赴美生子,你怎么看？.doc

Birth tourism: Chinese flock to the US to have babies 赴美生子,你怎么看? Lured by US citizenship for their children, thousands of Chinese women give birth annually in the States, supporting a thriving birth-tourism industry. 为了让孩子拥有美国国籍,每年有数以千计的中国准妈妈选择在美国接生,这样一来,生育旅游产业应运而生并且发展迅速。 Jiang Wenjun was getting ready to go to America. His wife, due to give birth to their son any day, was already there. Like any expectant parents, the Shanghai couple agonized over how best to prepare for the arrival — and upbringing — of their firstborn child. American citizenship, they decided, was one of the finest gifts they could bestow. “ America is the strongest country in the world, ” says Jiang, whose son was born just days after he eventually arrived in California this month. “ We want our child to have the best future. ”姜文君正准备赶赴美国。他即将临盆的妻子已经在那里等候他了。和其他准父母一样,这对上海夫妇也在犯愁,如何才能给他们第一个孩子提供最好的降生和成长环境。他们认为,美国国籍是他们能够给予子女的最好的礼物。“美国是世界上最强大的国家,”姜先生说,他到达加州后没几天儿子便出生了,“我想要我的孩子有最好的未来。” The US is one of the few nations where simply being born on its soil confers citizenship on a newborn. That policy has spawned a birth-tourism industry, in which pregnant foreigners flock to American hospitals to secure US passports for their babies. Although the foreign couple can ’ t acquire US nationality themselves, once their American-born offspring turn 21 they can theoretically sponsor their parents for future US citizenship. An