Theories on the slow-down

These come from the "Rumor Queen" and there are a variety of theories, some based on facts:

*There are no longer that many NSN orphans in China.
*There are plenty of orphans, but problems getting them made paper ready.
*The CCAA has a yearly ceiling that they cannot go over, and that ceiling was lowered last year and then lowered again this year. The ceiling also includes SN children, so the more SN adoptions that happen the less NSN matches can be made.
*The Chinese government wants to make the world think there is no orphan problem as we lead up to the Olympics. So they empty the orphanages out into foster care and say there are no more orphans. The long wait becomes proof that they have solved their orphan problem, since this proves there aren’t enough babies to adopt out.

NSN= non-special needs
SN = special needs (cleft lip-pallette, missing limbs, Downs, heart defects)