Originally Posted by
garykung
While it is a good advice, actually the answer is pretty much common sense.
Always Chinese, unless the name has been officially changed in China.
Always China (Mainland).
An adopted child can't be a U.S. citizen automatically by the virtue of the adoption. Additional requirements must also be met as well. Instead, the child will become an immigrant (Green card) instead. Once all the requirements have been met, then the adopted parents can proceed for the child's citizenship.
It may be common sense, but there are also many pitfalls to international adoptions and they can go very wrong very quickly. Chinese authorities can interpose delays and US authorities are on constant alert for international parental kidnapping. This is all avoidable and international adoption agencies work to assure that everything is in order so that the adoptive parents may focus on the child.