Adoption Statistics

Americans Adopted 7,000 Chinese Children Last Year: According to Mingpao News , American families adopted approximately 7,000 children from Mainland China last year. The USA continues to be the country that adopts the most Chinese-children.

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Adopting internationally: Paige Keithly saw a segment by TV newswoman Diane Sawyer about adoption from Romania and was hooked.

From Comrade to Citizen

China Moving 'From Comrade to Citizen': China's capitalist economy inevitably affects its Communist politics. Party controls are less stringent and there are glimmers of political diversity. Scholar Merle Goldman discusses political change in China, and her new book, From Comrade to Citizen.

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Bringing home Kai Ya: Jane and Bill Cowan travelled to China to adopt a baby girl called Kai Ya. Before they set out, they knew only that she was 18 months old and an orphan, abandoned by her mother when she was two days old.

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Lunar New Year goes to the dogs: "Throughout the year, we give families the opportunity to learn more about their child's culture, in addition to giving opportunities to adoptive families to get together to see families that look like theirs," said Heather Carter, coordinator of the Chinese adoption program and of the Lunar New Year celebration.

China Related TV

China Sprout posts a much-appreciated weekly guide for China Related TV listings.

Featured Flickr Photo

Huangguoshu Falls
Went on a trip to the 'Mightiest Falls in China' as it was advertised. And indeed it is a very nice waterfall and park. In the Western world it would be swarming with tourists, but here just a couple of people were enjoying the scenery.

(Courtesy of Rob Millenaar)

News

China Hasn't OK'd Release of 'Geisha': Two weeks before its scheduled debut in China, the government still hasn't approved the release of the Hollywood film "Memoirs of a Geisha." The movie's possible delay comes amid speculation that Chinese officials are worried that the sight of ethnic Chinese actresses portraying Japanese geishas may spark a public backlash.

All Aboard: Millions of Chinese are traveling for the annual Spring Festival. But what happens if the automobile replaces the train as the preferred mode of transportation?

In Beijing, it's (boom!) New Year: This year, Beijing becomes the latest Chinese city to rescind a ban on fireworks during the Lunar New Year, the country's most revered holiday.

Learning the Language

From the Jan. 26, 2006 front page of USA Today:

• Number of children in China studying English -- 200,000,000
• Number of children in the USA studying Chinese -- 24,000

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Exploring land of their birth: They began their lives in China, but now they have Southern accents and Mississippi childhoods. To help their adopted children establish a link with their homeland, a group of North Mississippi parents have established a Chinese cultural school.