Abducted or abandoned children in China see greater adoption opportunity under new rules

• Authorities have capped the search for abandoned and trafficked children’s biological families at a year, allowing for them to be adopted from orphanages after that period.
• Previously, children were left in indefinite limbo as long as their cases were active with search authorities.
• More than 13,000 children were abducted last year alone according to the government, with the U.S. State Department estimating as many as 20,000 a year falling prey to traffickers and other kidnappers.

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