Article: Feature: Quake orphans find love, but no families

Article: News Feature: 32 years on, China quake orphans pass ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ...News Feature: 32 years on, China quake orphans pass on love TANGSHAN, May 21 (Xinhua ... government-run boarding school for quake orphans in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang ... services at the hardest-hit areas. "As quake orphans ourselves, we feel those children ...

Article: Feature: Quake orphans face uncertain future (2)
Xinhua News Agency;  May 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Feature: Quake orphans face uncertain future (2) An orphan ... reconstruction specialist, says most quake orphans preferred a special school or institution ... based on his research in Tangshan quake orphans for decades. "Children who live ...

Article: Quake orphans estimated under 2,000, says official
Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2008 ;     400 words ...Quake orphans estimated under 2,000, says official ... to facilitate the adoption of the quake orphans, though the work has to wait until ... abroad showed intention of adopting quake orphans, while making huge donations to the ...

Article: China Focus: Tens of thousands of Chinese seek to adopt ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... thousands of Chinese seek to adopt quake orphans by Li Jianmin, Ding Jing and Liu Jin ... allowances for families that adopt quake orphans. "As the capital, Beijing will do ... government-run boarding schools for quake orphans and the rest were raised by large government ...

Article: Feature: Quake orphans face uncertain future (1)
Xinhua News Agency;  May 24, 2008 ;     602 words ...Feature: Quake orphans face uncertain future (1) By Rong Jiaojiao BEIJING, May 24 ... woman, she calls her "Mum" and every man "Dad". The number of quake orphans like Song Xinyi could reach 4,000 with 70confirmed so far, according ...

Article: Families cling to China quake orphans
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  September 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and aunts and uncles who refuse to let them go. The tale of the quake orphans underscores the strength of extended families in the era of China ... The tug between relatives and the state means that few of the 532 quake orphans are li

Article: Southwest China's Sichuan says 12 of 623 quake ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 28, 2009 ;     359 words ...Southwest China's Sichuan says 12 of 623 quake orphans adopted CHENGDU, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Only 12 of Sichuan's 623 quake orphans have been legally adopted, with the others in the care of welfare homes, an official of the southwest Chinese ...