A typical New York Times reader would probably be charmed by this lovely story of a Chinese orphaned girl, adopted by a loving couple, and readying herself for her bat mitzvah. But people who have adopted Chinese babies and Professionals in the adoption field probably have a slightly different take. One wonders why, with all the families who have adopted Chinese babies since the early nineties, Mr. Newman chose this particular family for his article. All of us know (as does the author) that Chinese adoption officials have strongly negative feelings about homosexuality and that their concern about lesbian couples adopting Chinese children has caused them to now disallow all adoptions by unmarried individuals. So if one were going to write a positive article about Americans adopting Chinese babies, why would one choose such a controversial example? This kind of publicity can only further endanger adoptions from China.