international adoption

Maya Ludtke, born in China, adopted by a Caucasian American single mother, on her first trip back to the country of her birth

Identity, adoption and China's one-child policy

Identity can be a tricky thing, especially if you're adopted from a country and culture that sees ethnic identity as immutable, to one where people reinvent themselves and their identities all the time. So it's been for many of the Chinese kids adopted into the United States, after landing in Chinese orphanages as a result of the one child policy. One of those kids, now grown, and her journalist mom have launched a project that reflects on identity, and led to an American daughter returning to her Chinese village of birth.
Identity, adoption and China's one-child policy