Families, children adopting culture: When Kathleen Santora adopted a baby from a Shanghai orphanage, she worried about maintaining her daughter's cultural identity. She bought books and toys reflecting Emily's Chinese heritage and enrolled her in schools with diverse student bodies.
Archeologists Find Clues to 3,000-year-old Culture: After half a year of reassembling more than 760 bone and tortoiseshell fragments, archeologists have pieced together 495 ancient Chinese characters. The 3,000-year-old engraved shells were found in the Zhougong Temple ruins in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Chinese used rice pudding as cement: Children forced over the years to eat rice pudding will not be surprised to learn that it was used in part to hold together China's historic fortifications.
China defends human rights record: China has condemned a US report alleging serious human rights violations, saying it could damage relations between the two countries.
Jewish parents of Chinese adoptees form group: Ruth Gray Malz always knew she would adopt a little girl one day. "My mother says that even when I was eight years old, I talked about it," she said.
Chapman is tuned in to the matters of the heart: It isn't often that a father can find something good to say about his 2-year-old daughter falling off a chair, landing wrong and ending up in a cast from ankle to hip for five weeks. But Steven Curtis Chapman isn't an ordinary father.
Lucky family: As Julie and Craig Gaines strolled the streets of Nanchang, China, smiling strangers would walk up to them and lay a gentle hand on the head of their just-adopted daughter, Emma Li, and utter in English, "Lucky baby."
McAfees will adopt child from China: Five years ago, adopting a child was perhaps the farthest thing from Eric and Katrina McAfee's minds.
A few days ago, I gave a link for temporary tattoos. In case you were thinking of getting a permanent tattoo, you should read this story first.
A teenager who paid [$180] to have his arm tattooed with Chinese characters got a shock when he learned the message read, 'At the end of the day, this is an ugly boy.'
The Lucky Ones: When Christine Johnson and her husband, Andre Roy, adopted their eldest daughter, Li-Ma, in 1990, they were among the first Quebec parents to adopt in China.
Parents fight for citizenship rights for adopted Chinese daughter: Eight years ago, Qiao Qi Jiang left her village in China and embarked on a daring journey to America. She was only 12 at the time. But with her parents' blessings, she was smuggled into the United States so she could one day get her wish, a college education.
Year of the Rooster: More than 60 children and adults welcomed the year of the Rooster in rural Morris Saturday. The annual celebration started when a few families, who had adopted children from China, gathered at the Hong Kong Chop Suey Restaurant in Morris.
It was love at first sight for little China girl: When Derby mum Jane Vinson discovered that she couldn't have children she came up with another way of having a family. She decided to adopt a child from China, and it's been such a success she hopes to do it again.
Single women choose motherhood by adopting Chinese girls: More than anything, Linda Bigelow wanted to be a mom. The traditional route -- romance, marriage, pregnancy -- would have been great, but she couldn't manage to grab hold of it.
Now you can sport that large, Chinese-style tattoo without the worry!
