我 的 收 养 故 事
ZHANJIANG — GUANGDONG — CHINA — ASIA
湛江市
zhanjiang
一 个 小 孩 1978 chinese government proposes no more than two children 中国政府建议不 超过 两孩子
1949 mao zedong leads communist nation 毛泽东领导共 产主义国家
1980
1979 government family planning policy 政府大家庭 规划政策
standardizing of the one child policy 标准化独生子女政策
ONE CHILD POLICY population control strategy 1949 population
550 MILLION 1980 population
1 BILLION
2016 one child policy ends 孩子的政策结束
2013 2012 recommendation of abolishment of the one child policy 建议废除独生 子女政策
couples are allowed to have two children 夫妇是允许的 有两个孩子
广东 省湛 江市 霞山 区人 民大 道南 号邮 政编 码
H O S P I TA L O F G U A N G D O N M E D I C A L C O L L E G E
采 用
FLAG OF CHINA — FIVE STAR RED FLAG PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA —1949
RED + YELLOW
COMMUNIST PARTY 1 L A R G E S TA R + 4 S M A L L S TA R S SOCIAL CLASSES
中 国 的 五 星 旗
湛 江 儿 童 福 利
ZHANJIANG CHILDREN’S WELFARE — FOUNDED 1957 2 ch i ka n n o n g l i n er roa d , zh a n j i an g c i ty, gu a n g d o n g p ro v i n c e , 5 2 4 0 3 7
ADOPTION DAY
— 04/01/98
orphanage nanny
esther // sister
I M M U N I Z AT I O N R E C O R D
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TIGER
兔
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RABBIT
DRAGON
SNAKE
马
羊
猴
HORSE
G O AT
MONKEY
鸡
狗
猪
ROOSTER
DOG
PIG
CHINESE ZODIAC 12 animals used to represent years
牛 YEAR OF THE OX
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— 1997
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49, 1961
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73, 1985,
15 MONTHS
— 77CM(30 INCHES) — 10KG(22 POUNDS)
GUO XIAO JIAN
郭
晓
健
Y I N + YA N G the yin-yang philosophy says that the universe is composed of competing and complementary forces F I R E — WAT E R — M E TA L — W O O D — E A R T H
陰 陽
BALANCE + HARMONY
— CONSTANCE — ESTHER — HANNAH
— 04/1 9 9 8
In that shy moment, after spending the first part of my life as an orphan, I was now part of a family, never to be alone again.
DAVID
DEBORD FAMILY
家 庭
SISTERS
姐 妹 ESTHER + HANNAH
G R E AT WA L L O F C H I N A 长 城 — THE LONG WALL OF 10,000 MILES
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GUANGDONG
— HONG KONG — CALIFORNIA —
7,197 MILES