Nations Online: Eastern Asia

[Anonymous]

Thank you, jjong, for introducing me to this website. In my 7th grade history class, I often ask students to report on the areas we are studying. I like how this site is one stop shopping for not only my unit on Asia, but for the Middle East, Africa, and beyond. I will be sure to share it with my colleagues, especially the Global Studies teacher.

[Anonymous]

what?! how can meditation be considered ilegal in China, I would think this is such an engrained part of their philosophies??!

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

http://www.nationsonline.org is a portal of gateways to almost all the countries and areas in the world. Here you will find country profiles with information on various topics. For example, the China web page (http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/china.htm) includes its border countries, official web sites of China, maps, population, language, major cities, ethnic groups, history and a lot of other useful links. What caught my attention is a link to Falun Gong, a meditation group which the Chinese government declared an “illegal organization.”

On the bottom of the China web page, there are links to other countries in Eastern Asia, such as Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan (ROC). Although this site looks pretty plain as it’s just text and links, it does contain a lot of useful information. It would be a good site if you are looking for some quick information about a country. When I assign projects related to China, Taiwan or Hong Kong, I will definitely encourage students to check out this website.

[Anonymous]

I visited the site because I was curious about the people who practice the Falun Gong religion and their mistreatment. It was a lot more serious than I thought! I could not believe all the injustice the Chinese people have been through that practice this spiritual discipline. Reading about the imprisonments, the torture and the persecutions absolutely saddened me. The website says that “the scale and scope of abuses taking place make it possibly the largest religious persecution in the world today.” I hope that people around the world become more aware and can help these people somehow!

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