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Only relatives will now be allowed to adopt and US diplomats have reportedly been told that Beijing will not process cases that are already under way.
China has officially cancelled the international adoption programme that allowed tens of thousands of Chinese orphans and abandoned children to find a new home overseas.
Mao Ning, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a daily briefing on Thursday that in future Beijing will only allow foreign nationals who are relatives to adopt Chinese children.