I hated my unruly black hair and my eyes, which marked me as a foreigner in the Netherlands, where I grew up. I went to bed at night hoping I'd wake up with blond hair and blue eyes like the other Dutch kids.
When China confirmed earlier this month that it would end most adoptions by foreign parents, a wave of relief washed over me, followed by suppressed anger.
The topic is usually discussed from the adoptive parents' perspective... Far less attention is given to the darker side of these placements and their impact on adoptees.
China's strict one-child family planning policy... forced many Chinese parents to give up babies. These were usually girls, because of a traditional preference for male heirs.
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