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Sunday, March 12, 2006

Capitalizing on Adoption

From an article on the increasing theft of Chinese babies to be sold to orphanages for foreign adoptions:
Whole industries have sprouted to service the people involved. Travel agencies ferry adopting foreign families to sightseeing spots in Beijing, then on to the provinces handling the adoptions. Playrooms occupy space at five-star hotels in cities that have become hubs for adoptions, their lobbies often packed with foreigners carrying Chinese babies. Around the White Swan hotel in Guangzhou, the city through which every family must pass to receive a U.S. visa for a child, streets are thick with stroller-rental shops and silk baby outfits embossed with traditional Chinese logos. The hotel gives each adopting family a special doll manufactured by Mattel -- "Going Home Barbie," the iconic plastic figure carrying a Chinese baby.


Stealing Babies for Adpotion [WA Post]

2 Comments:

  • When my brother was in Guangzhou he stayed at the White Swan. He worked for the consulate there and primarily dealt with adoption visas.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:44 AM  

  • Aside from the troubling market that's been created, I found the Mattel tie-in quite eerie.

    By Blogger fabulous girl, at 11:50 AM  

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