Important Resources Fun StuffLinks  Chinese Language Publications China Travel Shopping / Dining Personal Homepages FCC Chapters Getting to China Adoption Information Baby Books  About China Packing & Questions Immigration Stuff

Important Resources
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• The United States Consulate General Guangzhou
• Map of the area around the White Swan Hotel and American Consulate in Guangzhou.
• The Embassy of the People's Republic of China (in the United States)
• China Centre of Adoption Affairs The Chinese government institution which is in charge of all foreign adoptions. This site will provide information about the requirements that must be met to successfully complete an adoption of a Chinese orphan.
• Photos of CCAA from an adoptive families homepage.
• China Connection- This website covers the current China adoption process (both the Chinese and US side), as well as parenting and cultural issues of concern to China adoptive families. This website has some of the best information you can find about adopting from China and also has links to products and services including the Texas Medical kit, Chinese phrase cards and dossier services.

Getting to China

• Northwest Airlines- Northwest Airlines has a program called "Special Delivery". They have reduced rates for parents who are using their airlines to adopt internationally.
• British Airways -- Has adoption rates

About China

• My Home Town- Learn about the various provinces from which our children will come
• China Today -- 
• Chinascape -- Chinese web index
• ChinaSite.com -- a complete reference to China related web sites
• Chinese Festivals --

• Muzi.net _ World's best English-Chinese bilingual portal

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Questions, Packing and More

• Bill Mclean's Translated Adoption Questions
• http://nyduncan.homestead.com/OrphanageQuestions.html --- Questions and their translations for the orphanage from the Duncan homepage at http://nyduncan.homestead.com/test.html.
• Travel Tips For Those Adopting From China
• The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - A good place to check out products before purchasing items for your child.
• Adopting from China FAQ- Lots of great information here.
• Embassy of The People's Republic of China You can download your visa application from this site.
• Adopting from China
• Currency Converter
• Time Zone Converter
• China- Excellent Information about PRC

United States Immigration Resources

• Social Security Online -- great resource
• US State Department -- home page
• US State Department Page on International Adoption
• INS -- home page
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Medical Resources
 

• Attach-China -- website with information about attachment disorder issues, specifically relating to kids from China
• FCC Growth Charts -- for Chinese children, both boys and girls
• Mongolian Spots -- information about Mongolian spots on children

Adoption Information & Non-profits working in China

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• National Adoption Information Clearing House- This is a comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption
• Toddler Adoption Information

• Celebrateadoption.com

• Comeunity- Parenting support for adoption and children's special needs.

• Teacher's Guide To Adoption

• Altrusa International Foundation -- dedicated to helping Chinese orphanages

• Foundation for Chinese Orphanages -- another non-profit dedicated to helping Chinese orphanages

• Heartland Medical Express -- non-profit working with Chinese orphanages to provide needed surgeries not available in China

• Half the Sky Foundation -- adoptive parents banded together to form a non-profit working in China to build strong program in orphanages

• Joint Council of International Children's Service

• Our Chinese Daughters Foundation --