(ECNS) -- Reports on Wednesday by the Beijing News shed light on the plights of four Chinese orphans who are among the more than 80,000 adopted by Americans.
Around 80 percent of adopted children from China have special needs, and more than 88 percent are girls.
Sarah, one of four Chinese orphans in the U.S., is the fourth child of Teresa and Michael, followed by a biological son and two adopted children from South Korea.
The girl, who suffered severe burns in childhood, has received treatment in the U.S. and can walk now, Teresa said. "The scar on her body is healing, but we don't know how long the scar in her mind will stay."
Faye was abandoned two hours after she was born. She is in Massachusetts with her foster parents, and has always hoped to learn more about her biological parents.
"I am Chinese and American," another Chinese orphan, named Lily, said, "I am different from my parents, and my life started from China."
Ming was adopted when she was four years old. But her relationship with her foster parents has not been good since adolescence, and she has since moved out to live with her boyfriend.
Americans adopted 6,441 children from abroad in 2014, down from a peak of 22,884 a decade before, said the newspaper, citing a report by the U.S. State Department.
China accounted for the most children adopted in the United States, but its total of 2,040 was far below the figure of 7,044 in 2004. By 2014, 88,298 Chinese orphans had been adopted by American families.
