10mo ago

China says it is ending foreign adoptions, prompting concern from US

www.theguardian.com

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Probably worried about population decline. They abandoned their 1 child policy quite awhile ago and now have a maximum 3 child policy.
- Yeah and according to wiki the 3 child policy isn't even enforced?
  ...allowing each couple to have three children and cancelling restrictive measures including fines for couples having more children than permitted.
  
  The 1 child policy only ever applied to around 30% of the population anyways. It was just Han Chinese in major urban centers.
- I used to work with a guy who had 7 kids. Seven fucking kids. Jfc.
Plenty of American kids need homes.
- American adoption agencies can deny adoptions if they don't like anything about you. Including your religion. And most of them are Christian, including the ones getting money from the state.
  https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/20/holston-united-methodist-home-for-children-adoption-tennessee-refused-family-jewish/6582864001/
  China, on the other hand, allowed you to adopt if you're things like queer or single or not Christian.
  
  Do you have a source for China allowing anyone who isn’t cisgender to adopt? I have only ever heard that it is an instant denial.
  
  I understand that some of them have issues. Instead of fixing those supply chain issues, we have been outsourcing to China.
- Capitalism doesn't work on giving everyone a decent standard of living. It works on creating inequality that drives those people who perceive that they have less than others to do something about it. They might work multiple jobs and shorten their lifespan, creating profits for others. They might give up, relying on welfare systems and/or begging. They might become criminals, taking from others to get what they think they deserve.
  
  "We created a system based on "scarcity," and then manufactured scarcity."
  
  I’m sure you’re responding to someone else.
Suddenly, somewhere people heard a distinct but faint "FUCK" echo through the valley, but they knew it was Angelina Jolie.
Understandable. As others said, they have a demographic decline.
- Who doesn't right now?
  
  China is unique. The one-child policy has only recently been lifted, and the government is actively encouraging the population to have more children. The problem is that because of economic hardship and because this policy has changed the family culture in China, parents still do not want to have multiple children.
  
  The US, for example, has a very stable population.
  The demographic situation in China really doesn't have an analog anywhere else in the world.
In letters sent to some adoption agencies on Wednesday, and shared on social media, the US state department said it had been told by Chinese authorities that all other pending adoptions were cancelled, except those with already issued travel authorisations.
That's a shitty way to handle it.
It's a win for the children.

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