Orphanage scandal officials punished

By Tom Qian | 2009-7-3 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

SIX government officials in southwest China have been punished over an orphanage scandal when three children were taken away from their families who could not afford fines for violating family planning regulations.

The orphanage sent the children overseas for adoption from 2004 to 2006, a Guizhou-based newspaper reported today.

The six officials received warnings from the Party or administrative punishments from the local government, according to the Guiyang Evening Post report.

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China Checks Out Charges Babies Taken From Home

By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH

SHANGHAI -- Authorities in southern China are investigating allegations that local officials took babies from their parents between 2003 and 2005 and delivered them to an orphanage that press reports said has offered children for overseas adoption.

SW China: Baby girls taken and sold for adoption

By Wang Jingqiong (China Daily)

Updated: 2009-07-03 08:06

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About 80 newborn baby girls from a county of Guizhou Province in southwest China have been removed from their families by local officials since 2001, and most have been handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of $3,000 each, the Southern Metropolis News reported on Wednesday.

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Reported theft of girls from families to give them up for adoption by foreigners

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About 80 babies in the province of Guizhou (southwestern China) were confiscated by authorities for family planning to parents who violated the one-child policy in the last eight years and given up for adoption to families from other countries, including Spain, announced today the independent press china.

"Create" an abandoned child

Author: Bao Xiaodong original page: 2388 Time :2009-07-01

Revision: AT01 version Name: the depth of cover is issued on the weekly Source: Nanfang Dushi Abstract: ? Guizhou welfare Zhenyuan County will pay a fine of not be able to bounce back baby taken away by force ? in the notice referred to as "abandoned baby" ???abroad ???a profit every child welfare dollars to be sponsored by 3000;

? Zhenyuan County in Guizhou welfare penalty will not be able to bounce back to pay the baby taken away by force ? in the notice referred to as "abandoned baby" ? ???foreign profit per??a child welfare dollars to be sponsored by 3000;

? our reporter found that parents of embarrassing and numbness, is also one of the reasons for this??

Girls seized, handed over for adoption

Foreign families paid officials and orphanages

Fiona Tam

Jul 02, 2009

About 80 newborn baby girls from a county in Guizhou have been confiscated from their parents by family planning officials since 2001 and handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of US$3,000 each, state media reported.

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Greece's Black-Market Babies Come Home -- Stolen Children Demand To Know Their Histories

By Nikos Konstandaras

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Adopting in Sweden: a draining process with amazing returns

Published: 15 Jun 09 16:44 CET

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Meet the Roberts family: Brett, 34, owns a small building company; his wife, Eleonore, is 33 and works in banking; their daughter, Iris, is two and just begun pre-school. On paper, they may seem like any other, but the family is a truly unique trio living in the heart of Stockholm.

Brett, originally from Australia, met Eleonore, a Swede, 12 years ago while he was backpacking across Europe and she was on holiday with friends. They married in 2000 and spent time living between Sweden and Australia before settling in Stockholm to start a family. After many failed attempts to conceive, they decided to research the option of adoption.