Identity crisis

Anna Mae He, the center of a much-publicized 7-year custody battle in the Unites States, has spent a difficult year making the transition from an American upbringing to her ancestral home. Since coming to China in February last year, the 11-year-old girl has been struggling with the dramatic changes in her life, which also included the recent divorce of her biological parents, He Shaoqiang and Luo Qin.

Shortly after Anna Mae's birth in the US, He and Luo ran into financial and legal difficulties and signed over a temporary custody order to an American couple, Jerry and Louise Baker.

The little girl lived with the Bakers for eight years, watching American TV, going to a typical American school, eating American food and in every way, being brought up like an average American girl.