The only consideration for allowing adoption is the child's welfare, a Chinese adoption agency said in response to an article published by The Washington Post. 

Melissa Castro Wyatt, author of the said article published on March 7, said that she was not allowed to adopt a four-year-old Chinese kid named Hu because she is married to a woman. 

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Wyatt said that she wanted to adopt Hu, who was in the United States for a foster program that aims to find parents for orphaned Chinese children. Hu was described as a child with a small head circumference, mildly crossed eyes, and a severe clubfoot.   

Wyatt claims to have met Hu and his foster parent, Julie (not her real name), last week in the US before flew back to China. Upon seeing that Hu also has a club foot just like her son, who was conceived through in vitro fertilization, Wyatt expressed her desire to adopt the child. 

"Yes, he has needs, I thought, and I'm just the person to meet them. Or I would be. If only his home country didn't have their own maddening preferences," Wyatt wrote. 

"I texted her [Julie] to ask whether they might make an exception for a same-sex couple that has experience with his particular condition," she added. 

But the agency, whose name was not mentioned, replied, "Never. Wish I didn't have to say that. It's the one thing they will not consider." 

Only priority

An employee of the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption, who did not wish to be named, told the Global Times on Thursday that the organization received any application from an American same-sex couple. 

The only priority of the center, according to the employee, is the welfare of the children. 

"Our only goal and hope is that our kids can fit into the foreign countries," the employee said, but did not give information if they allow same-sex couples to adopt. 

The staff was also vague about Hu's whereabouts. 

"We are all happy for Hu. He is 4 years old now, and usually kids at such age don't need to wait for so long to find a home,"  he added.

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