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[Anonymous]

Last year when my wife and I went to Japan, I searched on Craigslist.com for "house swaps". I found a woman willing to swap her apartment near Shibuya and Harajuku for our place in Redondo beach.

It turned out she couldn't use our place because she planned her trip to Bali instead. But, she still let us use her place. It was a gorgeous apartment and we made a friend. I recommend the system - so long as you feel you can trust the person with your belongings.

I posted and she responded, but you can also search for those already looking.

craigslist.com

Other websites are out there:
houseswap.com
homeexchange.com (featured in the Jack Black movie recently)

good luck (a)

[clay dube]

Hi Folks --
PLEASE, PLEASE put your website evaluations in the "Asia in My Classroom" forum. There's a heavily used thread there called "Web Resources." Many of the evaluations posted here are detailed and excellent. It's a shame to limit these evaluations to those in this seminar. Please post them to the "Asia in My Classroom" forum. Please do the same with your film reviews.
Thank you.

[Anonymous]

The China Dialy News is a great website to view what is happening in China recently. The most important is that these news are reported by Chinese journalists with Chinese people's point of views. It may help us to understand China from a different angle. The website address is http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

[Anonymous]

I've attached a great website that I think might be interesting for kids (and teachers too!). It summarizes the educational system in China. Hope this is helpful for your students.
Stephanie

[Anonymous]

As we well know, China is quickly on its way to becoming a world power, yet many of us are unaware of all what really lies within China. PBS created China from the Inside, a series of episodes that provides an insider's view of China. A quick blurb from the webpage….

”China is at a critical point in its history -- it is richer and stronger than ever, but the clash between economic policies and the Communist political agenda complicates the lives of many of its citizens. China from the Inside includes perspectives ranging from those of the powerful to the powerless, the scholars and the uneducated, and the supporters and detractors of today's China. It does not shy away from China's many contradictions, with scenes from some of the most breathtaking places on the planet as well as the most polluted.”
There are a total four episodes in this series: Power and the People, Women of the Country, Shifting Nature, and Freedom and Justice. The website will allow you to view a few minutes of each. The site also has a quiz to test your smarts on China and the US, and interesting discussion forum, and a section for educators, here is the site-take a look!
http://www.pbs.org/kqued/chinainside/power/index.html

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