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said this on 19 Dec 2008 9:04:52 AM PST
fucken crackers, we are gonna fuck them up one day
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said this on 20 Dec 2008 11:33:07 AM PST
As an adoptive American mother of a daughter from Guizhou, China (2005), the post from Craig's list is an obvious hoax. These are my reason's for feeling this way:
1. The poster says last year (I'm assuming 2007, since the Criag's list post is dated 12/15/2008)"my husband surprised me with adoption papers." I believe this is impossible for one spouse to "surprise" the other spouse with all the papers required by the Chinese government for an American couple to adopt. Amoung the papers required is each spouse's birth certificate and a medical exam, signed by a doctor, for each spouse. As far as I know, I can only obtain a birth certificate for myself and my "minor" children. I cannot obtain one for my husband without his permission and fraudulently signing his name. Regarding the medical exam, the husband would have had to fraudulently obtain one for his wife (if she didn't know.) Also, lab tests are required and that also would have had to be fraudulently obtained. Working in the healthcare field, it would be very difficult to pull this off, in my opinion. So I don't believe this statement at all. 2. Poster states that (I'm assuming starting in 2007) "after being on the adoption lists for several months, we were informed that a child had been selected." The problem with this statement is that NO ONE with a log in date in China for the year 2007, for a healthy (NSN-non-special neeeds)child, has received a referral for a child and probably won't for at least another 2 years (guesstimate??) Right now, people with a log in date of February/2006have just received their referrals, but haven't traveled to China yet to receive their child. CCAA is matching approximately one week's worth of log-in dates/month, meaning it will take about 4 months for everyone in a certain month's log-in date, to get their referrals. Since there is 10 more months from the date of the current families receiving referrals (Feb/2006) to the beginning of 2007, I am estimating it will take 40 months for families with a Jan/2007 log in date to get their child. So the poster's timeline is totally not compatible with the reality of adoption from China in this day. 3. I do not believe the following statement "My anxiety acts up on planes, so Don's (her husband's) assistant, Lauren, retrieved the baby." This is imposssible because at least one parent of the child must travel to China to retrieve the child, because China requires the adoption to be legally performed in China. Most adoption agencies encourage both parents to travel to China. The advantages of both parents going to China are: a little less paperwork and when the child returns to the US, the child is automatically a US citizen as soon as the child touches American soil. If only one parent adopts, additional paperwork must be filled out when the child returns to the US and it takes a while to get the US citizenship. I also believe the child has to be legally readopted in the US court citizen (at least in my state-PA)if only one parent travels. There is absolutely NO WAY ON EARTH someone, other than a parent, could bring a child home from China. I think the Craig's list poster is getting confused with adoption from Korea. Korea allows the child to be brought to the US by a "courier" and the government of Korea allows the adoption to be done in the US court system. CHINA DOES NOT ALLOW THIS. Just my 2 cents and I am usually very skeptical about what I read on the internet. Wendy |
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said this on 23 Dec 2008 9:34:42 AM PST
I found this article very interesting but feel compelled to comment on the level of credulity it entails. I'm writing this based on the assumption that the story is meant as reportage, as opposed to a simple relaying of the Xian Evening News's piece.
While you make some efforts to balance the story, I think the title lends too much credence to Gu Fei's post. You also make a statement that is probably false: "The original post has been deleted." Without any evidence of it, we have no reason to believe this original post ever existed, as it most likely did not. I think it is more than likely that we are looking at a fabrication meant to direct growing Chinese discontent toward a foreign target. Since you do appear to make statements of fact as your own, I think it would only be responsible to make that skeptical conclusion a larger part of your own writing, or to at least avoid giving the benefit of the doubt to the mysterious Gu. But a very interesting read nonetheless. |
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said this on 25 Dec 2008 2:16:41 PM PST
Hi Steve... thanks for your comments. The articles posted here should have adequate links to sources. We're also working to remove any opinion reporting from the main news articles (instead, opinion is found under the "Our Views" section). Often times stories are reported in Chinese media based on hearsay, and we simply relay that to our readers. When possible, we will definitely provide links and sources.
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said this on 08 Jan 2009 9:58:20 AM PST
how can these people do this to such a beautifull child?!!!!!! when you adopt you do it to improve that childs life, NOT to make yourself look better!!!!!! These people have not only made themselves look like toatle ass-holes, but they have made all of AMERICA look bad!!!!!!!!i HOPE THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
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said this on 12 Jan 2009 2:30:48 AM PST
still really pissed at these people. such a disgrace. im 13 and nomatter what happens to me, i would take such good care of this child. she is soooo beautifull and i am ashamed to call myself american after hearing this. makes entire continet look like shit!!!!!!!!! hope they feel terrible
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said this on 14 Jan 2009 2:10:12 AM PST
Fortunately, the whole thing is a hoax by the craigslist poster. Please read the news:
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2008-12-19/084816880150.shtml (in Chinese) BTW, Gu Fei is actually a Chinese living in north America. The original post was from 西西河 ccthere, which is a popular forum for Chinese in US and Canada: http://www.ccthere.com/thread/1940591 |
