From the Daily Caller: A growing number of ultra-wealthy Chinese nationals are turning to U.S. surrogates to have children on American soil, taking advantage of America’s largely unregulated market and birthright citizenship, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
In one such case, Chinese video game billionaire Xu Bo has sought parental rights for at least four unborn children in Los Angeles, having already fathered or arranged surrogacy for at least eight additional children, according to the WSJ. The trend coincides with intensifying debates over the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of U.S. citizenship for anyone born in the country, a policy the Trump administration has sought to reinterpret.
Xu appeared in a 2023 confidential court hearing by video from China, telling the judge he hoped to have about 20 U.S.-born children, with a preference for boys, to inherit his business, the outlet reported. Several of the children were reportedly being cared for by nannies in Irvine, California, while awaiting paperwork to travel to China.
Last month, Xu’s ex-girlfriend claimed in a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo that he had 300 children living across multiple properties in different countries, according to the WSJ. Duoyi Network, Xu’s company, disputed the 300 figure but confirmed that through years of U.S. surrogacy, Xu has “only a little over 100” children.
Below is just one stunning excerpt from the Wall Street Journal report:
Some Chinese parents, inspired by Elon Musk’s 14 known children, pay millions in surrogacy fees to hire women in the U.S. to help them build families of jaw-dropping size. Xu calls himself “China’s first father” and is known in China as a vocal critic of feminism. On social media, his company said he has more than 100 children born through surrogacy in the U.S.
Another wealthy Chinese executive, Wang Huiwu, hired U.S. models and others as egg donors to have 10 girls, with the aim of one day marrying them off to powerful men, according to people close to the executive’s education company.
The Chinese babies being born in the United States are automatically handed U.S. citizenship, courtesy of the 14th Amendment.
In an even more jaw-dropping revelation, the WSJ describes a literal mail-order baby business:
The market has grown so sophisticated, experts say, that at times Chinese parents have had U.S.-born children without stepping foot in the country. A thriving mini-industry of American surrogacy agencies, law firms, clinics, delivery agencies and nanny services—even to pick up the newborns from hospitals—has risen to accommodate the demand, permitting parents to ship their genetic material abroad and get a baby delivered back, at a cost of up to $200,000 per child.
Here’s yet another case described by the Wall Street Journal:
Wang, who fathered the 10 girls through U.S. surrogacies, purchased dozens of eggs from models, a finance Ph.D. and a musician—at a cost of between $6,000 and $7,500 each, according to the people close to his company. He is the president and CEO of Sichuan-based education group XJ International Holdings, formerly known as Hope Education Group, which owns and operates universities and technical colleges.
The Daily Caller points to another case: In May, police launched a child abuse investigation into Chinese national Guojun Xuan and his wife after a two-month-old in their care was hospitalized with a head injury. The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services subsequently removed 21 children from the couple’s custody, including some born to surrogates.
Xuan has a disturbing history, the Daily Caller noted: Xuan served as a senior Chinese government official for at least two decades with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People’s Congress, responsible for repressive policies contributing to ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
Last month, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) proposed a bill to stop the foreign surrogacy scheme.
“Surrogacy should be a path to help build families, not a tool used by our adversaries. My SAFE KIDS Act puts a stop to Communist China and other foreign adversaries’ efforts to abuse the system and harm children, women, and our national security,” he announced on Nov. 5.
Surrogacy should be a path to help build families, not a tool used by our adversaries.
My SAFE KIDS Act puts a stop to Communist China and other foreign adversaries’ efforts to abuse the system and harm children, women, and our national security. https://t.co/gB4UK0LV6j
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) November 5, 2025
Commenting on the WSJ report, Scott wrote, “America’s surrogacy system is meant to help individuals build families — not exploit our national security. We must pass my SAFE KIDS Act to stop the CCP from using American surrogates to obtain U.S. citizenship for their kids & traffic infants abroad.”
America’s surrogacy system is meant to help individuals build families — not exploit our national security.
We must pass my SAFE KIDS Act to stop the CCP from using American surrogates to obtain U.S. citizenship for their kids & traffic infants abroad. https://t.co/s1mpLCiHLi
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) December 15, 2025
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CLICK HERE to read a thread on X by WSJ writer Jonathan Cheng, who lays out disturbing highlights on the case.
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate—Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws@BenFoldy @Lingling_Wei https://t.co/CxMVS45e2lhttps://t.co/CxMVS45e2l
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) December 14, 2025
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