Chinese adoptees return from US to seek roots
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American adoptee Loulee Wilson returned to rural China, where she was abandoned soon after birth. Wilson is among thousands of Chinese young people who were given up for adoption as a result of the national one-child policy implemented in 1979 to manage a growing population. Anyone with more than one child often faced steep fines and threats of losing their homes or property. Although that policy has since changed, the legacy lives on for people like Wilson.
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I feel so bad for that old man. Imagine losing your child in the 90’s, and not seeing her for a whole 30 years. And when she does come back she only knows english doesnt remember you or anything at all.
so sad 😭
Thr poor guy didn't even want to give his baby away. But if he didn't, his poor baby could have ended up murdered
I hope she's doing well.
She's still lucky American mom loves her
American sh+t
Yes she is very lucky
Probably only had the courage to search because of the mom or at least encouraged, a plus mom
It’s just disgusting how you normalize kidnappers…
@@omi4470 probably a bot anyways
I have a colleague whose husband was adopted from Vietnam. Both of them are doctors. They both went to visit Vietnam. He couldn’t speak Vietnamese and often people spoke to him and then he would look for someone to translate. One old woman, sitting on a chair outside a tiny shop looked at him and translated by her granddaughter said “you poor boy, you have lost everything.” My colleague was so shocked, because here is her very successful and wealthy husband, and here is this poor woman, making this powerful statement.
This is the sad impact of one child policy 😢😢
幼稚了。这是重男轻女的问题，而不是计划生育的问题。被遗弃的婴儿并非男女均等，而是女童占了十分之九。在计划生育年代，二胎只要是男孩，哪怕罚款也会生下来。上
另外重男轻女只跟社会发展程度有关，自耕农时代当然会歧视女孩。
现在这种问题已经不在有
And China is now facing the consequences of it with a big demographic divide and falling marriage rates.
One child policy is didn't alive due damage to humanity popular useless
@@shaozhihaothe problem doesn’t exist now but the one child policy has destroyed china’s fertility rate.
@@imperfectmammal2566 Higher income and increased urban competition have lowered the fertility rate
Bless her heart! I can't even imagine the feeling knowing you were abandoned at birth. I hope she will find some comfort knowing where she came from and her adoptive parents have been so supportive of her.
As an American, I’ve met SOOO many Chinese adoptees. There really are alot of them in the US… probably living better lives than they would have in China!
Then, yes, but not now. Middle class in China exceeds Middle in America. USA has had its day.
with her mixed background , she will have a better future , her adopted mum likely wanted her to reconnect and learn the language
She's not mixed
@@tianzhou1244i think they mean culture-wise, not her actual ethnicity 😅
@@kondorie her culture is not mixed either, she's all American...
DNA should be in qr code from and the kids can just scan for their parents
Parents can qr from their dna and put it online to see if there a match then they can do one fr
Sounds like someone would say that made up a social credit score system.
If im adopted, i wouldn't into such efforts. Life moves on.
If you were adopted you would have a completely different sense of identity. There is a reason so many adoptees return. They are looking for some kind of closure. Something you just cannot understand if you are not adopted.
@@lyndaek99 I don't understand.
You can't say that. You weren't adopted. Well, it's ok if you think _you_ wouldn't do it but your comment implies that they're stupld or something. They're not. Wanting to know your parents can be beneficial. Especially when it comes to things like medical history. Don't be silly.
Try having to live like me, never knowing who I am, what I should identify as, or even the purpose of my existence. Go have fun.
@@solvorine Hey friend, I know what that's like.. I lived my teen years in that misery. If it helps at all, know that you don't have to know your parents or ancestry in order to have _purpose_ in life. That doesn't determine you or your existence, or determines your worth - what determines those things is you, just you, _only_ you. Identify as whatever you'd like, give purpose to your own life by filling it with the things you love! That's how I did it, and now I can genuinely say that I'm the happiest I've ever been in my twenties, with a loving family of my very own. No parents present. You've got this. :)
From talking to Chinese people, the fines for having a second child was not that bad. Hence I know of happy families who have had multiple children during the most serious one-child policy period.
From my impressions, they just paid a small fine and went on with their lives.
Yeah, if the families were already china's version of the middle class. But these fines were mostly targeted at the poor and impoverished villagers (mostly farmers) who couldn't afford the fine, but needed children the most. Many of them couldn't afford the fines if caught (roughly 90% of the population in the 70's to 80's).
