The China Center for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) recently announced changes to their intercountry adoption procedures.  The ch...

Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, and China January 8-17. While in the region, ...

June 7, 2013 The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, which processes all U.S. immigrant visas in China, will be moving to the Zhujiang ...

Alert:  Update on China May 16, 2013  - The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou to Resume Normal Operations Friday, May 17, 2013.  For mo...

Alert:  Suspension of Adoption Immigrant Visa Interviews The Tianyu office of the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, including the Adopte...

The Board of Directors of PEAR would like to express some thoughts on the recently released documentary, Stuck , which purports to be a...

Upcoming Adoption Forum in NYC: The Impact of Chinese and other International Adoption Practices in relation to Birth Families, Abandonment...

A blog post was recently made public by Brian Stuy of Research China which addresses some of the issues contained in our Ethics Alert on Ch...

PEAR Ethics Alert - China Special Needs Programs PEAR has been alerted to some very concerning issues surrounding China’s special needs adop...

The effects of China's scandals and in intercountry adoption are now being felt by the families and children adopted from China as they...

China August 15, 2011 Notice: Concerns About Information on the Background of Children Adopted from China The press has rep...

On May 11, PEAR published a list of reports on the emerging scandal involving the abduction of children for intercountry adoption. Continuin...

-- by Brian H. Stuy The news this week that Chinese Family Planning officials had raided a small farming community in rural Hunan Province...