<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:07 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>New Film at IFC Center Tells Stories of Teens Adopted from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/new-film-at-ifc-center-tells-stories-of-teens-adopted-from-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:46:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/new-film-at-ifc-center-tells-stories-of-teens-adopted-from-china</guid><author>AdminFA</author><description><![CDATA[The new documentary about four teens who were adopted from China by American families, "Somewhere Between," premiered at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village on Friday.  -DNAinfo.com|New York]]></description></item><item><title>Asian designer showcase raises funds for Chinese orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/asian-designer-showcase-raises-funds-for-chinese-orphans</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:52:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/asian-designer-showcase-raises-funds-for-chinese-orphans</guid><author>AdminFA</author><description><![CDATA[Designer show raises funds for Chinese orphans.]]></description></item><item><title>Girl from China expresses duality of her adopted life</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/girl-from-china-expresses-duality-of-her-adopted-life</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/girl-from-china-expresses-duality-of-her-adopted-life</guid><author>AdminFA</author><description><![CDATA[Sarah Mitteldorf explores her adopted life through art.]]></description></item><item><title>Local grad cares for ‘little flowers’ abroad</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-5815</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-5815</guid><author>darrc</author><description><![CDATA[In 2008, she attended a job fair at her college, the Franciscan University of Steubenville. That’s when Megan heard the call to go to China through mission work.]]></description></item><item><title>Babies adopted from China may need kidney testing, agency warns</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/babies-adopted-from-china-may-need-kidney-testing-agency-warns</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/babies-adopted-from-china-may-need-kidney-testing-agency-warns</guid><author>MamaS</author><description><![CDATA[Tainted formula given to babies in China could cause kidney stones, other complications.]]></description></item><item><title>Sichuan Earthquake Orphans Fail to Find Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The process to adopt the children has been blighted by bureaucracy and by the unwillingness of Chinese families to take injured or disabled children. Jiang Tao, head of the Marriage and...]]></description></item><item><title>China Adoption Seminar at Temple Terrace Library Sept. 13</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-adoption-seminar-at-temple-terrace-library-sept-13</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-adoption-seminar-at-temple-terrace-library-sept-13</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Considering adopting? The Great Wall China Adoption organization is hosting a free China adoption workshop held by Great Wall China Adoption, a non-profit organization dedicated...]]></description></item><item><title>Fewer Kids Available for Adoption by Foreigners</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/fewer-kids-available-for-adoption-by-foreigners</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/fewer-kids-available-for-adoption-by-foreigners</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Fewer Chinese children are available for adoption by foreigners because more affluent families at home have started adopting them, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said on Tuesday....]]></description></item><item><title>Olympics Help Parents, Adopted Children Share in Chinese Culture</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/olympics-help-parents-adopted-children-share-in-chinese-culture</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/olympics-help-parents-adopted-children-share-in-chinese-culture</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For 7-year-old Isabella Falsetti of Rockford, this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing are about much more than swimming and gymnastics. They’re an opportunity to learn about her native country and...]]></description></item><item><title>Heart in China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/heart-in-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/heart-in-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Olympics keep me thinking about one thing—the children of China. The eyes of the world have been fixed on China for the past little bit. I don't know about you, but the people who live...]]></description></item><item><title>Yangchun Family Reunion Brings Chinese Children Together</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/yangchun-family-reunion-brings-chinese-children-together</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/yangchun-family-reunion-brings-chinese-children-together</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[At the base of Mount Hood in the small town of Welches, Ore., 245 people from 71 families came together to celebrate the Yangchun Family Reunion. The families, representing 25 different states...]]></description></item><item><title>Fewer Families Adopting Chinese Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/fewer-families-adopting-chinese-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/fewer-families-adopting-chinese-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Indiana families have adopted nearly 2,500 Chinese children in the last decade. But the number of people applying is dropping because the process can take three years and cost $17,000....]]></description></item><item><title>Forced Out of China, Girl Now in Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/forced-out-of-china-girl-now-in-limbo</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/forced-out-of-china-girl-now-in-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[To make China look good for the Olympics, Beijing officials reportedly have been zealous about removing those deemed undesirable from public view. Missing from the bustling cityscape...]]