New regulations on China's One Child Policy, something of interest to adoptive families

How does China’s One-child policy effect credit reports?

Most adoptive parents know that China has a one-child policy and a societal preference for boys. Therefore, resulting in many little girls available for adoption residing in orphanages. Recently, there was a short article in the September 15, 2007 Examiner newspaper entitled “China Cracks Down on One-Child Violators”. In the article it explains how the Chinese government now puts a red flag on credit reports of Chinese families with more than one child. I found this surprising. This illustrates the seriousness that the Chinese government takes on population control. In the United States, a note on a credit report for this would be unheard of. As we adopt children from other countries it is important to learn and be informed about our cultural differences.

by Robin Bartko
www.ThinkingOfAdopting.com