CHINA TRIP 2016
In 2016, I received a grant to trace my adoption story through China. This is the final writeup of that project.
BEFORE
THE PROPOSAL / Approved by the Colorado College Grants in Writing committee.
ALIEN NUMBER A045359159 / Growing up as an adopted Chinese American.
AN EXCERPT FROM MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL / Written the day of my adoption, Nov. 1st, 1995.
WHAT I KNOW: My adoption history / A photo essay.
MY FATHER' S PERSPECTIVE / What my father remembers about the trip to China.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ONE-CHILD POLICY / An insight into the population policy that shaped a nation.
WHAT I IMAGINE: "Her Logic" / A story about my birth mother.
CHINESE VISA J23 / My thoughts before I leave.
DURING
THE MAJORITY / My thoughts shortly after landing in Guangzhou.
THINGS I CANNOT SAY / On the difficulties of being in China.
ARRIVAL IN JINHUA / Sept. 7th, 2016
WHAT I SAW THE NEXT DAY / Morning of Sept. 8th, 2016
A SKETCH OF SIX FAMILIES, part 1 / The first birth family I met.
JINHUA TV: ARTICLE #1 / Published online Sept. 10th, 2016
JINHUA TV: ARTICLE #2 / Published online Sept. 13th, 2016
"YOU HAVE THE SAME" / On claiming, and being claimed.
A SKETCH OF SIX FAMILIES, part 5
A SKETCH OF SIX FAMILIES, part 6
AFTER
ON ONE-WEEK FAMILIES AND MID-AUTUMN KINDNESS / For those I met in Jinhua.
MOON SILK / A poem, from my adoptive mother to my birth mother. 1999