></description></item><item><title>West Applauds China's Treatment of Ugly Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/west-applauds-chinas-treatment-of-ugly-child</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/west-applauds-chinas-treatment-of-ugly-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[China was last night congratulated for its adoption of western values after banning an ugly child from appearing on television. US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice said China had taken a...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-from-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In May of 2007 the regulations for adopting a child from China changed. The new rules prohibit adoptions by obese, single, or elderly applicants. When China announced it was changing...]]></description></item><item><title>Surgery Gives Orphan From China a Second Chance</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/surgery-gives-orphan-from-china-a-second-chance</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/surgery-gives-orphan-from-china-a-second-chance</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lisa Paolitto hadn't found her "Mr. Right," but that didn't stop her from fulfilling her dream of having a child. "I just wanted to be a mom," Paolitto said. "I wasn't going to wait...]]></description></item><item><title>Raffle to Help PSL Family Adopt Child from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/raffle-to-help-psl-family-adopt-child-from-china</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/raffle-to-help-psl-family-adopt-child-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Port St. Lucie residents Paul and Peggy Vedder want to give a home and opportunity to 2-year-old Benjamin JinDe Houston by adopting him. Benjamin is an orphan in Jinhua City in the Zhejiang...]]></description></item><item><title>Families with Children from China Meet in Congers for a Picnic</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/families-with-children-from-china-meet-in-congers-for-a-picnic</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/families-with-children-from-china-meet-in-congers-for-a-picnic</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lianna Thomas has been to every Ladybug Picnic, but one thing about yesterday's was especially memorable. "I really liked the circus," said the 13-year-old from Congers. The 12th annual Ladybug...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Toddler Adopted into Natchez Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-toddler-adopted-into-natchez-home</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-toddler-adopted-into-natchez-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Soft green grass creeps between little toes. It pokes a bit, maybe even tickles. And when that grass is a world away from home, it’s OK to freak out the first time you touch it. So, that’s just what...]]></description></item><item><title>Going Back To China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/going-back-to-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/going-back-to-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The world's eyes are on China as it prepares to host a swell of visitors next month. Firefighter, husband, father and global Samaritan Peter Paolillo will be among them....]]></description></item><item><title>Bringing Sarah Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/bringing-sarah-home</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/bringing-sarah-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As one mother in China prays for a good life for the baby girl she cannot keep, thousands of miles away, an American mother in Germany is praying for the same baby girl she hopes to...]]></description></item><item><title>Great Wall China Adoption Plans Free Workshop</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/great-wall-china-adoption-plans-free-workshop</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/great-wall-china-adoption-plans-free-workshop</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Considering adopting? Then plan to attend a free China adoption workshop planned for Saturday, Aug. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the Public Works Building, 11210 N. 53rd St., in Temple Terrace....]]></description></item><item><title>Adopted Chinese Kids Find Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopted-chinese-kids-find-home</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopted-chinese-kids-find-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption is a major life decision and a major life change. Couple that with the options for domestic or international adoption, and the choices, possibilities and decisions are endless....]]></description></item><item><title>'I Felt the Need to Rescue the Precious Children'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/i-felt-the-need-to-rescue-the-precious-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/i-felt-the-need-to-rescue-the-precious-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Growing up in central Ohio, neither Lee nor Lisa Gillispie were exposed to much cultural diversity -- until they moved to New Jersey. When Lee's boss adopted children from China, it opened their...]]></description></item><item><title>A Simple Choice Was the Right One</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-simple-choice-was-the-right-one</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-simple-choice-was-the-right-one</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It came down to a simple choice for the Wells family. Two boxes, only one of which could be checked -- accept or decline. They went with "accept" and became a family of five....]]></description></item><item><title>China's Local Impact Large, Growing</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-local-impact-large-growing</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-local-impact-large-growing</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[To most Americans, it's a country that makes many of the products we use, squelches domestic dissent and won the right to host this year's Summer Olympics. China, the most populous country...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Adoption Worth It</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-adoption-worth-it</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-adoption-worth-it</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[While Susan Bass was sitting in a doctor's waiting room with 3-year-old Brenden on her lap, another young boy ran by and shouted, "Mommy, I just saw a boy who was born without his ears!"