Friday, May 23, 2008

Chinese eager to adopt quake orphans

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and CARA ANNA – 18 hours ago

MIANYANG, China (AP) — The children's faces stare in somber black-and-white photos from newspapers and scribbled posters at relief camps, seeking their parents. Many will never find them.

As the first estimate of orphans — more than 4,000 — emerged Thursday from last week's deadly earthquake, thousands of Chinese are rushing to offer their homes.

"My husband and I would really like to adopt an earthquake orphan (0-3 years old)," Wang Liqin wrote on popular Web site Tianya.com in a forum that was already three pages long.

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