Comments on: How many orphans in China? http://international.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/how-many-orphans-in-china Adoption information on intercountry adoption process, \"How to\", worldwide adoption news, adoption advocacy and reform, adoption travel and birth country visits, adoption stories, parenting international kids. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:35:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sandra Hanks Benoiton http://international.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/how-many-orphans-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-998 Sandra Hanks Benoiton Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:16:26 +0000 http://internationa.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/10/25/how-many-orphans-in-china#comment-998 So China IS manipulating the number of children needing families. A government 'making children available for adoption' seems an arbitrary dodge that merely serves to keep hundreds of thousands from ever having the option of adoption.<br /> <br /> This is the danger of a central government authority in control in countries where the good of the people is not necessarily top of the agenda. So China IS manipulating the number of children needing families. A government ‘making children available for adoption’ seems an arbitrary dodge that merely serves to keep hundreds of thousands from ever having the option of adoption.

This is the danger of a central government authority in control in countries where the good of the people is not necessarily top of the agenda.

]]> By: Research-China.Org http://international.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/how-many-orphans-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-997 Research-China.Org Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:37:20 +0000 http://internationa.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/10/25/how-many-orphans-in-china#comment-997 It helps if one understand the numbers:<br /> <br /> The 450,000 "orphans" that China is referring to are those living outside the state-run orphanages, in informal living arrangements (read "illegal" in China's eyes) with families. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of children living homeless on the streets in China, and this is the primary focus of the article.<br /> <br /> This has nothing to do with the abandoned children coming into the state orphanages, and made available for adoption. As has been repeatedly stated by China, this number is around 45,000, the majority of which are special needs.<br /> <br /> Brian<br /> It helps if one understand the numbers:

The 450,000 “orphans” that China is referring to are those living outside the state-run orphanages, in informal living arrangements (read “illegal” in China’s eyes) with families. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of children living homeless on the streets in China, and this is the primary focus of the article.

This has nothing to do with the abandoned children coming into the state orphanages, and made available for adoption. As has been repeatedly stated by China, this number is around 45,000, the majority of which are special needs.

Brian

]]> By: JA http://international.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/how-many-orphans-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-996 JA Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:06:40 +0000 http://internationa.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/10/25/how-many-orphans-in-china#comment-996 That China Daily article was fascinating - especially in comparison to the story we've been hearing about the decrease in the number of children needing families! Hmmm... That China Daily article was fascinating – especially in comparison to the story we’ve been hearing about the decrease in the number of children needing families! Hmmm…

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