...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption from China Inspires a Children's Book</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-from-china-inspires-a-childrens-book</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-from-china-inspires-a-childrens-book</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When she was still a young child, Huntington resident Barbara Lynn Greif's daughter, Victoria, asked her, "Don't all babies come from China?" Victoria was adopted from China about...]]></description></item><item><title>Girl Adopted from China Plans Return Visit</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/girl-adopted-from-china-plans-return-visit</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/girl-adopted-from-china-plans-return-visit</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Each year on the anniversary of her adoption from China, Gianna Mei Li Horak composed a letter to her birth parents. She taped it to a helium balloon and released it into the sky -- sending it...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Lessons Help Youngsters Connect</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-lessons-help-youngsters-connect</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-lessons-help-youngsters-connect</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Most of the children in Shih-Chen Huang’s Mandarin Chinese language and culture classes at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church are themselves Chinese. The same is not true of their parents. Huang, a West...]]></description></item><item><title>Sichuan Adoption Policies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sichuan-adoption-policies</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sichuan-adoption-policies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Chen Kefu, deputy director of the Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province, introduced a series of policies on June 9 to people planning to adopt earthquake orphans from Sichuan Province....]]></description></item><item><title>Let's Do Our Part to Change the World</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/lets-do-our-part-to-change-the-world</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/lets-do-our-part-to-change-the-world</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[You may not know Steven Curtis Chapman, but if you've surfed the Web recently, it's likely you saw his name. Chapman is one of the most visible and influential figures in...]]></description></item><item><title>Natick Couple Adopts Second Child from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/natick-couple-adopts-second-child-from-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:52:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/natick-couple-adopts-second-child-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Natick couple has now done that twice. Jen and Ben Gerber were part of a group of sixteen families from the United States who returned from China last week with their new children....]]></description></item><item><title>China's Family Strategy for Coping with Tremor Fallout</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-family-strategy-for-coping-with-tremor-fallout</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:26:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-family-strategy-for-coping-with-tremor-fallout</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Just under 2000 children were orphaned and 9000 killed by last month's Chinese earthquake, but plans are underway to find homes for as many children as possible....]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Adoption Scams</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-adoption-scams</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:12:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-adoption-scams</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Three weeks after China's devastating quake, adoption agencies in the United States are seeing a surge in the number of Americans looking to adopt babies orphaned by the tragedy....]]></description></item><item><title>Gladney Center for Adoption is Reaching Out to Earthquake Victims in China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/gladney-center-for-adoption-is-reaching-out-to-earthquake-victims-in-china</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:03:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/gladney-center-for-adoption-is-reaching-out-to-earthquake-victims-in-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Gladney Center for Adoption's China Initiative is collecting donations to help the victims of the massive earthquake.  Gladney families have banded together to...]]></description></item><item><title>Childless Couples Rush to Adopt Quake Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/childless-couples-rush-to-adopt-quake-orphans</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:50:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/childless-couples-rush-to-adopt-quake-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Hordes of prospective parents across China have come forward to adopt the thousands of children orphaned by the massive earthquake which devastated parts of Sichuan province on May 12....]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Adopted from China Raise Cash for Quake</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/kids-adopted-from-china-raise-cash-for-quake</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/kids-adopted-from-china-raise-cash-for-quake</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A small body frozen in a moment, surrounded by rubble. A terrified, bleeding young girl carried on a stretcher. Sobbing mothers clutching photos of children lost to the earthquake in China....]]></description></item><item><title>Many Families are Reunited in Quake Zone</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/many-families-are-reunited-in-quake-zone</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:09:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/many-families-are-reunited-in-quake-zone</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Most of the 8,000 children found alone after China's devastating earthquake have been reunited with their parents, Chinese officials said Friday. About 1,000 have not been spoken for...]]