China banned this Friday international adoptions Chinese children, as announced on Thursday by Mao Ning, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. YesAn exception will only be allowed for those Foreigners adopt the children and stepchildren of their relatives up to the third degree of consanguinity.
This decision marks a change in the regulation of this issue, which is very sensitive in a complex demographic context. The policy of only one sonin force for decades, has left a deep mark on Chinese society, which now experiences a falling birth rate and an increasingly aging population.
The decision to halt adoption processes has sparked serious concerns in countries such as the United States, which, according to the newspaper, TutorThey don’t know what will happen to the hundreds of families waiting to complete the adoption process.
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