My friend Scott Tong, Bureau Chief for Marketplace, a business program on the American radio network NPR, told me a couple days ago he was finally able to get his piece aired on the relationship between baby traffickers in south China and adoption agencies in the States. It took a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, he had told me weeks ago, since producers were concerned the article would rattle the cellophane sensitivities of NPR listeners who themselves had adopted children from China. As interesting as the radio report is Scott’s background article on the meetings he had – or didn’t have – with agency buyers, middlemen and government officials. It all makes for an insightful media treat. And reading from the comments on the page, listeners appreciated Scott’s effort in getting at the heart of an opaque bit of business in China.

Find the report here.