></description></item><item><title>Bereaved Parents Face Children’s Day</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-3689</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:02:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-3689</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Putting on a brave face, devastated areas of southwest China marked Children’s Day on Sunday, but the memory of thousands of youngsters killed in last month’s earthquake cast a pall...]]></description></item><item><title>‘Too Middle-Class and too White to Adopt’</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-3680</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:44:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/-3680</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[BBC executive Gavin Allen was playing golf with his brothers when the mobile rang. It was his wife, Teresa. ‘It’s arrived at last,’ she said, simply and without explanation. After years of waiting...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Inquiries Soar after China Quake Orphans Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-inquiries-soar-after-china-quake-orphans-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:32:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-inquiries-soar-after-china-quake-orphans-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption agencies are receiving a surge in phone calls from people who want to adopt children orphaned by the earthquake in China. "There's lots of interest," says Joshua Zhong...]]></description></item><item><title>Londoners Beginning to Embrace Chinese</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/londoners-beginning-to-embrace-chinese</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:41:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/londoners-beginning-to-embrace-chinese</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With just 72 days left to the Olympics in China and with the dawning reality the world’s largest nation by population will probably be the major economic driver of the 21st century...]]></description></item><item><title>Halted Foreign Adoptions Leave Would-Be Parents in Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/halted-foreign-adoptions-leave-would-be-parents-in-limbo</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:21:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/halted-foreign-adoptions-leave-would-be-parents-in-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The crib in Ellen Darcy's Boston home has sat empty for more than a year. And in suburban Washington, Laura Teresinski has prepared a nursery for a baby that may never arrive....]]></description></item><item><title>Govt Urges Patience on Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/govt-urges-patience-on-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:13:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/govt-urges-patience-on-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[People wishing to adopt quake orphans should remain patient while the authorities make every possible effort to reunite children separated from their parents, the Ministry of Civil Affairs...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Eager to Adopt Quake Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-eager-to-adopt-quake-orphans</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:23:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-eager-to-adopt-quake-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The children's faces stare in somber black-and-white photos from newspapers and scribbled posters at relief camps, seeking their parents. Many will never find them. As the first estimate of...]]></description></item><item><title>Wellsville Couple Retain Custody of Toddler</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/wellsville-couple-retain-custody-of-toddler</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:24:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/wellsville-couple-retain-custody-of-toddler</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A 1st District judge declined Tuesday to reopen a case that gave custody of a toddler from China to Scott and Karen Banks, of Wellsville. A lawyer for a Kansas couple who want to adopt...]]></description></item><item><title>Residents Register for Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/residents-register-for-adoptions</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:23:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/residents-register-for-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Many local people have expressed a strong desire to adopt orphans from the earthquake zone. More than 400 people have already registered at the Shanghai Civil Affairs...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Reach Out to Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-reach-out-to-orphans</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:12:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-reach-out-to-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Already, the survivors of China's earthquake are putting together their own makeshift families. In the Jiuzhou Stadium in Chengdu, where thousands are being housed, volunteer Melody...]]></description></item><item><title>Family Addition Brings Appreciation for Culture</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/family-addition-brings-appreciation-for-culture</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:22:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/family-addition-brings-appreciation-for-culture</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Photographer Matt Cline's "The Middle Kingdom through My Lens" began as a personal documentary of the China into which he and wife Kristin's adoptive daughter, Rachael was born....]]></description></item><item><title>China Swamped with Adoption Offers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-swamped-with-adoption-offers</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-swamped-with-adoption-offers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The government said it was bracing for a growing number of orphans as the death toll mounts from Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake, China's deadliest natural disaster in a generation....]