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China opens registration to adopt quake orphans
Eighty-eight children who were orphaned after a massive earthquake struck central China earlier this year have been made eligible for adoption, state media reported.
The orphans have been deemed eligible for adoption from Sichuan province, the China News Service said. Chinese authorities began processing registrations today.
The children are among the survivors of China’s worst natural disaster in a generation — the May 12 earthquake that killed 70,000 people and left 5 million homeless.
There were 532 children left unaccompanied after the quake, according to an official count, the report said.
The eligible orphans are 14 or younger, with some suffering from physical or other disabilities, the report said. It did not say if the disabilities resulted from the quake.
— Associated Press
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