It was pretty much like the movie the "purge" which was a social commentary on the rich trying to get rid of poverty by killing all the poor people.
Most of my family back in China were poor rural farmers and had to suffer from it. The ones who lucked out were obviously boys.
Not really true. Enforcement varied, and also affected certain demographic groups more than others. Also, punishment was sometimes in some ways harsher in the cities than in the countryside.
@EugWanker Yes, as I understand it punishment was generally harsher in the cities and the law was not even enforced in the countryside. But according to this video and the above comment it was enforced. Now if you look at the birth rates throughout the one child period, how else do you explain the birth rates well above 1 for the entire period. That's 100,000,000s babies beyond the policy, I estimate. That's bc the stories always focus on the worst cases. That's how journalism works.
@@rebeltheharem7028farmers or most people in rural areas had a much less stringent policy, all of my mom’s family had three or more children, my uncle’s family had six children. I think that’s because many hands were needed on the farm one offspring could not manage it. When my first cousin had a second child, a girl who lived in a village, then came back to the city after they paid a fine. Lots of girl children were fostered by relatives in the country. The pregnant women went to their ancestral villages and gave birth and left their children with relatives then supported them with their wages from the city. Apparently after the laws became more lenient, about twenty million of them came back from the country and were then legally registered.
I was so confused back then when I first saw all my cousins because I thought the one child policy was a strictly enforced. Then they told me that there were several ways around it. I think the babies that were abandoned may have come from families that were broken or did not have the resources to pay the fines or they were from very strictly enforced areas. Or were from officials who had to make an example of themselves.
Hopefully these parents who abandoned/lost their kids don’t end up soliciting money from these poor kids.
Aggressive one child policy had made China to decline it's birth rate this is called karma
Sadly they will 😢
@@ahnana833what's the lottery number for this week?
They will. They always do. If they were ethical people, they wouldn't have abandoned them in the first place (except for the ones who had their kids stolen or sold against their will).
@@rebeltheharem7028They didn’t have a choice. Gov’t basically forced them to do it.
Oddly there are 127 females per 100 males of Chinese immigrants to Australia... Thought there was a shortage of women?
Odd indeed. Maybe the shortage is the result of these women emigrating?
(1) A lot of those white Australians may want a Chinese or Asian wife than a Chinese/Asian husband, and well, it's much easier for a woman to marry out than a man. A man, if he wants to survive in Australia, has to have a job and support himself. A woman, on the other hand, can become a stay-at-home mother to a middle-class man, and the man wants this because he thinks it's harder to find an Australian woman who wants this.
(2) Another portion of females may be female adoptees.
(3) Men and boys are most likely to stay with their natal families in China, though to be fair, it is also true in America. There are stats on this, man. Girls are more likely to be adopted out of the foster homes in America than boys are, probably because families want to adopt a little girl, for that maternal-daughter bond.
(4) Women live longer than men across the board, no matter the nationality, for a variety of reasons, biological and social.
There's statistically a shortage of Chinese women, but crucially there's a critical shortage of respectable Mainlander men.
@@doujinflipno, there is a shortage of truthful and honest white people who don't spread propaganda
Yeah, because all the chinese women were smart enough to ditch China. Patriarchy in western countries is nothing compared to patriarchy in Asian ones.
Better take DNA samples for who needed help
Must be really tough!
We can see that she is happy and overly healthy
Yes she is definitely Overly in weight, not sure about the heathy part.
american culture. american blame on gene when its about obesity. look at this adopted child in the video hahah
The unexpected results of gov't policies can be tragic.
my grandma had 2 children while she was living in a province near Wuhan she left my mom with her uncle and hid at a relatives house to give birth. she's living fine right now and was never fined or arrested
It’s nice for the adopted kids to know that they would’ve became a peasant if they haven’t been adopted.
Peasent? Lol most the adoptive are from the city's where factory workers can't have more than 1 child
If anything, it would make them more grateful to their adopted parents, if they found their birth parents were impoverished farmers. It might make them resentful if their adopted parents were richer though, but that's not likely to happen, since a rich family could afford the fines.
The one child policy worked too well. And now, the officials are encouraging birth. How can Chinese accept this. Years of theaths and brain-washing and now reversed policy. Many aren't having children also due to the weak economy. These two factor, who is to blame? We all know the answer to that question.
