My real biological mother left me in a basket with me and my sister saying that we were twins and she waited to make sure that we were safe and then my mom right now Betsy, she came to get me in China to adopt me and she took me back to America as, a...
And China's population is coming under control, but there are consequences no one intended. Couples often feel they must have a boy. That's because boys traditionally carry on the family name, provide labor and stay with parents in their old age, a k...
Not too far away is a little girl who has never known a mother, and she's never known a father, and she's never known a big sister. And today she's gonna get out of that. Hi, welcome to Ultimate Explorer, I'm Lisa Ling. Tonight, a story I've been wan...
By Kurt Achin Beijing 19 July 2007 Negotiators meeting on North Korean nuclear disarmament in Beijing say so far, so good on implementing the first phase of a landmark February agreement. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, China is now expected to present...
One not so sudden problem that Chinese media have been reporting a serious shortage of water. Some worry that it could derail the country's rapid economic growth. China's per capita water resources are only a quarter of the world average and the prob...
This is All Things Considered from NPR news. I'm Michelle Noris. And I am Robert Seagull, and we are going to continue now with our series on the growing sense of individualism in China. The series is called A Nation of Individuals. After decades of...
Today we are gonna wrap up our series on the falling US dollar. It has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last few years, and that has many economists and politicians worried as we've heard over the last couple of days. The dollar's fall...
China has announced it will substantially increase its military budget this year, another in a series of annual increases that will boost China's defense spending to nearly thirty billion dollars. Today's announcement comes on the eve of that country...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 June 2007 The United States will face China in a friendly soccer match Saturday, in the California city of San Jose. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the game will test both teams in advance of separate regi...
By Roger Wilkison Beijing 15 December 2006 watch video report by Mil Arcega The United States and China have agreed to try to redress imbalances in their economic relationship, which saw China achieve a $200 billion trade surplus last year. Top-leve...