Another European country has spoken with the CCAA and has this to report:

CCAA says the waiting time will continue to increase and they don’t know how long it will get.
Domestic adoption within China is now four to five times the number of international adoptions out of China. IA will continue to decrease, but IA will [...]

We now have one agency mentioning the 12th but it is unclear if they think it will be the cut-off or if they are just saying that their 12th people are included.
A second agency says the 12th is the cut off.
And a third agency is clearly stating that their 12th people are going to be [...]

An agency says they will make it to the 12th. I do not know if the agency is saying that the 12th will be included, or if the 12th will be the cut-off. Either way, we’ve only got one agency saying it so it can’t be more than an R1 or R2 at this point.
As [...]

An agency reports that matching has begun but is not complete.
No word yet on a possible cut off.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some people have asked how things will go when we reach the 2006 Chinese New Year.
The simple answer is that over the long term it doesn’t really matter.
In the short term, if your LID is within a week or two of when the CCAA arrived back at work, then it will probably make a [...]

My favorite show has a new episode tonight, I can’t wait. Mick as a human? The promo shows him on the beach, eating real food, with Beth. You can see one of the promos here.
Yeah, I know, I’m a geek. But I really only watch two shows now, Numb3rs and Moonlight. So I guess I [...]