China Singles: The kidnapping capital,
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When a young Australian girl disappeared in Beijing, her parents had every reason to be terrified. John Schauble reports. FOUR-year-old Sarah Zhu wandered off from outside a child-care centre in Beijing last week and vanished. As a Chinese Australian, hers was simply one in a sea of young faces who disappear in China each year, usually without trace.Because she was a foreigner, the police were quick to treat her disappearance as a possible kidnapping for ransom. Her parents are both...
China Singles: INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION RULES
Some requirements for Americans adopting children abroad: Russia: Single and married couples accepted, with some areas requiring applicants to be under 42 for an infant and allowing singles and older parents to adopt only older toddlers. Some cities require one, others two, trips. Cost: U.S. agency fees of $2,000-$10,000, U.S. visa charges, Russian agency fees of about $10,000, plus travel and lodging.China: Singles and married couples accepted. Beginning April 1, couples and...
China Singles: Hundreds of Chinese youth mark "Singles Festival"
Maybe the arabic numeral of "one" brings too much sentimental feeling for romantic unmarried men and women. The "Singles Festival" was marked spontaneously on Nov. 11 by hundreds of youth across China.A ball held in a park in west China's Chongqing Municipality in honor of "singles" on Friday turned out to be a match-making occasion for more than 400 people, reported China Daily on Saturday.Joyful...
China Singles: Tennis
TENNIS ATP: BCR Open At Bucharest, Romania Singles Championship David Sanchez (4), Spain, d. Nicolas Massu (2), Chile, 6 2, 6 2.Doubles Semifinals Karsten Braasch, Germany, and Sargis Sargsian, Armenia, d. Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood (1), Argentina, 6 7 (9), 6 2, 6 4.Championship Karsten Braasch, Germany, and Sargis Sargsian, Armenia, d. Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Jeff Coetzee (3), South Africa, 7 6 (7), 6 2.WTA: Polo OpenAt Shanghai, China Singles First...