Plea to media to help find high school dropout

A foster mother surnamed Li is seeking media help to find the natural parents of 15-year-old Dan Dan in Danzhou, Hainan province.

Li, 50, took Dan Dan under her care from a 70-year-old woman 15 years ago. Both Li and her husband worked in a local agricultural machinery center at the time.

Li's husband died in 2003, and since then she has found it difficult to make ends meet.

Dan Dan dropped out of school because Li could not afford the fees.

Li said her biggest wish is to find Dan Dan's biological parents so that the girl could return to school.

(Nanguo Metropolis News)

Coast Guard now protecting white dolphins

The Coast Guard in Zhuhai special economic zone, Guangdong province, has established a special task force to protect the remaining white dolphins gracing the mouth of the Pearl River.

In addition to regular patrols to protect them from fishermen, water police together with other personnel clear floating objects from the river to gift the dolphins known as "marine pandas" the cleanest possible habitat.

More than 1,000 white dolphins are estimated to live in the waters of the rivermouth, where they have enjoyed strict protection and improving water quality in recent years.

(Guangzhou Daily)

(China Daily 05/15/2008 page7)