Chinese Adoption Links

Video/Audio Clips – Chinese Adoption

A Chinese Adoption Video (Riley) from Red Thread Stories

A Chinese Adoption Video (Louise) from Pergamon Design

A Chinese Adoption Video (Sarah) from ouradoptionvideo.com

National Public Radio (NPR)’s Morning Edition report on international/transracial adoptions

NPR’s Scott Simon about the Joys of (Chinese) Adoption

Mom, Why Was I Adopted? (CBS News article and video)

Adoption Stories (Talk of the Nation, NPR)

Heartsent Adoptions Video
(a Heartsent parent created this video and posted it on YouTube)

U.S. Government Information – International Adoption

Child Citizenship Act of 2000

Adoption Tax Credit
(for domestic and international adoptions)

Applying For A Social Security Card For A Foreign Born Adopted Child

California Superior Court forms and information about readoption in California

U.S. State Department Annual Statistics On Adopted Orphans

U.S. State Department Information About Adopting From China

Support Groups/Bulletin Boards – Chinese Adoption

Families with Children from China (FCC)
(the website of a national support group of parents who have adopted from China or are in the process of adopting from China)

FCC – Northern California Chapter Home Page

FCC – Northern California Events

Yahoo! Groups – FCC Sacramento Area Chapter

Yahoo! Groups – Adoptive Parents China (APC)
(a bulletin board for people who have adopted from China or are in the process of adopting from China)

Yahoo! Groups – ChinaTravel
(a bulletin board specifically discussing China adoption travel issues)

Yahoo! Groups – techchinaadopt
(a bulletin board discussing technology issues related to Chinese adoption travel)

Yahoo! Groups – RaisingChinaChildren
(a bulletin board for people who are raising their Chinese adopted children)

List of DTC Groups
(each of the individually listed websites and bulletin boards are made up of people who sent in their adoption dossiers to China during the same month.)

Chinese Adoption Process

Information for Prospective Parents and Those in the Paper Chase
(a page on the FCC website)

Information for Waiting Parents Before and After Referral
(a page on the FCC website)

Chinese Adoption Stories

Personal Chinese Adoption Stories
(a web page with links to individual Chinese adoption stories)

More Personal Chinese Adoption Stories

Government Agencies in China – U.S. and Chinese

China Center of Adoption Affairs
(the Chinese government agency that oversees adoptions)

U.S. Consultate General-Guangzhou
(the only U.S. consulate in China that handles international adoptions. Thus all Americans who are adopting Chinese children must go through Guangzhou before going home)

Travel Information – Chinese Adoption

Recommended Vaccinations For China Travel

Airport/Airline Reviews

Seat Guru (review of airline seats)

Official Guangzhou Airport Website

Official Hong Kong Airport Website

Weather.com
(has current forecasts as well as historical average daily temperatures for most Chinese cities. Most people wrongly assume weather.com only has information about the U.S. Just type in the name of a Chinese city where the website asks for name of city)

List of Walmarts In China

Guangzhou

Shamian Island Map (the White Swan and Victory Hotels are located on this island)

White Swan Hotel
(where many adoption families stay while in Guangzhou, a 5 star hotel)

Victory Hotel
(another Guangzhou hotel located near the White Swan, a 4 star hotel)

Danny’s Bagel
(a popular food delivery service in Guangzhou, delivers to the White Swan and other Guangzhou hotels)

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Tourism Board

Hong Kong Railway System (including Airport Express)

Hong Kong Disneyland Video (on YouTube)

Hong Kong Disneyland (Official Website)

Specific To Emily’s and Megan’s Adoptions

Our Adoption Travel Pictures In China

Emily’s Referral Pictures

Megan’s Referral Pictures

Pictures from Emily’s Orphanage
(Jianxin Social Welfare Institute)

Yahoo! Groups – JianxinFamilies
(a bulletin board for people who have adopted from the Jianxin Social Welfare Institute in Jiangxi Province)

Yahoo! Groups – Yangxi
(a bulletin board for people who have adopted from the Yangxi Social Welfare Institute in Guangdong Province

July 2005 DTC Families Website
(link updated 12-14-08)

Adoption Agencies

Heartsent Adoptions
(our adoption agency – highly recommended)

Chinese Adoption Blogs
(there are hundreds of Chinese adoption blogs. These are the blogs I visit regularly)

Do They Have Salsa In China?

China Adopt Talk
(Rumor Queen)

Chinese Orphanage Charities
(helps the orphans who stay in China)

Half The Sky
(a U.S. based organization that helps Chinese orphanages)

Video Camcorder/Camera Reviews
(a common purchase for adoption travel)

camcorderinfo.com
(another great webpage of camcorder reviews)

Digital Photography Review

Digital Camera Resource Page

Imaging Resource
(a digital camera website)

Megapixel.net
(a digital camera website)

dcviews

Steve’s Digicams

Links Updated December 14, 2008