Is open adoption practiced in Asian countries?

Question

Is open adoption practiced in Asian countries?

Answer 1

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking - domestic adoption within Asian countries, or Americans having an open adoption with birthparnets when adopting from Asia.  It is illegal to place a child for adoption in China, so it would be impossible for their to be an open adoption in China.  There is starting to be less social stigma against domestic adoption in Taiwan and Korea, and even China somewhat.  Korea in particular is trying to have fewer children placed internationally and find homes for them domestically.  I doubt though that  the adoption would be open.  We adopted from Taiwan and we have a semi-open adoption with our daughter's birthparents.  We don't have direct contact information for them, although we have their names, and vice versa.  But, we met them, have pictures of them with our (I mean all of our) daughter, and letters they wrote to our daughter, and we communicate with them through the social services agency in Taiwan that managed our daughter's care in Taiwan.  We send updates and pictures 4 times the first year and now twice a year.  They can send letters and pictures any time they want.

Answer 2

Like the previous poster mentioned Asian countries have social stigmas in regards to adoption.  You will not see very many documented cases (if any) about open adoptions (a child being adopted within their own country by somebody of their own ethnicity).   Simply because of what was stated above, the man of the house looks it at to be bad to leave his inheritance to somebody outside of his blood line.  Asians in general are very 'proud' where image & honor is everything & to them adopting a child, not having a child of their own is deemed 'shameful' which is sad on their part.  The flip side of that is they also know that having their own kids being adopted out of the country looks 'bad' on their part for not being able to raise their own children.  Over the past couple decades they have put a limit on the number of kids that can be adopted out of their country annually.  I am generalizing here as I'm sure it's not that way for every asian country.

As far as open adoption where an international individual wants to adopt a child in an asian country I'm not 100% sure as you would have to see what the laws state per each country (the adoptee's & the aparents').  However, look at Angelina Jolie - she sure had no problem...ah, the things money can buy so I guess it's possible although was Maddox from an orphanage or directly from a family?  Babies are being marketed as the hot item to 'buy'.  

Anyway, I go to this nail shop where this american woman brings in her adopted Vietnamese daughter and I watch all the Vietnamese ladies coo over the girl & put this woman on a pedastal.  For what?  It actually annoys me that they do that because they're treating the woman like she saved the lil girl.  I have no doubt that she's going to provide a 'better' life for the girl and in no way do I feel any angst towards the lil girl but the woman, ugh.  She talks about how she went over there & brought the lil girl back. Do you want a cookie with that recognition?

Answer 3

I am not an expert on all Asian countries but I can tell you it is impossible to have an open, legal adoption in China. It is illegal to make an adoption plan for a child. Any parent caught trying to leave a child at an orphanage would be jailed.

As mentioned by another poster great pride in carrying on the family genes is alive and well in Asian countries. If a child is adopted they typically adopt as young as possible and go to great lengths to hide the fact that a child is adopted.

Answer 4

Are you asking if people adopting in the US from Asian countries can have an open adoption?  That's difficult. Most people don't get any information regarding the birth family, and if they do, it's inaccurate or woefully incomplete. We were very, very lucky that we were able to contact and keep in touch with our son's mom.  

Or are you asking if adoptions within Asian countries themselves are open?  I don't know about the whole continent, but in the country my son is from, there is a strong prejudice against parenting a child that is not of your blood. That means very little adoption outside the extended family, so when adoptions do occur within the country, they're usually open.

eta:  Children who don't have extended family to adopt them have a bleak lookout. Of my son's three siblings, one has died, one was sold by his mother to a farmer.  I've been sending her financial support so she could keep her kids. Her new husband did not want to raise another man's son so she sold the five year old away while I was trying to arrange foster care for him.