Two years after China ended international adoption, families wait in grief and hopeJennifer Kelley named her would-be adoptive son “Bo,” after the biblical figure “Boaz.” Grace KelleyBy 2020 when the global pandemic struck, China suspended all international adoptions to prevent travel. All was going well until the 2024 adoption ban. Black’s oldest son had been anticipating the little brother from China since kindergarten. “It’s like my brother died,’’ he told his mom when the ban was announced.