Yeah let's totally ignore how essentially all global north countries have this problem 🗣️🗑️
@bobbyloo one child policy was in place because people didn't have enough to eat. Jobs were little. Now things change. China is getting richer and 3 child policy is in place
China has long preferred self-sustainability and self-sufficiency, not relying on other countries.
It's a habit that is hard to break.
Though, with a globalized world, China has to engage in the world, interact with the world, trade with the world.
But China, like much of East Asia, puts limits on immigration.
People can become Chinese nationals, if they are married to one and have a China-born baby, and the China-born baby with a Chinese-national parent can have the option to choose the nationality -- Chinese nationality or foreign nationality.
Look at Japan and South Korea. They also have declining birth rates, but by comparison, they are very very hesitant in having large-scale immigration that can potentially disrupt the social harmony. Settler-colonizer societies have no problem with multi-culturalism because (1) they need people in the workforce and (2) they don't care if the people are new immigrants and (3) they will just adapt to the changing demographics. The Western European nations aren't settler-colonizer states, but they have adopted the general western/American sentiment of multi-culturalism. Of course, there is opposition in the West, but the opposition is "racist" so all their arguments are void.
Old-World nations don't want to lose the historical character of the nation. If 50% of Japan's population are European-descended foreigners or African-descended foreigners or Indian-descended foreigners, then what does being Japanese even mean anymore? Will Japanese be a mere nationality label? Who will pray to the Shinto gods now that Japan has so many foreigners who may even view such gods as idols or superstitious?
And if Chinese people protest against the CCP en masse, what do you think will happen to the protestors? The last time the public protested en masse was in Dec 2020, against the zero-COVID measures -- and protestors could only hold blank sheets of paper!
@@AAAAAA-tj1nq That is true and no many people refuse to have children, because it is too costly. It is also a way to rebel silently, just like the white paper movement. The govt tells people to do, they don't do. They are told, not to lie flat, they do. They tell people to spend, they save.
Let's hope they return in peace and not cause chaos 🙏❤
She was lucky to been adopted 😊
First of all, rural parents were allowed to have two children. Second of all, all restrictions on offspring were removed in July 2021 (Way too late).
Some parents that adopt can become a better mother/father than the biological ones. Unfortunately, world is not fair.
It's not exactly a one child policy. If the firstborn is a girl, then you're allowed to have a second child. My friend who immigrated from china when he was young is the youngest of 3 kids. When the chinese government found out that his family has a third child, thugs would often go to their home demanding entry and search of the place; and if caught you could either pay a large fee or give the child up. His family later all moved to america because all of his dads siblings and parents were already there.
This was not necessarily true. This was for a period true in the rural areas, but not so much in the cities. They were much more strict in the cities about the one-child policy. In the rural areas, they needed men to work the farms, so the policy reflected that in certain periods. In the cities, there was no such need for boys to do manual labour.
One child policy only affected Han-Han couples. Minorities in China can have children as much as they want, including Han-nonHan couples.
Like kittens and puppies, they're not so cute anymore as they grow up...hence, they get returned!
Northeastern Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan province to the northwest
Things have changed.
One child policy was not enough, I suppose?
and now, they try to enforce youngster to have as many child as they could
India needs a 1 child policy.
when you call fat girl they blame on gene. the adopted child in the video is very fat compare to local Chinese there. is it gene for real?
Yes. The Gene is called "McDonalds"
Im German and im still seeking mine
i think its so interesting that chinese adoptees, even though they are born in china, somehow don't look that chinese lolll, maybe they have more westernized clothes and hair, but even their face looks more americanized
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nobody wants to live the American nightmare anymore.
It's shitguo 🇨🇳 nightmare. Shitguo 🇨🇳 people are desperately illegally immigrating to usa
On that note what life could have been if I studied?
Those babies are cute
Life would have been thinner.
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Being abandoned was the best thing her bio mom did for her. She's now in a free country.
If i was her, i never want to know my origin anymore, shes have very sweet adoptive mom
😥
Don't worry China mommy, In America she was fed well....
Hello blackie! Do you know your ancestral name?
@@ProNoob777hello cheenk
She’s been Feed too well 🫤🫤
Never understood this. Why look for those who abandoned you?
Especially to know that reason only which they are curious for, ...why they abandoned them....😢??
I assume it's for a sense of closure. It likely helps them feel they have answers, and could move on.
Closure. Hahah😂 probably they will want money from you.
