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New York Times
Chinese Adoptees At Home in America
The author of this article wanted to document how Chinese adoptees have grown up in the United States. She ended up encountering issues of confusion and identity. “As adoptees enter adolescence and deal with issues all adolescents deal with, as part of identity development, some want to search for their roots and connect to the first or genetic family,” said Victor Groza, the director of the Child Welfare Fellows Program at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. “Others want to connect to their culture and are less concerned about the birth family and more about who they are as a cultural person. Others just want to establish who they are in the context of the peer and culture in which they live.”
“I also feel so thankful that these children were given better lives by these American families,” Ms. Han said. “On the other hand, I would like to give Chinese adoptees voice. How they feel and how adoption impacts them in their lives. I hope that this project will be a culture bridge. Even if Chinese adoptees are Americans, they still have some connections to China.”
Medill Reports
Objections to International Adoptions Aren't About Crossing Miles, But Crossing Cultures
"Aleeah Cook, 25, said being adopted presented many emotional struggles growing up. Although Cook was raised in a caring family, she has mixed feelings about intercountry adoption. She says that she always felt different and isolated and had few friends. She says she felt like a minority two times over; not only was she was adopted, but she was also Asian in an otherwise very homogenous community. “They don’t know what it’s like to be Asian,” Cook said.
CNN
Adopted from China: Finding Identity Through Heritage
"Maia Stack, who was born in Hangzhou, said a trip back when she was 17 helped shape her identity as Chinese and American."
Who Am I Now? Chinese Adoptees and Cultural Identity
Doryana X. Robins