Since China ratified international adoptions in 1992, thousands of Chinese children have been adopted. The Chinese rule (which suffers from numerous exceptions) of one child per family, together with the mentality that prefers male heirs, has led many families, especially in the countryside, to offer their daughters for adoption. Of these children, about 80 live in the United States, which is the country that makes the most use of adoptions.
Recently, a trend has taken hold in which American families decide to spend a few years in China, so as to allow adoptees to rediscover their roots. A commendable trend, which denotes love and maturity on the part of the adoptive parents, but which also has other causes. The rise of China, which in a few years could even become the world's largest economy, makes it all the more important, for those who live between the two worlds, to be comfortable in one and the other. The professional and cultural prospects of those who master English and Mandarin and know how to move with the same fluency in the two large countries are immense and justify these 'returns' to the Chinese people's country of origin.
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/23/content_16043642.htm
