This one line haunts me: An estimated 58 million children under 17 live without either of their parents in China’s countryside. I think it is going to be a longtime until China really comes to grip with the consequences of this and of the one-child policy. The latter has probably done an awful lot for […]
The famed Rebecca Blumenstein byline returns with this great storyabout a migrant worker’s struggle to keep her kid in Beijing. It is, if I don’t ay so myself, a really good story. Make sure you check out the accompanying video and its sterling narration as well. The story ran as part of this Olympics preview […]
Rodger “Ripper” Citron and family created The Jane and Carl Citron Chair in Colon Cancer to commemorate and celebrate the life of Rodg’s mother Jane and her battle against cancer. They fund vital research in colon cancer treatments, prevention, and early detection. They have teamed up with the University of Pittsburgh, one of the world’s […]
Diana Kapp and Dave singer and their intrepid kids Kapp, Elliot and Emma left this morning after a week-long visit. This makes them just our second friends to visit with kids. We had a great time, especially on a trip to Yangshuo in Southern China. It was the first place we visited outside of Beijing, […]