Freaky Barbie

Well we found a cultural phenomena gone awry. We actually knew about this beforehand, but still found it quite humorous. The final leg of the process for bringing your child home is paperwork at the U.S. Consulate in China. So you stay at this hotel where most every adoptive family stays, so after several days of being in a Chinese city where nobody speaks english and you see very few non-Chinese, your hotel is overrun with non-Chinese (mostly, but not all American) toting Chinese babies. To top off the experience the White Swan Hotel has seemingly partnered with Mattel and give you a gift - a blonde barbie doll holding a Chinese baby. I'm not sure if it's humorous or disturbing.