Qiguang Li and Wei Xu arrive at Los Angeles International Airport on their first trip to the US, in 2015. Photograph: Courtesy Quiguang Li and Wei Xuįor this story, I spoke to a dozen gay Chinese men who have begun or completed surrogacy in the United States. Almost all of them started considering it between the ages of 30 and 40, and they often discussed how one needs to be extremely devoted to the idea of having his own child before embarking on the lengthy and often excruciating surrogacy journey.