Adopted children arrive for a wide-ranging discovery mission

More than 90 Chinese youngsters, accompanied by their adoptive families from the United States, began an exploration tour in Beijing on Tuesday to locate their birthplaces.

Wearing T-shirts with giant panda and bamboo cartoon images, most of them were returning to China for the first time.

In coming days, they will review their adoption files, take traditional Chinese cultural classes, return to the orphanages where they lived before being adopted and travel to tourist destinations, including Chengdu in Sichuan province.