A New Sense of Family

By MAYA REID

In China, family is very important. Nowhereis this more apparent than in the Mandarinlanguage, in which the Chinese characterfor “good,” or hao - 好- is made up of two elements:a woman and child, together. Because,of course, a woman having a child is a goodthing – good for society and its longevity, goodfor its men.