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Netizens Move to Adopt Earthquake Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-netizens-move-to-adopt-earthquake-orphans</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:51:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-netizens-move-to-adopt-earthquake-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Many Chinese netizens have proposed adopting children who lost parents in Monday's massive earthquake. "I have been in tears in recent days. I pray for people in quake zones...]]></description></item><item><title>Exchange Program Offers Unsettling, Exciting Adventures</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/exchange-program-offers-unsettling-exciting-adventures</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:46:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/exchange-program-offers-unsettling-exciting-adventures</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Not only can the adjustment be unsettling and the adventure exciting for exchange students to commit their time to come to the United States, it can be equally as unsettling and exciting for their host...]]></description></item><item><title>Happy Homecoming Couple Escapes Quake in China, Returns with Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/happy-homecoming-couple-escapes-quake-in-china-returns-with-child</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:44:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/happy-homecoming-couple-escapes-quake-in-china-returns-with-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Methuen resident Nancy Farelli's brother left for China last month to adopt a little boy, and she feared the worst when she couldn't reach him after a powerful earthquake killed...]]></description></item><item><title>Giving A Forever Family to A Chinese Orphan</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/giving-a-forever-family-to-a-chinese-orphan</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/giving-a-forever-family-to-a-chinese-orphan</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[If you're thinking about adopting, we want to tell you about a workshop this weekend that could broaden your options. Thousands of Chinese orphans need homes. Local Jefferson Elementary teacher...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/international-adoption-13</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:19:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/international-adoption-13</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Daughters are not always appreciated in china, where the government rule is one-child-per-family… so Renee and Jamie traveled to the other side of the world to bring Grace into their family....]]></description></item><item><title>Vietnam Police Arrest Two over Baby Trafficking to China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/vietnam-police-arrest-two-over-baby-trafficking-to-china</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/vietnam-police-arrest-two-over-baby-trafficking-to-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Police in Vietnam have arrested two women for involvement in baby trafficking into China and rescued a 10-day-old boy, state media said on Monday. Hoang Thi Hien, 36, and Truong Thi Loat...]]></description></item><item><title>Mum's the World</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/mums-the-world</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:57:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/mums-the-world</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Nancy Artt is accustomed to inquisitive glances when she goes out with her adopted children, twins Malay Kin-fung and NiGaia Kin-shu. The Canadian teacher's interracial adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Takes Patience, Worth the Wait</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-takes-patience-worth-the-wait</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:16:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-takes-patience-worth-the-wait</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When the airplane carrying 15-month-old Chloe landed on American soil March 28, she immediately became a U.S. citizen. Her new parents, Tom and Kirstin Mohr of Papillion, finally had what...]]></description></item><item><title>No Welcome Mat for the Baby Found on a Doorstep</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/no-welcome-mat-for-the-baby-found-on-a-doorstep</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:20:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/no-welcome-mat-for-the-baby-found-on-a-doorstep</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Doing the right thing never felt so complicated. All Diana Liu wanted was to adopt the little girl abandoned on a doorstep in China and give her a better life in Australia....]]></description></item><item><title>Families Adopting from China Face Slow Process</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/families-adopting-from-china-face-slow-process</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/families-adopting-from-china-face-slow-process</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[China remains the country of choice for thousands of Americans seeking to adopt a child, but the time frame for new applications is now often triple what it was a few...]]></description></item><item><title>Waits Lengthen for Adoptions from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/waits-lengthen-for-adoptions-from-china</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/waits-lengthen-for-adoptions-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[China remains the country of choice for thousands of Americans seeking to adopt a child, but the time frame for new applications is now often triple what it was a few years ago and many...]]></description></item><item><title>From China with Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/from-china-with-love</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:33:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/from-china-with-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The expected wait of six months to adopt a little girl from China lapsed into two years, and, as any expectant parents would, Christian and Tammy Nance of Brownwood wondered why....]]></description></item><item><title>Single Mothers Challenge the Norm in China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/single-mothers-challenge-the-norm-in-china</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:54:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/single-mothers-challenge-the-norm-in-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As a young migrant worker, Lei Gailing sought her fortune in China’s fast-industrializing and freewheeling south. She found a steady factory job and a less stable boyfriend, then became pregnant....]]