Posts Tagged ‘adoption’

Chinese architecture

Monday, May 12th, 2008

“The typical Chinese roof probably dates from c 1500 BC, but it is known only from the Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 200). Graceful, overhanging, sometimes in tiers, with upturned eaves. Roof tiles were colorfully glazed and painted.”   My camera isn’t this bad — I’m telling everyone that China really is over saturated [...]

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South Korea, Where Boys Were Kings, Revalues Its Girls – New York Times

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

It looks like attitudes towards baby girls in South Korea is changing, but wow, China is 120 boys to 100 girls!  What an imbalance! According to a study released by the World Bank in October, South Korea is the first of several Asian countries with large sex imbalances at birth to reverse the trend, moving [...]

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