Cultural Studies- Ms. Wilson's class- Topic: Modern China

Assignment Description and Rubric

Please add resources you find to this wiki.  If you add internet sites, you must include the organization or author in the description.  See the examples below.

 

MLA Guidelines for Research Papers  Examples of MLA bibliographic citations and parenthetical references

 

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DATABASES

ABC-CLIO: World Geography  and Issues databases

Current History

     This magazine has online access from school only.  Click "For Intitutional Use" to download the PDF when you find a search result.               

EBSCOhost

     Numerous Current issues of Magazines and Newspapers in MasterFile Premier and NewspaperFile

Gale-Student Resource Center     

     When you get  search result, remember to click all the tabs at the top- Reference, Magazines, Journals, News, etc. to retrieveall results.  Also you may want to      narrow by the subject terms listed on the left hand side on the search results page.

CQ Researcher:     

     Indepth look at controversial topics in the news, including issues in China.  Remember to look at the date of the articles since this database contains ten years      of issues of CQ Researcher.

Issues and Controversies

     Remember to look at the date of the articles for the most current articles.

 

INTERNET SITES

 

Topic List

 

Art, Music, Literature, and Dance in China

     Cultural China: a website initiated by the Shanghai News and Press Bureau to promote the culture of China from ancient history to modern day.

     Chinese Fashion: A site that describes tips to China's fashion and why they would wear it depending on age and etc. The website has very informational paragraphs that show you the basics of China's fashion.

     Chinese-Style Clothing: Describes in detail some trends in that are popular in China. Has pictures that match what they are talking about. Easy to use and find reliable information.

     Chinese Art Summary Describes aspects of Chinese Art forms in detail from ancient history to modern day. May be useful for other topics as well. 

 

Pros and Cons of U.S.'s World Trade Agreement with China

 

Partytime in China: Holidays and Celebrations

    Chinese Festivals: A site created by a Chinese American professor at Western Kentucky University. This link provides a list and descriptions of each Chinese holiday, festival, and celebration

     Society Celebrations in China: Summary of holidays and festivals in China.

 

 

Human Rights and Life

     HRIC (Human Rights in China): An extensive website with articles outlining human rights issues in China written by members of the HRIC, a nongovernmental group of Chinese students and scholars 

     Human Rights Issues and Campaign: Amnesty International explains its campaign in China, China's promises, Latest news, How to take action, Videos and Blogs on human rights in China

     Marriage and the Family in China: China Today talks about modern Chinese families and views on love, sex, marriage, divorce, and changing family priorities

China: Opposing Viewpoints: This book gives background on China's political dissidents, government control of the press, lack of religious freedom, and some positive trends.    

Human Rights Watch This website has information from the human rights watch, which protects and defends human rights.

Controversy with 2008 olympics and human rights: article about how all the attention China is getting from the olympics is showing the major human rights problem that it has. 

     

The Chinese Diet

Intro to Chinese Diet: A British government article that provides a great into to the significance of the foods eaten in China and Chinese beliefs concerning food

Chinese Recipes: Gives many modern Chinese recipes. 

 

1989 Tianamen Square protest

Communism Under China by Michael G Kort

·         http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/documents/index.html#30-35-- this site is really useful and is divided into seperate sections that make the site easier to navigate through

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Cultural Revolution in China

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China: A easy to read site created by the San Jose State University Dept. of Economics on the 1966-1976 cultural revolution  

"Modern Nations of The World: China" By: Robert Green; This book was extremely helpful in our research of the Cultural Revolution. It contained in depth sections about what the revolution was about and how it lead China to a period of chaos. It also had a lot of good information on little "tid bids" such as the little red book, and things that lead up to the Cultural Revolution. We would recommend this book to anyone who is researching this topic. 

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/China/Cultural/Cultural.html this site is very useful while trying to find information on people and events within the Cultural Revolution.  Also, it is chronological  in order so it is easy to follow. 

Modern Treatment of Women

  Women's Rights and Family Planning: RH Reality Check, an organization promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights discusses current concerns about women and families in China

  Women in China:  Facts and Details, a great website which separates information about the modern treatment of women in China into categories.  It describes feminism in China, as well as the continued traditional lifestyle in rural China.

Women of China: This website highlights current ongoing attempts to improve the treatment of women in China. Based off the All-China Women's Federation.

 

Crime in China and Government Impact

An article about common and uncommon crimes in China. There is also information about the police's role in fighting crime.

http://www.chinese-culture.net/html/china_public_safety.html

 

Orphanages and Adoption in China and its impact on Chinese society

Faces of theAbandoned: A Newsweek article about the new face of Chinese orphanages

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/china_statistics.html: It has good facts about infant mortality and standard of living all factors of Chinas overpopulation and amount of orphanages. 

www.danwei.org: search law or crime to get statistics on crimes

 

National Geographic discusses modern China:

     China's Middle Class

     Tibetans

     The Disappearing Yellow River

     2008 Olympics

     Rising Expectations for China

 

China's Pollution Crisis

    As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes : A great New York Times article outlining causes, effects, and solutions

    The Three Gorges Dam: CNN looks at China's solution to multiple national problems

     Air Pollution and Olympic Athletes: PBS quotes experiences of athletes who competed in China and the health problems they encountered

 

Sichuan Earthquake of May 2008

     Six Months Later: A Boston Globe article with photos and brief explanations of the earthquake's aftermath

     Sichuan Earthquake: New York Times links to its archive articles about the earthquake 

 

Censorship

     China's Google Censorship: CBS news article about search terms China blocks: "Taiwan", "Tibet", among terms

     Cracking the "Great Firewall": USA Today discusses Internet censorship in China and the "hacktivists" who are fighting back 

      YouTube Blocked in China: A Global Network Initiative article about new ban on YouTube in China 

 

Space Program: China joins U.S.A. and Russia in Space

     China's First Manned Space Flight: A China.org site dedicated to everything about China's space program from its beginning to most current events

     China's First Space Walk: BBC News talks about China's exciting third manned space mission and its goals; features video of launch

 

Taiwan and China Conflict

     China Offers Taiwan Peace Talks: A BBC article about peaceful efforts to improve hostile relationship between Taiwan and China

     China Calls for Closer Ties with Taiwan: New York Times reports on problems with efforts made on China's part to form better relationship with Taiwan

Women in China:  From the age of foot binding through the communism of today, the role and rights of women have undergone drastic transformation in China.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/china/china-taiwan.html  An article from PBS that gives the history of the China-Taiwan conflict, and a timeline of events.

 

Education in China

http://www.moe.edu.cn/english/ministry_f.htm: describes the Ministry of Education and how they are involved with education

http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1134 Super fascinating!  I cant Belive it's real!

 

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