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Search Engines in China that will provide you with Chinese and/or English resources on any topic you select websites with news about China Yahoo (China/U.S.) South China Morning Post Virtual China Chinasite.com China News Digest Inside China Today Muzi, http://www.muzi.net Why the one-child policy? Take a look at global population stats here. Kay Johnson's "Infant Abandonment and Adoption in China" Population and Development Review, Vol. 24 No. 3, September 1998 (an abstract of the most extensive study of abandonment in China to date) Human Rights in China see especially Kay Johnson's commentary "Who is to blame for high death rates in orphanages?" Chinese Festival Dates A documentary photography project by women in rural Yunnan province Chinese women: bibliography of history, literature and politics Ma Huidi, a contemporary Chinese woman intellectual and advocate for changing status of women in China Religion in China: Buddhism, Confucionism & Taoism (scroll through the Encyclopedia Britannica Chinese Buddhist Studies http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3458/chinese.htm Chinese Christian Internet Mission http://www.ccim.org/FrontPage/index_en.html Islam in China http://users.erols.com/ameen/islchina.htm Taoism http://lanecc.edu/library/taoism.htm Confucian Resources http://lanecc.edu/library/confu.htm Ethnic and linguistic groups Population growth An article on China's population Population distribution & internal migration On chopsticks: "In China, the substitution of chopsticks for knives at the table reflected the ascendancy of the scholar over the warrior as a cultural hero.' (emergence noted between c. 1766-c. 1122 BC) How to find a Chinese name
Dragonboat racing: (from a Post-Adopt China listserve message from an adoptive mother who paddled in the US women's National Dragonboat Crew Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:24:05 EDT) Dragon boat races began in China more than 2,000 years ago. In China, dragons are viewed as strong, protective, and benevolent, so people considered dragon boat races a means of spreading good luck. The races also honor the memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and patriot who drowned himself in a river to protest government corruption. To prevent his body from being eaten by fish, local fishermen beat the water with paddles and threw rice dumplings wrapped in silk into the water as a sacrifice to both Qu Yuan's spirit and the dragons of the river. Today, dragon boat paddlers race in thirty-nine foot teak boats, each adorned with a carved dragon's head at the prow and a tail at the stern. One boat holds a crew of 18-20 paddlers sitting side by side, two to a row. A steerer at the rudder and a drummer, whose beat and yelling set the pace for the paddlers, complete the crew. Teams race to the finish line, across distances of 250, 500, and 1000 meters. interesting websites http://www.sdba.org.sg/sdba_ legend.html Singapore dragonboat-the history http://www.nj vb.com/clubs/livingston/usa/us-index.html US women's Natl Dragonboat Crew--the crew i paddled with htt p://www.sandiego-online.com/forums/chinese/htmls/dragboat.htm