Tag: China

  • Book Review: Three Revolutions by Simon Hall

    Simon Hall’s “Three Revolutions” explores the impact of journalism on revolutionary movements in the 20th century through dual biographies of revolutionaries and their journalists, highlighting media’s influence on history.

  • Chinese Lunar New Year

    Teaching under an A/B semester schedule results in my history students not consistently attending class during the Lunar New Year celebrations. I wanted to share a post this week detailing the resources I use for my Chinese New Year lesson, allowing you to utilize them over the next two weeks and share these materials with…

  • Sports Washing: Russia, China, Qatar

    The phenomenon of “sports washing”, using sport events to divert attention from political controversies, is noticeable at Olympics and World Cups in China, Russia, and Qatar.

  • Chinese Lunar New Year

    Teaching on an A/B semester schedule means that students in my history classes won’t always have my class during the Lunar New Year events. So, today I decided to make a short post to show what I use for my Chinese New Year lesson; so that, you can use them during the next two weeks…

  • Henry Kissinger

    Recognizing both the praise and critique, the content covers Henry Kissinger’s influential career in diplomacy and his huge impact on American foreign policy, plus ways to study his complex legacy.

  • Asian Studies Readings: Taiwanese Independence

    Since 1949, Taiwan has constantly redeveloped its relationship with the USA and China.  Some are assuming that this is leading to an independence of Taiwan in the near future, possibly in 2013 or 2014. Answer the following questions about this issue after reading the articles. What are benefits to Taiwan of independence? What factors are leading the way…