></description></item><item><title>Couple Wants Immersion for Adopted Daughter</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/couple-wants-immersion-for-adopted-daughter</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:39:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/couple-wants-immersion-for-adopted-daughter</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When they decided they wanted to adopt a child, Kay and Mike Shaver of Eugene felt an irresistible, somewhat inexplicable, pull to China. “I don’t know what it was about China, but I just had an...]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Baby is Canadian Citizenship First</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-baby-is-canadian-citizenship-first</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:11:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-baby-is-canadian-citizenship-first</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[At a citizenship ceremony in Scarborough Tuesday afternoon to welcome new Canadians from around the globe, little Rory Adele Wai Lan Chan Rushton was the centre of attention....]]></description></item><item><title>A Frankenmuth Minister and His Family Adopt an Orphan from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-frankenmuth-minister-and-his-family-adopt-an-orphan-from-china</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:40:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-frankenmuth-minister-and-his-family-adopt-an-orphan-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Chinese orphan with vision problems found a home with perfect parents: A legally blind Frankenmuth minister and his wife. LilyAnn Chu Kaiser is too young to understand the blessings of faith....]]></description></item><item><title>Sweet Success</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sweet-success</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:21:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sweet-success</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Even as a child, Kayla Hanson was a mini Martha Stewart, concocting cakes in her plastic toy oven. “I baked my first cake when I was 4 with my Easy-Bake Oven,” said Kayla, a junior at...]]></description></item><item><title>China Continues the One-Child Policy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-continues-the-one-child-policy</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:36:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/china-continues-the-one-child-policy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[One of the most controversial policies in the last 30 years is China's one-child policy. Who hasn't heard of the grueling stories of women having to give children up for adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Spurs Curiosity</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-spurs-curiosity</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-spurs-curiosity</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The intrusive questions started shortly after Elise Derbyshire and her husband brought their adopted daughter Rachel home from China. The London couple also has a biological child named Liam....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptive Jewish Families Head Back to China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoptive-jewish-families-head-back-to-china</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:50:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoptive-jewish-families-head-back-to-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Rabbi Mark Sameth does a lot of traveling with his two Chinese-born adopted daughters in pursuit of the girls’ hybrid cultural heritage. On a recent trip to Washington from their...]]></description></item><item><title>Woman Helping Raise Money for Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/woman-helping-raise-money-for-orphans</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/woman-helping-raise-money-for-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Kelly Rumbaugh has her hands full with two teenage daughters and three children younger than 5 she and her husband Bill adopted. And she’s found time to help orphans in China who need...]]></description></item><item><title>32 Children Adopted From Child Services Friday</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/32-children-adopted-from-child-services-friday</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/32-children-adopted-from-child-services-friday</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Thirty-two children, all used to temporary families while in foster care, can now take some extra time to bond as they were adopted into "Forever Families" Friday. "She was at a (Child...]]></description></item><item><title>Learn Everything about Adopting from China in Gretna</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/learn-everything-about-adopting-from-china-in-gretna</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:28:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/learn-everything-about-adopting-from-china-in-gretna</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Considering adopting? China has one of the longest running international adoption programs. Learn more about China's orphaned children and how you can bring a child into your home....]]></description></item><item><title>Special Needs Embraced</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/special-needs-embraced</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:16:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/special-needs-embraced</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Steve and Kim Anderson of Smithfield have a special kind of home, filled with a special kind of love. Within the past five years, Steve and Kim — ages 56 and 51, respectively — have adopted three...]]></description></item><item><title>School Provides Culture Lesson for Adopted Chinese Children, Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/school-provides-culture-lesson-for-adopted-chinese-children-parents</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:54:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/school-provides-culture-lesson-for-adopted-chinese-children-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Every Sunday morning at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, a group of more than 80 children and their parents come from all over the Conejo and San Fernando valleys and beyond...]]