"But the selfish parents has provoked fury in China where critics say a whole generation of adults are too selfish to have children of their own."

Normal for some cos they cannot afford to feed themselves let alone feed another.

And agree with Cabbage - "there are thousands of loving caring people around the world who could give this child a loving home."

One thing though, adoption has its risks in that what if the child's genetic makeup is like the parents? No matter how positive their environment is, they may still end up being selfish like their natural parents, in which case, it's heartache for the adoptive parents through no fault of their own. If it was their genes, they have to accept responsibility for it but if not? Sure, before they make the decision to adopt, they would have thought of this and other issues and decided to accept responsibility but I'm just saying ... not without any basis cos I do know of some people who grew up in a loving homes but turned out to be selfish bums, like their parents. No matter how, couldn't run away from the genes. This might be a better topic for a separate thread, maybe later. TTFN.