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Orphanages -- China.
Abandoned children -- China.
Intercountry adoption -- China.
Intercountry adoption -- United States.
Women -- China -- Social conditions.
China -- Population policy.
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Orphanages -- China.
Abandoned children -- China.
Intercountry adoption -- China.
Intercountry adoption -- United States.
Women -- China -- Social conditions.
China -- Population policy.
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China
's lost girls [videorecording (DVD)].
National Geographic : distributed in the US by Warner Home Video, 2005.
Call #:
DVD 362.730951 C539 Doc
Subjects
Orphanages
--
China
.
Abandoned children
--
China
.
Intercountry adoption
--
China
.
Intercountry adoption
--
United States.
Women
--
China
--
Social conditions.
China
--
Population
policy
.
ISBN:
0792236165
Alternate title:
National Geographic.
China
's lost girls [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (40 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally produced as an episode of National Geographic Explorer in 2004.
Home use only.
Closed-captioned.
Production:
National Geographic Television & Film ; producer & writer, Scott Bronstein.
Performers:
Lisa Ling, host.
Summary:
"To Curb the Country's exploding
population
,
China
limits most families to one child, or in certain circumstances, two children. Due to cultural, social, and economic factors, traditional preferences leans towards boys, so girls are often hidden, aborted, or abandoned. As a result, thousands of girls end up in orphanages across
China
.Today, more than one-quarter of all babies adopted from abroad by American families from
China
- and nearly all are girls. National Geographic and Lisa Ling join some of these families as they travel to
China
to meet their new daughters for the first time. Along this emotional journey, Lisa Ling shares in the joy of these growing families and also witnesses first hand
China
's gender gap, examines its roots, and discusses its possible repercussions."--Container.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Bronstein, Scott.
Ling, Lisa.
National Geographic Television & Film.
National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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