But everything changed suddenly one day, when he was told by the local police that he was actually a Japanese orphan adopted by his Chinese foster parents. He learned that his own father ...

Now that the Chinese government has slammed the door on international adoptions, the majority of these children will likely remain in orphanages – without families and without access to adequate ...

As we near the end of our “emerging markets” focus month, Chia Wen Lee and Betty Su share their thoughts on the status of orphan drugs in China, one of the largest emerging markets in the world.

Human Rights Watch has looked into the treatment of children in orphanages in three countries: Romania, China, and Russia. In Ceaucescu’s Romania, we found in 1990 that doctors forbidden to ...

Deep in space, mysterious wanderers roam freely — of planetary masses yet not hosted by stars. These celestial nomads, called ...

Orphans' lives and growing state are getting wide attention in communities. In the 1990s, Linda Shum, a retired teacher from Queensland, went to China to help orphans there for 20 years ...

She was separated from her family and abandoned in China during the chaotic end of World War Two. She is one of an estimated 2,800 people known as “war orphans” in Japan. Kawamoto was about ...