></description></item><item><title>One Family, Two Cultures: Mark of Modern Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/one-family-two-cultures-mark-of-modern-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/one-family-two-cultures-mark-of-modern-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On November 29 every year, the Lockwoods celebrate the day they became a family. It is the day that Melbourne couple Chris and Jillian Lockwood adopted their Chinese-born daughter, Audrey Xinping....]]></description></item><item><title>Finding Love Across the Globe</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/finding-love-across-the-globe</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:15:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/finding-love-across-the-globe</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In 2006, China ranked first among countries for visas issued to orphans coming to the USA - more than 6,000. At least one of them came to Muskingum County. Noel Flarey is the happy new resident...]]></description></item><item><title>Author Tells of Miracles in Saving Chinese Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/author-tells-of-miracles-in-saving-chinese-child</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:19:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/author-tells-of-miracles-in-saving-chinese-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Monica Monday of Tremont and her family were deeply touched by a book they read while traveling home from China after adopting their baby daughter. On Saturday, she and about 20 others who...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Foreign Child Proves Expensive</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-foreign-child-proves-expensive</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-foreign-child-proves-expensive</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[My husband and I adopted a beautiful girl from China exactly two years ago. It has been one of the most wonderful experiences of our lives. Unfortunately, with foreign adoption comes...]]></description></item><item><title>Celebrating Their Roots</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/celebrating-their-roots</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:32:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/celebrating-their-roots</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Grace Cunningham dressed head to toe in red Chinese brocade but blended in easily with the other children. The 2-year-old was surrounded by others like her &#65533; Chinese children adopted by American...]]></description></item><item><title>Welcome Cheers for These Adopted China Dolls</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/welcome-cheers-for-these-adopted-china-dolls</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:45:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/welcome-cheers-for-these-adopted-china-dolls</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Taking part in the Chinese New Year parade was a big thrill for Liu Kang Yi and her family. She was born in central China, but was adopted by parents Grant Simmons and Antoinette Lee eleven months ago....]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese Culture Takes Centre Stage</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-culture-takes-centre-stage</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:32:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinese-culture-takes-centre-stage</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jacques Poulin and Lucie Laganière want their daughters to learn about their cultural roots. It's an education for them, too - the Québécois couple have plenty to learn about China, where...]]></description></item><item><title>Event to Raise Funds for Adoption Agency</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/event-to-raise-funds-for-adoption-agency</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:06:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/event-to-raise-funds-for-adoption-agency</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the Johnsens, Sunday's Lunar New Year celebration is as much a celebration of family as a cultural festivity. In March 2005, Greg and Debbie Johnsen...]]></description></item><item><title>Valdosta Couple Adopts Three Children from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/valdosta-couple-adopts-three-children-from-china</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/valdosta-couple-adopts-three-children-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Not until recently did 6-year-old Cara, 4-year-old Abby and 5-year-old Cole Sellars notice their mommy’s eyes are blue and theirs are black, that there’s no freckles dancing across...]]></description></item><item><title>Deborra-lee Furness' Adoption Success</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/deborra-lee-furness-adoption-success</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:29:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/deborra-lee-furness-adoption-success</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA["She said to me on the phone yesterday: `Mamma, when are you coming to get me?','' Diana Liu says. Ms Liu hopes it will be very soon, after Deborra-lee Furness and The Sunday Telegraph won...]]></description></item><item><title>Young Williston Commissioner Ready to Lead</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/young-williston-commissioner-ready-to-lead</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/young-williston-commissioner-ready-to-lead</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Williston’s newest city commissioner would love to take Williston’s development potential and just run with it. Brent Bogar, who also is the commission’s youngest member at 31, is too new on...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents of Adopted Chinese Children Find Native Language</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/parents-of-adopted-chinese-children-find-native-language</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:19:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/parents-of-adopted-chinese-children-find-native-language</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In the past 20 years, there have been over 60,000 adoptions from China; and the rate of Chinese, and foreign, adoptions is steadily growing. Many parents of these new multicultural families put a...]]