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-- a national newsletter for
China-adoptive families
p................published since February, 1995

China Connection is a national newsletter (on paper) for families who have adopted (or are in the process of adopting) children from China. It is supported by subscription and is not associated with an organization. Spouses and co-editors Betty Burke and Bob Crawford are, respectively, a Licensed Professional Counselor ,and a writer, artist and desktop publisher. The co-editors are the adoptive parents of Clare Lin and Lisa Juanjuan (pictured on the homepage and the linked "photos" page. (Clare Lin hails from Changzhou, between Shanghai and Nanjing; Lisa Juanjuan is from Guilin, Guangxi.) Publication of the newsletter began with the February, 1995, issue.

-The newsletter is a bimonthly, on-paper publication ($15 for six issues, $17 for international mailing); it contains:

For subscription and back-issue information and availability, please e-mail the editors.
Available: a 2008 monograph of 6 articles on heritage support.

-What's in the 79th issue (current issue):

#1, v14, (February-March, 2008)
  • The 1st and 2nd Lunar Months
  • Lunar New Year
  • Adoption Tax Credit Notes
  • New Year's Presentation at Preschool, Kindergarten or Early Elementary Grades
  • Nan-Hua: Chosen to Be a Scholar (excerpt from rare autobiographical book)
  • Book Reviews: Will the Boat Sink the Water?; The Life of China's Peasants; Celebrating Chinese New Year.
  • Language Fact
  • Media of Interest
  • Sources & Resources
  • Visas, Referral Age & Waiting

On this website-- a sampling of
China Connection articles
(These are also listed elsewhere
on the website.)

Selected listing of articles in
recent and earlier issues

  
 
  • Adopting a Six-Year-Old (#1, v.3)
  • Praise and Self-Esteem--A Pediatric Perspective (medical column) (#1, v.3)
  • Child's Social Security Status (#2, v.3)
  • Resources for Single Parents (#3, v.3)
  • Leaving [a child] at Home (re. travel) (#4, v.3)
  • Leaving/Staying (medical column: support for a child not traveling) (#5, v.3)
  • Taking a Child to China (#6, v.3)
  • A Child From Mother's Love -- Foster Care in South China (February, 1998)
  • Readoption (overview) (#2, v.4)
  • Adopting Older Children from China -- An Interview (with a family into which four Chinese children have been adopted at ages from 4 to 12) (#3, v.4)
  • Language Development in Children Adopted from China (An overview of the process and resources for evaluation and assistance (#4, v.4) (August, 1998)
  • How old is she, really? --Why a bone age X-ray won't help (medical column) (#2, v.5) (April, 1999)
  • Telling the Adoption Story to the Child (#3, v.5) (June, 1999)
  • Starting School: the Decisions (Pediatrician's column)(#4, v.5) (August, 1999)
  • Occupational Therapy --Help for Children with Developmental Delay, Motor Difficulty, Sensory Issues (#4, v.5) (August, 1999)
  • Kindergarten Adoption Presentation (October, 1999)
  • Hepatitis Vaccination Recommendations for Families Adopting from China (medical colum) (October, 1999)
  • On Responding to "Why Did You Adopt fromChina" (December, 1999)
  • A Visit to FCC-Amity Sponsored Orphanages (February, 2000)
  • Adopting a 4-1/2-year-Old (Parents report after being home 19 months.) (April, 2000)
  • Implementation of the Hague Treaty (June, 2000)
  • Heritage and Ethnicity Affirmation: Do it Later? (June, 2000)
  • Multicultural Concerns for Families with Internationally Adopted Children --A Survey of Recent Literature (August, 2000)
  • Health Studies of China-adoptive Children. (October, 2000)
  • Early Puberty Studies (December, 2000)
  • China White Paper Calls for Continuation of One-child Policy (February, 2001)
  • Changes in the Revised CCAA Guidelines (February, 2001)
  • Some Thoughts on the Homestudy and a Child's Rights (June, 2001)
  • The New Adopton Tax Credit (August, 2001)
  • CCAA's Restatement of Policies (Aug., 2001)
  • A 7-Year-old Comes Home: Adopting Aimee (October, 2001)
  • Quota System Announced by CCAA (December, 2001)
  • CCAA Exempts S-N Adoptions from Quota (December, 2001)
  • Sayintg 'Birthparent' or 'Birthmother' in Telling the Child Her Story (April, 2001)
  • Congressional Hearing Held on Process Issues in International Adoption (June, 2002)
  • Talking to Children about Adoption (December, 2002)
  • What We Tell the Child (April, 2005)

For subscription and back-issue information and availability, please e-mail the editors.

 

 And ... Here, wearing their faerie costumes, are Rose and Lily, in Beijing, daughters of Jacqueline Gindler, MD, (pediatrician and medical epidemiologist) who writes the newsletter's Medically Speaking column. Rose and Lily were adopted from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, each at 4 months of age (in July, 1994, and March, 1996, respectively) through the services of Children's Home Society of Minnesota (go there).

The family relocated to Beijing in March, 1998, where Dr. Gindler is working (for a few or several years) with colleagues at the National Institute for Maternal and Infant Health, at the Beijing Medical University, on research related to birth defects prevention and nutrition.


Rose & Lily

 

Photos: Jacqueline Gindler

 


Rose and Liliy's new little sister, Ruby, joined the family in April, 2000.

 

 

 

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