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Adoption scandal sheds light on orphanages' struggle

AN investigation into a child adoption scandal in a southwest China orphanage has brought to light the desperate financial plight of the country's orphanages. Donations from overseas adopters of abandoned children... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jul 14 2009

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