Nanchang Project in the Media
Nanchang Project Helps Chinese Adoptees Search For Heritage
The Universal Asian | May 28, 2025
As May draws to a close, so does AAPI Heritage Month — a time to celebrate culture, identity, and history. But for adoptees like myself, especially intercountry and transracial adoptees, heritage can be an infinitely layered and emotional conundrum.
China says it is ending foreign adoptions, prompting concern from US
The Guardian | September 5, 2024
The Chinese government is ending its international adoption programme, and the US is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications.
Disabled orphans bear brunt of China's overseas adoption ban
BBC | October 9, 2024
Eight-year-old Grace Welch has been waiting since 2019 for her older sister to occupy the bed next to hers.
Her parents had told her that, Penelope, a 10-year-old born in China, would be joining the family, who live in Kentucky in the US.
China schaft adoptieprogramma af: ‘Geen kinderen meer naar het buitenland’
Trouw | September 5, 2024
“De Chinese overheid heeft zijn interlandelijke adoptiebeleid aangepast. Vanaf nu zullen er geen kinderen meer naar het buitenland worden overgebracht”, zegt woordvoerder van het Chinese ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Mao Ning tegen Trouw.
海外中国弃婴：我们不是你们眼中的幸运儿
True Story Plan | August 22, 2019
在外人看来，这群被收养的中国弃婴很幸运，能去一个发达国家，过令人艳羡的生活。实际上，他们中的一些人一直活在可能再次被抛弃的恐惧，因对自己真实的生日、姓名、出生地一无所知的迷茫中。在漫长的寻亲之旅中，他们踏出了叩问“我是谁”的第一步。
Nanchang Project Documentary Part 2: Julia
Phoenix TV | April 30, 2019
Nanchang Project Documentary Part 1: Xiao Ming
Phoenix TV | April 4, 2019
Searching for her birth parents, Chinese girl adopted to the US 22 years ago just wants them to know she is safe and happy
South China Morning Post | July 18, 2018
On December 26, 1995, police on patrol at the railway station in the Chinese city of Nanchang made a heartbreaking discovery. Lying on the ground, wrapped in a blanket, was a baby girl. They took the infant to the Nanchang Welfare Home, a state orphanage, where carers named her Chen Zhantong – Zhan being Chinese for “station”. She was estimated to be just six days old.
两位美国妈妈帮助百位中国孩子来南昌来寻亲
Two American mothers helped hundreds of Chinese children come to Nanchang to find their relatives
Jiangxi TV | July 8, 2018
被国外家庭收养的中国孩子回国寻亲
Chinese children adopted by foreign families return to China to find their relatives
Nanchang No. 1 TV | May 14, 2018
Nanchang Project Live Press Conference Feed
ZAKER | April 27, 2018
The complex relationship between adoptees and genetic data aggregators
The Michigan Daily | May 6, 2025