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06.30.25
ChinaFile Presents: ‘How to Have an American Baby’
Following a screening of How to Have an American Baby at Asia Society on June 25, filmmaker Leslie Tai joined ChinaFile Editor-in-Chief Susan Jakes to talk about the film and her process of making of it. The film reveals the hidden world of Chinese...
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06.20.25
The Making of an American Baby
On June 25, ChinaFile will screen Leslie Tai’s documentary film How to Have an American Baby, which explores the industry built to promote Chinese women traveling to the U.S. to give birth to children so that they can be American citizens. ChinaFile...
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