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My Beautiful Orchid

The collision of China’s One-Child policy with tradition and economic change has produced a wave of “missing” children—nearly all of girls. One of these girls changed my life.

This time I am not afraid!

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following for taking the time out of their already busy schedules to offer badly needed data, comments, and suggestions regarding the content of this story. Without their contributions it would not have been possible. Thank you!

Kay Anne Johnson:

Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts and author of Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, adoption, and orphanage care in China.

Further Reading

The Lost Daughters of China,  by Karin Evans.  2004. Tarcher Press. ISBN 1585421170. Available online at www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585421170/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-3136072-9191141?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155.

Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, adoption, and orphanage care in China, by Kay Anne Johnson. 2004.   Yeong & Yeong, St. Paul, MN. ISBN 0-9638472-7-9. Available online at www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963847279/qid=1136181636/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3136072-9191141?n=507846&s=books&v=glance.

A Passage to the Heart, by Amy Klatzkin. 1999.  Yeong & Yeong, St. Paul, MN. ISBN 0963847228. Available online at www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963847228/ref=pd_sim_b_3/104-3136072-9191141?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155.

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