></description></item><item><title>China's Celebrities 'Buy' Extra Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-celebrities-buy-extra-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:21:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/chinas-celebrities-buy-extra-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Their wealth and fame buy apparently endless privilege. But celebrities' perks do not extend to larger families, Chinese authorities have warned. Sports people and pop stars who violate the one-child...]]></description></item><item><title>A Long-Distance Adoption Option</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-long-distance-adoption-option</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:19:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/a-long-distance-adoption-option</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Cyndi Hovland-Scafe always knew in her heart she would adopt. That lifelong dream became reality when 9-month-old Lily Ann Xin Scafe was placed into her arms Oct. 29 in China....]]></description></item><item><title>Dillon International Celebrates Chinese New Year</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/dillon-international-celebrates-chinese-new-year</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/dillon-international-celebrates-chinese-new-year</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In Western culture, an appearance by the redoubtable rodent is most unwelcome. But in China, those born under that sign are respected and considered courageous and enterprising -- they are...]]></description></item><item><title>Couple to Leave US after Custody Dispute</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/couple-to-leave-us-after-custody-dispute</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/couple-to-leave-us-after-custody-dispute</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Chinese couple who fought for seven years to get their daughter back from foster care won a judge's approval Thursday to avoid deportation by leaving the United States voluntarily. Shaoqiang and Qin Luo...]]></description></item><item><title>The Best of Both Cultures</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/the-best-of-both-cultures</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:26:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/the-best-of-both-cultures</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Faraway China beckoned Elisa and Stephen Criden of Valrico when they decided to adopt a child. "We knew we wanted to do an international adoption," Elisa Criden said, "and we learned that...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Case is 'Heartbreaking Situation'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-case-is-heartbreaking-situation</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:35:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adoption-case-is-heartbreaking-situation</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Michelle and Andrew Ransavage are hoping for the right person. The right person who can help them bring their 2-1/2-year-old daughter Mia home from China. The Ransavages, their son Aaron, 10, and their...]]></description></item><item><title>Sunny Ridge Opens New Chapter</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sunny-ridge-opens-new-chapter</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:59:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/sunny-ridge-opens-new-chapter</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With smiles all around and hope for the future, Sunny Ridge Family Center opened Dec. 13 in Bolingbrook. As well as domestic adoptions, the facility that was formerly located in...]]></description></item><item><title>Family's Christmas Present: A Child from China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/familys-christmas-present-a-child-from-china</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:08:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/familys-christmas-present-a-child-from-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The new year means a new life *and new family for a little boy from China. Abandoned when he was a baby-- the 2-year-old now has a happy home in the Ozarks. Ky3's Maria Neider has the story....]]></description></item><item><title>Cost Puts Damper on this Olympic Event</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/cost-puts-damper-on-this-olympic-event</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:08:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/cost-puts-damper-on-this-olympic-event</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It seemed like a good idea. Bring your adopted Chinese daughters (and they're almost all daughters) back to Beijing to experience the glories of the 2008 Summer Olympics, connect with the homeland...]]></description></item><item><title>Stranded in China</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/stranded-in-china</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:44:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/stranded-in-china</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A couple from Michigan has been trying to adopt a child for years. Their dream finally came true and they flew to China earlier this month to meet their new son. But now they can’t get...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Caution</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-caution</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/adopting-caution</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Doctors are increasingly tagging along on international adoption trips, and they sometimes face a difficult task: how to present a baby's mysterious or negative health information without...]]></description></item><item><title>Parents Adopt Chinese Approach</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/parents-adopt-chinese-approach</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:13:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/ChinaAdoption/parents-adopt-chinese-approach</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Moray couple are experiencing the joys of bringing up a baby again after adopting a beautiful Chinese child. After going through a long and rigorous adoption process, Michael and Paul...]]></description></item></channel></rss>