This is one of many Christmas tree ornaments found at asiaforkids.com.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
News
Shanghai Residents Make Room for World Expo: The construction of two huge projects to house Shanghai residents relocated from the area of the coming 2010 World Expo began on Monday, 2,000 days before the opening of the event.
Confucian Temple to Undergo Revamp: The Confucian Temple and the adjacent Imperial College in downtown Beijing, both with a history of more than 700 years, will undergo the most complete repairs in more than half a century.
China jails officials for spying: Chinese officials in Hong Kong have confirmed to the BBC that two former colleagues have been jailed after being convicted of spying for Britain.
Family fortunes: When 23-year-old American Suzanne L Scruggs first came to China in 1992, she had no idea she would not only find her Mr Right, but also the career path she had dreamed of.
Monday, November 08, 2004
Jewelry
"Adorn yourself with wearable art"— Celebrate your adoption or adoption to be with a meaningful design exclusively from Sunfluer's Jewelry Designs.
Sunfluer's Jewelry Designs offers an eclectic collection of finely handcrafted jewelry. Primarily made up of beads, the designer creates interesting, fun and sophisticated jewelry featuring semiprecious gemstones, Swarvoski crystals, and artist created lampwork glass, fresh water pearls and precious metals of chains and/or wire.
News
China blames 97 over milk scandal: China is to punish 97 government officials over the sale of fake milk powder that caused the deaths of at least 13 babies.
50% of farmers can't afford to see doctors: With about 70 percent of the population living in rural areas without medical insurance, China decided to establish new co-operative medical networks in October, 2002. The programme is being tested until 2010, when it will be expected to cover every rural resident.
China bans drug addiction cure surgery on brain: The Ministry of Health reiterated its ban on using brain surgery to help rehabilitate drug users last week. Ministry officials said studies on the side-effects of the surgery are still underway so it is too early to put it into commercial practice.
China Hopes to Flush Smelly Toilet Image: Beijing hopes the smelly reputation of its public restrooms will be, well, flushed down the toilet soon. City officials will use the 2004 World Toilet Summit, starting Nov. 17, to showcase efforts to transform the capital's lavatories from foul to fragrant, from crude to cultured.
Local Story
A bundle of joy from China: At first, all they had was a tiny picture sent by the adoption agency. They were told her name was FangChunHua. She was 11 months old and, like an estimated 1 million other young Chinese children, living in an orphanage. Then, Michael and Kelley White and their biological son, Keegan, noticed something else in the picture. "Mickey Mouse was on her shirt," said Kelley. "We're all Disney fanatics. It was a sign."
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Bare Branches Lecture
Dr. Valerie Hudson is the co-author of the book Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population. She recently gave a presentation at the Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU outlining the main points of her book.
You should be able to link to the presentation by clicking on this icon:
If this icon link does not work, follow this link and look for the lecture by Valerie Hudson.
Note that this is a 50 minute college classroom presentation. It is nearly impossible to see the overhead slides and there are also a few audio glitches. But it an extremely informative lecture and worth the time.
Friday, November 05, 2004
News
Cabbages Out for Beijing's Winter: How many dishes can be made from da baicai, or Chinese cabbage? Chinese cabbage in sour sauce. Cabbage soup. Cabbage and bean curd soup. Steamed cabbage. Cabbage with dried shrimp. Cabbage salad. Cabbage with mustard. Pickled cabbage. And on special days, dumplings of cabbage and minced pork.
Rehabilitating China's Killer Coal Mines: The State Administration of Work Safety reports that in the first nine months of 2004, 4,153 people died in mining accidents, a figure that the administration admits may be low because of cover-ups or inaccurate reporting.
Spiderman of the Orient: I started practicing climbing, and before long could scale with ease the walls enclosing our campus enclosure. After class I would look for places outside of school to go climbing. As time went on I made great progress, and reached the point where vertical walls no longer seemed slippery, and as easy to climb as walking on flat ground.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Adoption Song
A beautiful adoption song is "From God's Arms, To My Arms, To Yours," by Michael McLean. It is based on a poem that a birthmother sent him. The full text of the song is at this site along with comments from others about the song.
The chorus is as follows:
And maybe, you could tell your baby,
When you love him so, that he's been loved before,
By someone, who delivered your son,
From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.
Marie Osmond sings the song on the CD from the 2002 Winter Games. You can hear a clip from the Amazon.com webpage (click track #9), although it doesn't appear that they have new CDs in stock. Fortunately, the CDs are available used through Amazon.com for a few dollars.
The song is also available on a CD on which Michael McLean sings his own songs found here. You can also hear a clip from the page (#11). (I personally think the song is better sung by a woman, since it is from the perspective of a birth mom.)
The version we have is on the CD that accompanies the book Hold On, the Light Will Come: And Other Lessons My Songs Have Taught Me.
While searching around, I found that it is also available on the CD Adoption...the Songs you Love. This is the same version of the song we got with the book mentioned above (sung by Linsey Brinkerhoff).
Warning . . . you will cry . . .
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