China Connection Volume 14, Issue 2 - December 2008

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A Journey Back In Time and Place [PDF file for pages 1 - 22] 1. The Point of Return - By Irene Sege 5. Language Isn’t a Barrier - By Zoë Rose Xia Shi Ting Guastella 9. Our Cherished Partnership: A Time to Say Goodbye - By Melissa Ludtke 9. Becoming a Big Sister In an Orphanage Once Her Home - By Nona Morse 10. Learning Lessons of Love - By Bai Yujuan 12. The Catch of the Day! - By Zoë Rose Xia Shi Ting Guastella 14. Bearing Witness to Life Inside a Chinese Orphanage - By Kay Bratt 15. Ready Kid or Not Ready Kid: Returning Trips to China - By Iris Chin Ponte 18. Photographs, Storybooks, and Lots of Talking - By Debra Jacobs 21. Learning From Others About The Trip Back to China - By Anita D. McClellan 22. ‘Found in China’ - By Jackie Robbins Lifebooks [PDF file for pages 23 -41] 23. Lifebooks As Our Children Grow - By Cindy Probst 24. Creating a Lifebook With Photographs and Storytelling - By Heather McCargo 26. Olivia’s Lifebook: Her Never Ending Story - By Susanne McFadzen 28. A Mother’s Online Journal Becomes Her Child’s Book - By Amy Scarcella 31. Parenting With Narratives - By Jean MacLeod 39. Life Storybooks for Adopted Children – A New Approach - By Joy Rees 41. My Proudest Mom Moment - By Pam Wanstall Chinese Culture Camps [PDF file for pages 42 - 46] 42. Our Weekend at Chinese Culture Camp - By Robin Pinto 45. A Day In The Life of a Sen Lin Hu Villager - By Lily CaiMing Samuels and Olivia DongMei Rauss FCC Orphanage Appeal [PDF file for pages 47 - 51] 47. Teens Make Good - By Shanti Fry 48. Thanks To Our Volunteers 49. Linking Traditions to Help Earthquake Victims in China - By Ming Lewis 50. FCC Orphanage Appeal Donor List FCC-NE: News and Information [PDF file for pages 52 - 60] 52. Culture and Design, Houses and Food in Chinatown’s Daily Life - By Sarah Bush 55. Boston’s Chinatown Community Resources - By Emily Curran 57. American Families - By Lisa Tang Liu 58. Asian Mentoring Program at Wellesley College - By Lois Merrill and Tricia Trebino 59. Little Dragon Girls Grow Up - By Eileen Kern, Caroline Minsky-Kern, Emily Rockwood Cool Places in China [PDF file for pages 61 - 73] 61. Limestone Pinnacles, a Riverboat Excursion, Hiking on Moon Hill, and Glimpses of Life in Rural China - By Heather McCargo 63. Beijing’s Parks: Exercise and Water Calligraphy, Kite Flying and Dancing, Birds Singing and Musicians Playing - By Emily Curran 67. Memories of Places Far From Beijing - By Anne Donohue 70. My Trip to Hainan: Monkeys, Water Slides and My Friend - By Katie Conlin 71. China’s Great Wall – and Mongolia’s Mysterious Little Ones - By John Man 72. In Search of The Real Wall - By Michael Yamashita The Silk Road/China Explorations [PDF file for pages 74 - 82] 74. Exploring the Explorations of Marco Polo and Zheng He - By Michael Yamashita 75. China’s Explorers: Did They Discover America? - By Olivia DongMei Rauss 76. Starting in China’s Kashgar to Learn About Marco Polo’s Voyage - By Janis Herbert 77. Teachers Travel on the Silk Road in China - By Seth Kirby 80. Learning About The Silk Road – To Teach About It To Others - By Ryan Bradeen 81. Silk Road Resources Compiled by Primary Sources 82. ‘Shadow of the Silk Road’ - By Colin Thubron 82. ‘The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang’ Birth Parents and Our Children [PDF file for pages 83 - 86] 83. When a Family Learns Their Internationally Adopted Children Were Stolen From Their Birth Mother - By Julia Rollings 84. When Your Child’s Story Changes - By Beth O’Malley 85. Talking With Our Children: With a Focus On China’s Stolen Children Books [PDF file for pages 87 - 92] 87. Learning Chinese – Without Speaking Mandarin - By Lois B. Morris 88. China’s Bold Project: To Connect With Tibet Via Railway - By Abrahm Lustgarten 90. Exploring China’s Path From 1989 to 2008 Excerpt from Philip P. Pan’s book, ‘Out of Mao’s Shadow’ 91. Want To Know China Better? Read About Its Provinces - By Sui Hong 92. A Novel Leads Its Young Readers to Moments of Self-Discovery - By Libby Benson