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China's "Found babies" website

The Chinese government has kicked itself into gear finding the hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of children that go missing in China each year, thanks probably in part to the sudden media attention the issue garnered last April when hundreds of parents set... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Oct 30 2009

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