Great question thanks for asking...... Here's my take on the situation......China does adopt girls primarily. Because of the one child law the older generation places more importance on male children so girls are abandoned more. However, there are many boys available for adoption in China. Sometimes the child may be perceived to be small or weak, have some type of birthmark, or sickness. In these cases the birth parents will abandon the child. (Yes, abandon) We are not talking, going to the local adoption agency and telling them you can't take care of your child and want a nice couple to raise it. It is illegal to place a child for adoption in China. So the alternative is abandonment. The children are literally left until someone finds them. Usually a police officer in the early morning, near daybreak. But back to the boy issue.
In China if an orphan is not adopted from the orphanage they are given what is equivalent to an 8th grade education. Then the child is sent to work or put out on the street. Tradition has it that young people will marry only those in their "class". So, a girl left in an orphanage will at least have the hopes to one day be a wife. In a country where there is a severe shortage of women there's a good chance all the girls will be married regardless of "class" and education. However, in a country with this type of situation an orphan boy has no chance of ever making it past a menial job and likely won't marry because he has nothing to offer a wife without an education or family.
So, yes China does have boys available for adoption. There are several you can take a peak at on the agency web-site. www.allgodschildren.org click on adoption and then waiting children
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