US doctor David (L) checks the physical situation of a two-month baby at the No.2 Hospital attached to the Medical College of Shantou University in Shantou, south China's Guangdong Province May 27, 2004.

Seventeen plastics doctors from Love Without Boundaries, a US-based foundation, and their Chinese counterparts will do cleft palate surgeries free of charge for 49 Chinese children.

(People's Daily  May 28, 2004)