I am going to get all my friends and family better informed on Chinese history regarding adoption!!! I am providing links that you can go to to learn more about the one child policy in China- their beliefs about daughters and some orphange conditions.
I will provide a link to one in partcular about the orphanages- but I caution you- it is really,truly disturbing- many of you might not want to see- it provides a video of British journalists in 1996 going to orphanges in China. It still haunts me. It is a pretty brutal look at the reality that these poor angels suffered. Thankfully, conditions have GREATLY improved! Not everywhere- but most orphanges.
I am also including a great site for an organization called Love without boundaries- which raises money for surgeries, clothing, beds and necesseties for the babies and orphans of all ages. It is a very well respected organization if anyone would want to contribute to their cause.
I have also provided maps of China so that you can see where our baby is!! She is in the Jiangsu province- in the town of Wuxi.
Here are the links:
http://www.maps-of-china.com/
http://geography.about.com/odpopulationgeography/a/onechild.htm
http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/
http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/archive/the_dying_room.html