American teenager who was abandoned as a baby in China issues appeal to find birth parents

An 18-year-old American woman who was abandoned as a baby in China has issued an appeal to find her birth parents, a news website reported.

The woman, who was referred to only by her first name Erika, was found abandoned outside Hengyang Social Welfare Institute in central China’s Henan province when she was just two months old, Thepaper.cn reported.