend.
Adoption Like This Has To STOP!
Why experiences like Huxley's make adoptees like me, mad!
Review: One Child Nation
Lynelle shares her thoughts about One Child Nation documentary.
My Asian American Adoptee Experience
Ming Foxweldon shares for #AAPIHM what it's like to be Asian American.
One Child Policy Impacts
Chinese adoptee Fuyi expresses her search for identity and origins via her artwork.
Grieving Mother
Joey is adopted from China to the USA and writes about his grief for his first mother.
We have been Brought into a Place of Hate
Vincente Mollestad shares about the death of a Chinese adoptee, murdered.