China says it will no longer send children overseas for adoption, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao Ning ...

China has ended foreign adoptions of Chinese children, a move that could potentially impact hundreds of U.S. families. The confirmation of China's change in policy was announced Thursday by the ...

My younger son is a friendly, affectionate 8-year-old who loves playing with his older brother, catching lizards and flying kites. But that wasn’t always the case. Five years ago, when we first ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — China is ending most foreign adoptions of its children, leaving hundreds of American and other foreign families with pending applications in limbo. Since the early 1990s, China has ...

For more than three decades, thousands of children — many of them thought to have been abandoned in China — were adopted to other countries. Over half found homes in the U.S. Then, in September, China ...

The Chinese government is ending a program that allows international families to adopt children from the country this week. According to the Associated Press (AP), in a phone call with U.S. diplomats ...

BEIJING, China — The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending ...

The news that China is ending intercountry adoptions resulted in a flood of media coverage, most of which missed the crux of the issue. The decision will result in more children with medical special ...