Today China officially ended their One Child Policy country wide...FINALLY. Here is what an adult adoptee had to say about the news this am:
It's 7am. Imagine you're a Chinese adoptee on your way to work and you get a notification from the NY Times with this message: "China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing All Families Two Children"
I felted winded. My stomach dropped. My eyebrows raised. I managed a small chuckle. Talk about feeling a mix of emotions. A small recording of the conversations in my head:
- "YOU'RE 25 YEARS TOO LATE, CHINA!!" (hence the chuckle)
- "Wow, imagine all the women and families who won't have to make so many tough choices."
- "Ugh, will my birth mom see this and feel even more remorse and guilt for what she gave up?"
- "Imagine how this is going to change adoptions from China."
- "Well, this is the closest to an apology I'll ever get for the political situation I was born into..."
- "Note to self: China is only doing this to combat the aging population policy..."
- "Yay, finally, maybe there will be less spoiled only-children roaming around China [because they'll have siblings]!"
- "Wait, will this actually change anything?"
- "Yes, well, errr, maybe. Either way, I wish this happened about three decades ago."
- "How can something so political feel so personal?"
Here's the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/world/asia/china-end-one-child-policy.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
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