Life as a Foreign Correspondent in China
Mary Kay Magistad’s experience as a foreign correspondent in Southeast Asia and China
Teaching Resources
Hollywood and a Rising China
Chinese film and cinema through Hollywood and its growing Chinese partners
Is Economic Development Making China More Democratic?
Can rapid economic development lead to more political freedom and democratic reform in China?
Taking a Stand: China’s Economic Future – Sample Lesson Plan
How will China’s developing communist economic structure impact the world’s future?
China on the World Stage: Weighing the U.S. Response
This curriculum explores the history of U.S.-China relations and prepares students to advocate different options for U.S. policy towards China in a simulation set in the U.S. Senate.
China in Transition: Economic Development, Migration, and Education
Lessons on China’s economic development and the roles that it plays on migration, urbanization, wealth, and education
Book – Fateful Ties: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China
Fateful Ties draws on literature, art, biography, popular culture, and politics to trace America’s long and varied preoccupation with China.
Book – China in the 21st Century – What Everyone Needs to Know
Answers to the most urgent questions regarding this newest superpower, and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.
Prior Workshops
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Teachers Workshop Brochures
Who Will Act First on Climate Change, the U.S. or China?
The leading role that China and the United States play in both causes and solutions to global warming and the connection between global warming and recent extreme weather events around the world.