Saturday, August 23, 2003

News

Census counts adoptees—1.6M kids: The Census Bureau's first profile of adopted children, shows that 1.6 million adopted kids under 18 are now living in U.S. households. Although foreign adoptions are increasing and getting the most headlines, the report shows 87% of adoptees under 18 were born in the USA.

Obese come to China to take jab at weight problem: The macho workout motto conjures images of sweat and brawn but the regime is somewhat pricklier at the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in northern China, where the chronically obese from Europe to Oceania come to poke away pounds with acupuncture.

Chinese women's national congress opens in Beijing: The Chinese Women's Ninth National Congress, which aims to draft future development schemes for Chinese women, opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday.

Wife beating culture to be scraped in China: Wife beating, regarded in traditional Chinese values as the private affair of a family that should not be intervened in, is becoming increasingly a target of social protest and government regulations.

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