Adoption builds a family: Dave and Kim Schomer, of Connellsville, always wanted to be parents but had difficulty making their dream come true. After struggling with years of infertility, the Schomers decided to consider adoption.
Monday, August 15, 2005
New Record
New Tallest Man Found in Inner Mongolia: A herdsman from North China's Inner Mongolia has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest naturally-growing human being.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Chinese Culture
Ten Unique Customs in Guanzhong Plain: The Guanzhong Plain (also known as Central Shannxi Plain) has played a vital role in the development of Chinese history. Some special local cultures and customs were gradually formed in the long development process. Some of the ten oddities of local customs are as follows.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
A couple of articles on China's family planning
Family planning policy saves China 300 mln births: China's total fertility rate has dropped to around 1.8 since the nation started to exercise its family planning policy in the 1970s, which is 1.2 or 1.3 points lower than other countries or regions of the same economic development level and has saved China the birth of 300 million people.
Population program "much more than" fertility control: Chinese population program is not merely a fertility control program as many people believe, but "much more than that" with a number of "positive developments", a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
UK Mirror Article
(Note -- This article is likely to offend.)
CHINESE TAKEAWAYS—Day 1 . . . the American child adoption factory: Breakfast ends at the White Swan Hotel and it is time for a group photograph. There are 21 adults, all beaming. And 11 baby girls, all Chinese. Instant families courtesy of the White Swan Express.
China's Car Boom
In land of bicycle, car boom brings freedom of open road: In car terms, life really began in China around the millennium. Some 1.2 million cars rolled off the lots in 2002, a spike in demand of 30 to 40 percent. That figure jumped 70 percent in 2003, to about 2 million. Last year, Chinese bought 2.4 million cars, according to official figures, and growth is expected to be about 15 percent this year, with 10 percent becoming the annual norm by 2015.
(Thanks Kate from APC!)
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I am a mother of two (hopefully three soon!), living in Longmont, Colorado with my husband (David), and our sweet girls.
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