[writmeister]

China is making money on adoptions.

I do not think that the Chinese government is involved in international adoption strictly for the money. The amount going to the Chinese government is approximately $3500 (of which $3000 goes to subsidize the orphanages). The remaining $500 is varied legal costs. I would suspect that an international adoption from another country or, even a domestic adoption, would have similar fees.

The greater cost is the agency costs for putting together the paperwork required by the U.S. and Chinese government, and the travel costs to go to China for two weeks.

[SaltyJoe]

That's good news. Some friends and family members have informed me of their adoption problems (including horror stories of personal and other's experiences). All countries have had adoption scams (and China was included in the research, definitely not as bad as other nations).

Furthermore, I hope that China's people are ready to non-violently remove anti-religion laws. I'm not terribly optimistic given their recent past, but religion overcomes atheist states always.