Coming full circle: She was found by a gate to the entrance of a police station. Abandoned by her parents, the baby girl wound up in a nearby orphanage. And there she might have remained if Kristin Pauly, a then-51-year-old single woman, hadn't traveled more than 8,000 miles to Changzhou, China, to adopt her.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Local Story
Coming full circle: She was found by a gate to the entrance of a police station. Abandoned by her parents, the baby girl wound up in a nearby orphanage. And there she might have remained if Kristin Pauly, a then-51-year-old single woman, hadn't traveled more than 8,000 miles to Changzhou, China, to adopt her.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
News
For Some, Job Benefits Ease Growing Hassles of Adoption: Adopting a child from overseas has never been easy. But new restrictions on overseas adoptions have made the adoption process much tougher, causing added stress and job disruptions for would-be parents. The changes are demanding more patience on the part of adoptive parents, better planning and communication at work with bosses and co-workers, and more flexibility on the part of employers. Fortunately for some, the shift coincides with a sharp increase in adoption benefits by some employers, including paid leave and reimbursement for adoption costs.
Man Resorts to Surgery to Adopt Child: A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back.
Adoptees seek roots in China: Twelve years ago, five families from the Washington area came to this city in China's Jiangsu province to adopt children. They found little girls to welcome into their worlds and, in doing so, joined a new generation of American families that had only recently begun to adopt from this country.
Man Resorts to Surgery to Adopt Child: A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back.
Adoptees seek roots in China: Twelve years ago, five families from the Washington area came to this city in China's Jiangsu province to adopt children. They found little girls to welcome into their worlds and, in doing so, joined a new generation of American families that had only recently begun to adopt from this country.
Local Story
Bringing Emma home: For two and a half years, David and Dena Dwyer, of Tualatin, had worked, dreamed and prayed with one goal in mind — to adopt a baby from China. So when the day came on May 14 for them to meet 20-month-old Emma, who was born in Chongquing, China, they were excited.
Gender Imbalance
Crisis looms as 18 million Chinese can't find a wife: China is planning to tighten punishments for sex-selective abortions amid concerns that its widening gender imbalance will lead to wife trafficking, sexual crimes and social frustration. Shocking new figures released by the state media show that the worst affected city, Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, has a ratio of 165 boys to 100 girls among children aged one to four.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Returning to China
Adopted Chinese children return to their roots: Thirty Chinese children adopted by North American families have returned to China "to search for their roots". The children aged 12 to 18 joined a summer camp with a theme of "Embracing China, Feeling Beijing", which was sponsored by the China Centre of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) and specially designed for Chinese children adopted by foreign families.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
China Girl BBC Radio Program
China Girl: China Girl follows the emotional and surprising journeys of Britons who are seeking to adopt a baby from China. The series is presented by the BBC world affairs reporter Emily Buchanan, who has herself adopted two children from China.
Friday, August 24, 2007
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