"Every decision concerning these orphans should be made on the perspective of these children instead of that of adults," he adds.

Sitting on the floor of Mianyang stadium, He Junli says she misses the everyday phone calls from her father. "He loved me very much, but now he is gone," she says. "If someone, somewhere out there could love me and accept me, I will love them through my whole life."

(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2008)