Autumn and Katie

Ok Some Sad But Now For the Happy

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August 5th 2010
Ok this was the best part of the day, just didn't want to include so very much in one post. This a.m. sometime after breakfast and walk, we were down in the lobby and a young woman from the U.S. approached me and asked if we were adopting a baby. When I said yes, she said "I know him. I volunteered at his orphanage." She calls him "Chinchia" as this is the nickname that the nannies have given him. ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Chaoyang district

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more