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AsiaSociety.org articles, op-eds, videos and blog posts on China.

The Global Financial Crisis: Part II
Reasons to remain skeptical as the global financial crisis enters a new phase.
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Mapping Perceptions
What can maps tell us about how its creator perceives the world? This simple lesson uses a historical map as a point of study and introduces key elements in a map (scale, symbols, orientations) in a hands-on way.
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Attitudes Towards Nature in Daoist Art
A short lesson--featuring some famous Chinese poems--that help students understand the difference between how many Westerners view nature versus how many Chinese (particularly Daoists and the literati) felt about the natural world around th
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New Global Leaders, New Leadership Models?
Asia Society President Vishakha Desai discusses the necessity of learning from Indian and Chinese approaches to power.
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Chinese Inventions
This one-hour activity challenges the perception that China has only recently become a 'modern' nation.
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Building an Asian Century
How the world's center of gravity is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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China Puzzle
We give you clues, you put China together geographically. Up for the challenge?
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China Green
China Green documents China’s environmental issues and its response to some of its greatest challenges.
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Clearing the Air
Tracking the Beijing government’s quest for “blue sky days,” through daily photos and video.
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Zhao Ziyang and The Road Not Taken
Twenty years after Tiananmen, new revelations arise from an unexpected source.
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