The family planning laws in China are very strict. Each couple is allowed to have just one child, and those do not follow this rule are required to pay a $2,000 fine for each additional child. Reports have begun to surface about children being taken from parents who can't pay the fine, and then being sold into adoptive families.

Tang Jian, leader of Birth Control Administrative Bureau Inspection Team of Ahenyuan county apparently admitted the practice was prevalent at the time [from 2004-2006].

"It is true that some baby girls were forced be brought [sic] into the charity house and then send abroad," he was quoted as saying. (Source: The Telegraph News)

No one has yet determined how prevalent the practice has been, but Chinese officials ensure international adoption agencies that it has been stopped.

Labels: international, China

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