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Hi Susan,
This quake is a huge test for China's government and people. The catastrophe is more widespread than in the 1976 Tangshan quake, though the number of dead is going to be much less. Probably 40-60,000, though the count will never be exact because of the great migration that's underway. Please take a look at articles summarized at http://uschina.usc.edu (daily update section) to follow relief efforts.

Also -- please use shorter subject lines.

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Taiwan
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Hong Kong
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Indonesia
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Japan
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

South Korea
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Malaysia
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Singapore
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Thailand
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

Vietnam
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

And if you're curious what our gov't says about American education:
http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember

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Hi Folks,

The folks at APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum) have gathered together some useful documents on China's efforts to change its k-12 curriculum. The links cover a wide variety of subjects.

http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm?action=dsp_bymember&economy=CN

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Hi Mike,
I recorded my copy off the air.

I think the handout included info on China Blue. It can be purchased. Much of the film is also available in streaming video at: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chinablue/

Click on the "get the dvd" on the left side of the screen. This could be included in your library grant purchase. The link will direct you to:
http://teddybearfilms.com/chinablue

They aren't upfront about the cost of the films. Presumably they have different rates depending on the intended use. [Edit by="Clay Dube on May 13, 4:55:24 PM"][/Edit]

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Students are often surprised to learn about the role of Asians and Africans in the First World War. Here are two articles, both of which include stereotypes and one of which includes racist labels, about the Chinese in France during World War One. Both articles include photos of Chinese laborers.

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Chinese_Laborers/Chinese_Laborers_01.htm

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Hi Folks,
Please remember to use the link insertion button to make your links clickable:

Note the difference:

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/cur_teacher/vcc.html

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/cur_teacher/vcc.html">http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/cur_teacher/vcc.html

The links above are to the curriculum aids associated with ""Throwing Off Asia: Woodblock Prints of Meiji Japan

Click here to see the actual web exhibition.

The link button looks like: " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://uschinaforum.usc.edu/images/rte_Link.gif .

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Public Radio International offers the radio program "The Changing World." These are radio documentaries produced by the BBC. They are outstanding.

Here's a link to an mp3 file on children in Pakistani jails. You could use it with older students. To play the file, just click on the link. To download it, right click and chose save link as -- it will download to your mp3 player (if attached to the computer) or to your hard drive.

http://www.thechangingworld.org/audio/tcw120606a.mp3

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Here is a link to information about a book on China's labor camps.
http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/14433

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The World's Mary Kay Magstad offers a report on the situation for journalists. As of the 11/2007 broadcast, 29 journalists were in prison in China.

http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/13897

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Hi Folks,
Time did not permit us to explore the tragedy of human trafficking. You may be interested, however, in the CFR ｗｅｂｃａｓｔ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｕｂｊｅｃｔ　ｌａｔｅｒ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｅｋ．　

Here's the announcement -- note that it is very early for us on the west coast.
smiling,
clay

SLAVERY AND SUPPLY CHAINS:
What Businesses Can Do to Fight Human Trafficking

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. (ET)

with

Mark Lagon
Director,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. Department of State

Diana Taylor
Managing Director,
Wolfensohn & Company
Presiding

*To view this webcast, visit:
http://www.cfr.org/publication/16208/cfr_live_webcast.html

The unprecedented movement of labor and complex chains of production of exportable goods promise many advances for economic prosperity. Ambassador Mark Lagon will argue that the rule of law and good corporate citizenship are needed to address those cases when migrant workers are subjected to forced labor as a result of coercion, fraud, debt, and seized identity documents. Globalization need not result in human trafficking as a modern day form of slavery, but only if public and private sector actors work vigilantly together.

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Hi Folks,

Please check out the daily updates section of US-China Today for a video of Australia's prime minister speaking, in Chinese, to students and others at Beijing University. It's in the neighborhood of 4/10 or 4/13: http://www.uschina.usc.edu/dailyupdates.aspx

And now -- here's an article that Rudd wrote as a university student in 1980, focusing on human rights in China.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/revealed-young-rudds-china-sermon/2008/05/09/1210131263265.html

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Is this topic out of place in a forum on human rights in Asia. But did you know that a Chinese artist, Lei Yixin, has been commissioned to design the official US memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Lei's selection upset some who oppose him because he's done Mao statues and Mao represents the repression of human rights, not their promotion. Others were upset simply because they believe the commission should go to an American and hopefully an African American artist.

Now the commission overseeing the project has insisted on a redesign. Go to http://uschina.usc.edu/DailyUpdates.aspx?Date=5/9/2008 for photos and a link the Washington Post story on the subject.

This story could stimulate interesting discussions about how we represent the past.

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The subject line might strike some as out of place here in a forum on human rights in Asia. But did you know that a Chinese artist, Lei Yixin, has been commissioned to design the official US memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Lei's selection upset some who oppose him because he's done Mao statues and Mao represents the repression of human rights, not their promotion. Others were upset simply because they believe the commission should go to an American and hopefully an African American artist.

Now the commission overseeing the project has insisted on a redesign. Go to http://uschina.usc.edu/DailyUpdates.aspx?Date=5/9/2008 for photos and a link the Washington Post story on the subject.

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Laura Ling produced a video report for Current TV on the Great Firewall of China. It details a more relaxed media market and the explosion of blogging.

http://current.com/items/85283491_great_firewall_of_china

Berkeley's Xiao Qiang is interviewed in the report. Ling is not as well-prepared as she could be and her language limitations hamper her investigation, but her summary is good is a bit gimmicky.

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Hi Folks,
We won't be able to spend as much as sherif looking into cave homes, so I thought you might like to see his video of Henan homes. We'll be seeing such homes in Shanxi province and Shaanxi province.

http://current.com/items/76389582_china_cave_dwellers

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