▁institution al ▁care ." ▁Chinese ▁official ▁records ▁fail ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁abandoned ▁inf ants ▁and ▁children , ▁only ▁a ▁small ▁proportion ▁of ▁whom ▁are ▁in ▁any ▁form ▁of ▁acknowled ged ▁state ▁care . ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁figure ▁provided ▁seems ▁imp laus ibly ▁low ▁for ▁a ▁country ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 . 2   b ill ion . ▁Even ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁accurate , ▁however , ▁the ▁where about s ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁majority ▁of ▁China ' s ▁or ph ans ▁would ▁still ▁be ▁a ▁complete ▁mystery , ▁leaving ▁cru cial ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁country ' s ▁child ▁w elf are ▁system ▁un answer ed ▁and ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁real ▁scope ▁of ▁the ▁cat ast rop he ▁that ▁has ▁bef allen ▁China ' s ▁unw anted ▁children ▁may ▁be ▁far ▁larger ▁than ▁the ▁evidence ▁in ▁this ▁report ▁documents . ▁ ▁La os ▁ ▁" It ▁is ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁or phan ed ▁children ▁in ▁La os . ▁There ▁are ▁only ▁three ▁or phan ages ▁in ▁the ▁whole ▁country ▁providing ▁places ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁these ▁children ." ▁No ▁Title . ▁By ▁Ann eli ▁D ahl b om ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁or phan ages ▁in ▁La os ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Ph ons avan . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁S . O . S . ▁or phan age ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁over ▁ 1 2 0 ▁or ph ans ▁living