Why is it that courts in the USA routinely rule against the interests of US citizens? If the countries were reversed, we’d be told to go get bent.
It’s unfortuate that little girl has a long road ahead of her.
I suppose that if she never takes Chinese citizenship, she can return when she is eighteen, if she chooses.
It's more accurate to say that courts in the USA routinely rule in favor of the birth parents, regardless of citizenship.