Appearing via video in a Los Angeles family court, Chinese billionaire Xu Bo admitted something jarring: he hadn’t met some of his own children living in Irvine. Judge Amy Pellman denied his parentage petitions, leaving at least 12 kids in legal limbo according to the Wall Street Journal investigation. This wasn’t a custody dispute—it was the unraveling of an industrial-scale baby commissioning operation that reads like dystopian fiction.
The Numbers Game Gets Disturbing
Company spin control can’t hide the staggering scale of commissioned children.
Xu’s company, Duoyi Network, claims he has “only a little over 100” U.S.-born surrogacy children. His ex-girlfriend Tang Jing alleges the count reaches 300 across multiple countries. A Wall Street Journal video reportedly shows dozens of toddlers calling Xu “daddy” in what resembles a bizarre daycare dynasty. When your spokesperson has to clarify you have “only” 100 children, you’ve crossed into uncharted ethical territory.
Building Empires, One Womb at a Time
Chinese elites exploit international law to create instant American dynasties.
This isn’t isolated behavior—it’s a trending business model among Chinese elites. Wang Huiwu commissioned 10 daughters using U.S. models as egg donors, specifically for future strategic marriages. These billionaires bypass China’s surrogacy ban while exploiting America’s birthright citizenship laws. At $200,000 per child, they’re building what IVF USA’s CEO Nathan Zhang calls “unstoppable family dynasties,” citing Elon Musk’s 14 children as inspiration.
The Commodification Outcry
Child welfare advocates sound alarms about systematic exploitation.
“When wealthy foreign nationals can shop for women’s wombs, the system is fundamentally broken,” says Samantha DeLoach from advocacy group Them Before Us. She argues the U.S. has become a surrogacy “haven” that commodifies children and exploits vulnerable women. The maternal-infant separation inherent in surrogacy creates documented psychological stress, while mass genetic clustering risks unknowing incest among siblings scattered globally.
Silicon Valley Bankrolls the Machine
Tech investors fuel the reproductive industrial complex.
Peter Thiel’s investment portfolio includes IVF clinics across Southeast Asia and Los Angeles, plus egg-freezing ventures. The tech elite’s pronatalist obsession has created a profitable ecosystem that treats human reproduction like venture capital. You’re witnessing the intersection of extreme wealth, reproductive technology, and legal arbitrage creating a market in human beings.
These aren’t families—they’re manufacturing operations with children as the product and American soil as the factory floor.