@@kensigregory361 yeah just to solve their miserable past life. I agree 👍 with yours statement
@@seafatt then don't give lol, your wish if u give then give ...
It's better to watch the movie 'Lion'.
Cheenk@@ToiChutGongWu
@@ToiChutGongWu cheenk are the most racist people in the world
@@ToiChutGongWu irritated cheenk
@@ToiChutGongWu ToiChutGongWu is a bat eater cheenk
U clearly see she's American by weight 😂
I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain.
Seriously, if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.
North Korea it is then.
She not looks like Chinese. More like from South America
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Even though I’m Chinese I don’t care for my roots. I was raised western all my life and pass western culture onto my kids as well
I’m adopted from china and I couldn’t give two craps about my birth parents. I also don’t want to visit china either 😂 Life would’ve been full of poverty and sexism. Not to mention china’s politics etc.
Every country should have a one child policy unless you can prove you will support it. The amount of layabouts splooting out kids for the tax payers to support is out of hand.
I fully agree. Having more than one child is arrogant and often irresponsible.
What’s arrogant about having more than 1 kid? Some parents love kids and enjoy raising them. It’s their life, let them do what makes them happy
No gonna happen, how did you think Londonistan happened?
*Every country in Africa and South Asia
Fixed it for you. Though I agree with the sentiment
@youngswoll3 Elon Musk could have a thousand kids and pay for their housing, food, clothes and education. The useless woman up the road on benefits with her 4 useless kids is a drain on everyone else.
great for this visit, also shall appreciate your stepmother more.
China have reaped,what they have sown,and are now paying the price
not really? China is the top dog in the world. the only price they have paid is the sacrifice of the chinese people.
Gouvernments should stop trying to control poeples personal lives.
If China did not adopt the one child policy there would be way too many people for the country to support. Its a great solution but its one of the only ones. China without the policy would be akin to India today but even worse.
Tell amerika to stop controlling other countries
Those are Chinese sleeper cell
It was harsh time in China. Can't blame parents. The CPC did a great job rebounding from poverty to now abundance.
but now they have to deal with low birth. are the CCP satisfied with their one child policy to decrease their population? that should be the question.
but now they have to deal with low birth. are the CCP satisfied with their one child policy to decrease their population? that should be the question.
but now they have to deal with low birth. are the CCP satisfied with their one child policy to decrease their population? that should be the question.
but now they have to deal with low birth. are the CCP satisfied with their one child policy to decrease their population? that should be the question.
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Its really painfull
Lol. Looking for parents that don't even want you. 😅
Your mother didn't want you? 🤔
Blame US goverment then 😂😂😂
Nah they will blame jews for the problem 😂😂😂😂
👍❣️🏋️🥃
Thats why India never become like China forever
But still the girls in india not treated equal to boys
U meant “Indian especially mostly worldwide won’t become the CCP that’s anti-religion.”
That's right. It will always be in the gutter.
@@paulparoma not gutter, India currently experiencing the similar trends of declining birth rate but at a slow rate.
@@satyasankalpapanigrahi9416 It's still in the gutter. Literally.
Roots are rotten.. don't seek it, turn away from it.
shes american size
And a "plus size" at that.
@@paulparomabasically credits to all *American foods* for her huge size haha
Isn’t Chyna most obese country 🤣💀
@@satyasankalpapanigrahi9416 The food and the entire lifestyle.
@@paulparoma this is your stereotypes lol of your views to India
Feel sorry for the families who raised those kids up. Those kids have no loyalty for the families who raised them up. Period.
Just because a kid wants to retrace their birth and abandonment, does not mean they dont love or appreciate their adoptive parents.
also. it can also be the stupidity of the parents... they could be the ones who encourage the adopted children to find their biological families for the wrong reasons
To help the adopted children to trace back their roots is great humanity. do not be selfish to leave this comment. You shall ask the comments from this kid's step mother.
@@agps4418 Unnecessary to make your personal judgement on family issue. both the adoptive parents and kid have different mindset as you do.
It's important to know this because of any genetic diseases, etc
幼稚了。这是重男轻女的问题，而不是计划生育的问题。被遗弃的婴儿并非男女均等，而是女童占了十分之九。在计划生育年代，二胎只要是男孩，哪怕罚款也会生下来。上
另外重男轻女只跟社会发展程度有关，自耕农时代当然会歧视女孩。
现在这种问题已经不在有
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Not a lot of black voters over there to sour the experience for you, are there?