All Stories (43 total)

Helena, 15, grew up with a rural family in Heilongjiang Province, in northeastern China - until the day they took her to the local orphanage. She was…

My name is Gao and I live in The Netherlands. I’m 22 years old and I was adopted at the age of 1 from Xi’an, Shaanxi province in China. For me,…

Shame is applying for a visa home, or not knowing how to write your name  The passport office is small & getting smaller with each stroke I try to…

Hello! My full name is Bai Yi Min (白宜 民） Mershon Blasek Foxweldon and I am almost 25 years old. I've a long story with my name, as it is long. The…

Timothy Tian Bao Estes was born with a heart condition. This is the story he remembers about how he came to live in the Luoyang orphanage in Henan…

Grace Davis talked with Our China Stories in 2026. She was 28. She studied nutrition at UC-Davis and, pending completion of what she describes as a…

Camille spoke with Our China Stories most recently in 2026. These days, she is studying interior design at California State University — Long Beach.…

My name’s Audrey, and I’m 9 years old. I was adopted on March 24, 2008. I have a great family and many good friends in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I was…

“Where were you born? What time were you born? Do you have a family history of (some allergy or disease)?” These are seemingly simple questions, but…

Nora, 13, from Austin, Texas, talked with Our China Stories about celebrating her 8th birthday in China: People would just come up to me and just…

Patty and Jim Berry brought their daughter, Lucy, home to Warren, Michigan, just outside Detroit, in 2013. Lucy, who was 4 when Our China Stories…

I am a 21-year-old currently residing in Berkeley in pursuit of a college degree. I have always wanted to write a book (many people have suggested…

When I was 10 years old, I  decided that instead of being interviewed, I wanted to interview my parents. I wrote down some questions and asked them…