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Websites/Articles:
International China Concern: www.intlchinaconcern.org
Huffington Post Article: www.huffingtonpost.com/jeanine-plant/the-secret-of-chinas-mi_b_42988.html
Talia Carner, Author: www.taliacarner.com (includes a powerpoint with statistics and research on gendericide in China that was presented to the UN in March 07)
Print Resources:
The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans
"Evans weaves together her experience of adopting a Chinese infant with observations about Chinese women's history and that country's restrictive, if unevenly enforced, reproductive policies. She and her husband adopted Kelly Xiao Yu in 1997, and anyone curious about adopting from a Chinese orphanage--which houses girls and disabled boys will learn about the mechanics and the emotional freight of the two-year process. Borrowing an image from Chinese folklore, Evans conveys herself, her husband, and their daughter as tethered by a red string that yoked them across an ocean and an equally awesome cultural divide. (Softcover Edition) The Lost Daughters of China is at its best when describing Evans's tally of emotional loss and gain. At one point the bureaucratic adoption process is unaccountably delayed, but her father dies during that time and she's able to sit by his bedside. The most mysterious example of this emotional calculus is Kelly's birth mother. Evans invents many plausible scenarios that caused this unknown woman to abandon her three-month-old daughter at a market. These incomplete, necessarily provisional stories help give a face to the larger cultural processes that compel new parents to abandon 1.7 million girl babies annually. The stuff of headlines - human rights, infanticide, rural and urban poverty - is rendered personally relevant in Evans's compelling book." Source: Amazon.com
China Doll by Talia Carner: www.TaliaCarner.com
"Against both the timeless beauty and cutthroat attitudes that pervade China, Carner has created a page-turning, globe-spanning adventure." --Annie Blachley, Correspondent, The Los Angeles Times
Video Resources:
China Rising
CBC television presents a four part series chronicling the monumental changes in the planet’s most populous nation. China Rises explores four themes, which document the triumphs and disappointments of a diverse range of people living in the world’s fastest growing economy.