Is Adoption the Best Option for Earthquake Orphans? –the Disagreement

The Chinese government says it is drafting plans for adoptions of children orphaned by the massive earthquake on May 12. However, perhaps surprisingly to Americans, not all Chinese are in favor of this. This earthquake is being compared to the 1976 quake which killed over 240,000 people in Hepei Province. The quake is referred to as the “Tangshan Quake” for the area in which it was centered. Su Yuopo, whom the Chinese paper “People’s Daily” identified as a “quake reconstruction specialist”, has studied orphans of the 1976 quake throughout the years. He told the People’s Daily that most of them … Continue reading