content from TIME magazine

http://china.blogs.time.com/ and photo essays and "postcards from..." (searchbox for CN)

books mentioned on talk-show, Diane Rheme

family [against the rich; for poor; communist agenda]

two memoires by same author =
first colors on the mountain
the sounds of the river

chinese lessons

three gorges

Cost/Benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam Within the next seven years, life along the Yangtze River in China will change. Millions of people will be displaced. Ancient artifacts will disappear and the environment will be altered forever. At the same time, however the Chinese will increase their capacity to produce electrical power in the area, and they will gain new ability to control damaging floods. Also, some say air quality will be improved with the increased use of electrical power. Is this new project an appropriate one for the Chinese to undertake? What are the costs and benefits of this new dam and who is affected by the decision made?  To view the Lesson Plan, visit

www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM347

 

cn blog & 2009 study tour

=-=-= Several professors, students, and others have teamed up to produce The China Beat blog at http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com

=-=-= The Chinese American Cultural Bridge Center, an Illinois-based nonprofit organization, has developed a tour especially designed for educators. This tour is designed to provide educators with the opportunity to meet, and exchange ideas about education and culture with Chinese educators, as well as experience the geography, history, culture, economics, government and technology of China firsthand. In addition, each educator will be provided with background information and instructional materials, to assist in bringing China alive in the classroom.
     On this unforgettable 15-day journey, educators will travel to Beijing, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Shaolin Temple, Xian, and Shanghai. They will explore the tomb of China's first Emperor who unified China, with its amazing army of life-size, terra-cotta soldiers; walk along the Great Wall; marvel at Beijing's Forbidden City; speculate at Luoyang's Longmen Grottos; and experience the Ancient Song Dynasty life in Kaifeng. The journey will conclude in the vibrant Shanghai.
     ...15-day =$3,800 price includes International airfare from your location, 4 star hotels, all meals, transportation, guide, and sightseeing...June 16 – June 30, 2009.