Slide descriptions

• Slide one:
  Adoptees’ responses to China ending international adoption.
  Quotes are unedited and not fact-checked.
• Slide two:
  Quotes
  • “Still processing it. Filled with wonder and sadness too. I think it's grief of my past.”
  • “Honestly I don't know how to react. All I could say was, wow.”
  • “Shocked, but not surprised. They were slowly phasing out international adoption.”
  • “I think it's really sad to know that there are so many kids still in orphanages across China. And that for some families who may have already been matched with a child are not able to get them.”
  • “It's weird to think I'm in the last generation of Chinese adoptees.”
• Slide three:
  Quotes
  • “I hope China can acknowledge us in the future like South Korea has for their adoptees.”
  • “I saw the news come in. Very mixed emotions, confusion, worry, sympathy, and then hurt.”
  • “I'm worried about what this means for adoptees searching for bio parents and family.”
  • “I think it's good, the end of an era and I'm happy for those kids who can grow up in their homeland.”
  • “Wondering if we can still visit and search for birth family...”
  • “Definitely closes a huge chapter for all of us since there will be no more Chinese adoptees.”
• Slide four:
  Quotes
  • “Sad, since I was an international adoptee. They shouldn't close it.”
  • “I'm conflicted. Happy that other kids will be raised with people who look like them but sad when I remember going to adopt my sister and thinking how we'd maybe never know each other otherwise.”
  • “My immediate reaction is sadness. I wish the adoption process wasn't politicized.”
  • “I think it's good because young people can either be adopted within China or remain with their birth family.”
  • “I'm honestly not super surprised that they did this. I have questions though.”
• Slide five:
  Quotes
  • “I hope the reasons are because families are able to keep their children.”
  • “Saddened for families waiting.”
  • “It feels sudden even though China has been struggling with population decline for years.”
  • “Strange to know I’m from the last couple of years of Chinese adoption that’ll happen.”
  • “I hope China and the U.S. answer our questions about how this could impact those already adopted.”