News article by John Leland
Recent incidents in child trafficking has suggested that the children in China sold to adoption, are not always abandoned by their biological parents. In some cases in the Hunan Province, Chinese government officials have kidnapped children from their families in order to sell them to orphanages, which would then pass the children over to adoptive parents. Such lucrative exchanges are considered very possible considering that many American parents often make generous donations to the orphanages they adopt from. This event has spawned major practical and moral concerns among foster parents who have already adopted Chinese babies or are looking to adopt. Some parents recall that paperwork presented by the orphanages were sometimes "inconsistent" and suspicious. However, fearing how it might affect the child and their lives, parents have been reluctant to speak up or be aggressive to find the truth.
This article is from New York Times, a well-established and trusted resource.
The context is that very often American parents have gone to China to look to adopt, because although child abduction is nothing new in adoption programs, the process in China has been considered for the most part clean.
The purpose was to inform the audience, perhaps readers of NY Times, external affairs officials, and parents considering adoption, to be aware of the circumstances that circle these adoption processes.
Rhetorical elements include dialogue, logic, testimonials that appeal to emotions, statistics and evidence.
Yes, I found the article very easy to read, highly informative, and even a bit heart-provoking.
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