A tidbit of information on China (the 4th largest country in the world!)

What Is Or Isn't Part of China: Hong Kong is part of China, and so are Tibet and Inner Mongolia. (Can you even imagine getting an adoption referral from Inner Mongolia?! It happens...) Singapore is not part of China, and neither is Taiwan, although that one's controversial.

Here's a geography lesson. They're not called cities in China:

* 22 or 23 Provinces: Administrative divisions of China.
* Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunan, Zhejiang, and, depending on who you talk to, Taiwan

* 5 Autonomous Regions: Province-level divisions with a designated ethnic minority and more rights than provinces.
* Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), Xinjiang

* 4 Municipalities: The highest-ranked cities in China.
* Beijing (Peking), Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin

* 2 Special Administrative Regions (SARs): Based on the concept of "one country, two systems," completely different social systems (socialist and capitalist) and ideologies can coexist.
* Hong Kong, Macao

Our baby could be in any of them today. Hope she/he feels the positive energy I'm sending that way...