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1. News - China

   Seven children killed in Henan orphanage fire

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 12:53pm by Amy Li

   ... News China Orphanage Yuan Lihai Lankao Amy Li Seven children were killed in a fire at a private orphanage in Henan province on Friday morning, according to reports on several Chinese websites. The fire broke out in Lankao county around 8am at the home of local resident Yuan Lihai, said the reports. Yuan, a street vendor in Lankao, has adopted orphans and deserted babies over ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119738/seven-children-killed-henan-orphanage-fire
2. News - China

   Son-in-law defends China's 'orphan saviour' over property ownership

   Posted Feb 06th 2013, 11:50am by Amy Li

   ... became the focus of media attention after her unlicensed orphanage in Lankao, Henan province, caught fire in January  and seven children died. Some hailed her as a hero amid what they called ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1144401/son-law-defends-chinas-orphan-saviour-over-property-ownership
3. News - China - CHILD CARE

   Unlicensed orphanage vows to stay open after fatal fire

   Posted Jan 06th 2013, 08:15pm by AFP

   ... already had children of her own, the Global Times reported. Yet a local official praised Yuan for her work despite its grey legal status, admitting that the relatively poor county of Lankao ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1121436/china-orphanage-vows-stay-open-after-fatal-fire
4. News - China

   Six officials suspended after fatal orphanage fire

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 01:03pm by Associated Press in Beijing

   ... six children and one young adult. The deaths on Friday in Henan province’s Lankao county have spotlighted China’s lack of government-run child services. They are often left to private citizens with few resources and no legal authority The Lankao government earlier acknowledged that it had tolerated the existence of the illegal orphanage, which cared for abandoned children and young ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122852/six-officials-suspended-after-fatal-orphanage-fire
5. News - China - SAFETY

   Seven die in fire at unlicensed orphanage in Henan

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by ZHAUNG PINGHUI

   ... of the fire. Yuan, a 48-year-old street vendor, was known in Lankao for sheltering abandoned children, especially those with disabilities, in her dilapidated stall near a public hospital in Lankao ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120203/seven-die-fire-unlicensed-orphanage-henan
6. News - China

   Orphanage manager pledges to stop taking abandoned children after fire tragedy

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 02:11pm by Amy Li

   ... not have been legally allowed to adopt them because she has children of her own. After the tragedy, Yuan moved all surviving children to government orphanages in Lankao and Kaifeng city, the report ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122888/orphanage-manager-pledges-stop-taking-abandoned-children-after-fire
7. News - China - SOCIETY

   China's orphan saviour devastated by deadly fire (video)

   Posted Jan 14th 2013, 01:23pm by WU NAN

   ... immediately after the fire was put out. They wouldn’t tell Yuan if the children were lying in a steel casket in the same hospital’s morgue, or if they had been cremated and buried somewhere in Lankao ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1127793/orphans-saviour
8. News - China - SOCIAL WELFARE

   Authorities to encourage adoptions in wake of fire at Henan orphanage

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... all aged four or five, at an unlicensed private orphanage in Henan's Lankao county last Friday. "The Lankao fire has exposed leaks in our orphan assistance system. The ministry must ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1125085/authorities-encourage-adoptions-wake-fire-henan-orphanage
9. News - China

   Orphanages to be probed after fatal fire

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 06:07am by STAFF

   ... News China Child Welfare Orphanages Henan Fire Yuan Lihai Staff Reporter Government will carry out a month-long inspection of orphanages run by individuals and private operators after a house fire that claimed seven young lives in Henan province, Xinhua reported yesterday. The local government in Lankao county was under fire after it admitted that it had tolerated  an illegally ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1121792/orphanages-be-probed-after-fatal-fire
10. News - China - CHINA BRIEFING

    Official neglect of orphans a tragedy

    Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

    ... the surviving children to government-run shelters in Lankao and Kaifeng. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire, but the authorities are expected, quite predictably, to fire ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1121626/official-neglect-orphans-tragedy

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