new resource from the seattle world affairs council

[clay dube]

The Story is a great radio program, produced in North Carolina and broadcast by American Public Media. It can be heard nightly in Southern California on KPCC (89.3 fm). Among their China segments was one last night, an interview with Paul Fichter, whose company makes beer taps and other items used in bars. Fichter talked about his plant in China and why he decided to move another planned China operation to a suburb of Seattle. Students might undertake interviews of their own, asking businesspeople what drives location/hiring decisions.

The Fichter interview is the third in the program (at about 30 minutes in)
http://thestory.org/archive/2012110_The_Story_Reworking_Series_Laying_Off_Husband.mp3/view

[clay dube]

Several veteran educators including longtime China-hand Tese Neighbor have just released a set of materials on contemporary China From Mao to Now. It's 66 pages long and is available as a pdf download at:
http://www.world-affairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013.01.02-GC-From-Mao-to-Now.pdf

The packet includes a useful set of China stats, a timeline, and excellent website recommendations.

Other teacher-oriented resources from the World Affairs Council are available at:
http://www.world-affairs.org/programs/global-classroom/teacher-resources/
(I had to edit this because when I copied and pasted from Word, it inserted some ugly code... can't have that.)
edited by Clay Dube on 4/29/2013

[clay dube]

Many forum members have probably followed the reports about cyberespionage that have dominated the news the past couple weeks. Here's a pretty clear cut magazine cover:
(http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2013-02-15/at-cyber-war-how-chinese-hackers-spy-on-you)

The New York Times Learning Network has come up with lessons connected to espionage. You can see them here:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/guest-lesson-espionage-everywhere-spying-in-the-news-and-popular-culture/?nl=learning&emc=edit_ln_20130307

Have any of you taught about espionage, either in discussing the past or contemporary situation? How about code-breaking and related efforts? Current cyberespionage is as much about getting an economic competitive advantage as it is about military or other secrets. Of course, this has been an issue in the past as well. Samuel Slater, for example, brought textile-making technology from Britain to the US in the late 18th century (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/slater_hi.html).
edited by Clay Dube on 3/7/2013

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