Barbara Demick's Blog
May 1, 2025
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
Identical twins, one Chinese and one American. How they were separated, how they were reunited and what they teach us about our identity.
This story dates back to 2009, when I was a China-based journalist reporting in the countryside. There I met a nine-year-old girl who told me how her twin sister was taken away by officials because they were too poor to pay the fines for violating the one-child policy. A decade later, I brought the missing twin, an adoptee living in Texas, back to the village to meet her birth family. This a true story that I've spent fifteen years reporting.
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
This story dates back to 2009, when I was a China-based journalist reporting in the countryside. There I met a nine-year-old girl who told me how her twin sister was taken away by officials because they were too poor to pay the fines for violating the one-child policy. A decade later, I brought the missing twin, an adoptee living in Texas, back to the village to meet her birth family. This a true story that I've spent fifteen years reporting.
You can get a free book by entering the Giveaway.
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
