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Hong Kong Observatory: Nature's Wonders Explained
Learn about sunburns, rainbows, lenses, red eyes in photos, and why the sky is blue. Slightly random set of "wonders" but informative and available in both English and Chinese.
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
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Hong Kong Polytech: Functions in Academic Writing
Provides a wealth of interactive exercises dealing mainly with the structuring of sentences in different kinds of academic writing.
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Mac Donalds in Hong Kong
Interesting site describing the cultural borrowing happening as MacDonald's opens around the world and particularly in China. Learn about this interesting topic and better understand the implications of cultural borrowing.
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China
A comprehensive account of human rights practices in China for the year 2018. Per the US Department of State, China's "human rights record remained poor and worsened in some areas." Sections of the report include: Arbitrary or Unlawful...
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Enthusiastically Celebrate the Return
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Enthusiastically celebrate the return of Hong Kong" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Chen Jiahua, 1997.
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Why Christmas: Christmas Cultures Around the World
A look at the different traditions and ways Christmas is celebrated around the world. Experience Christmas from Australia to Zambia, Italy to China, and many more countries.
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Chinavista: Bun Festival in Cheung Chau
At this site from Chinavista, you can read about the history, tradition, and celebration of the Peaceful Taoist Sacrificial Ceremony, better known as The Bun Festival. It takes place on Cheung Chau, an island situated southwest of Hong...
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World Press Review: Ronald Reagan: The World View
Want to know what the rest of the world thought about Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)? This site provides reactions to Reagan's passing and his presidency from London to Toronto, and Johannesburg to Hong Kong. An interesting perspective. (June...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Makes You Special?
NBC News journalist Mariana Atencio has traveled the world from Haiti to Hong Kong. In her TEDx talk, Mariana tells us how the people she's met along the way and her own immigrant experience have taught her that the only thing we all...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Asian Educational Media Service
A tremendous resource for finding sites, multimedia, and other resources for teaching about or studying Asian countries. Search by country, media type, or grade level. Includes lesson plans and links to great online resources.
PBS
Pbs: Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy
A huge site dedicated to an understanding of the current global economic system. Includes the history, forces, values and perceptions that have shaped the world's economy. A comprehensive resource that includes a detailed economic report...
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Asia Society: Policy
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Influenza
This site covers in depth the clinical features of influenza, different types, and the history of influenza.
A&E Television
History.com: These Vintage Hot Wheels Toys Are Worth Thousands of Dollars
How does a mass-produced die-cast toy car that originally sold for less than a dollar -- and fits in a small child's hand -- become a valued collectible trading for hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars? Five of the most valuable and...
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Museum of Macau
Official website of the Museum of Macau (Macao), a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China and former Portuguese territory located on the south coast of China across the bay from Hong Kong. The museum's site...
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Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum
The online home of the Hong Kong-based Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum includes a short biographical note of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a few photographs, and descriptions of some of the museum's exhibits, which showcase some of Sun's personal items.
University of Texas at Austin
A Collection of Historical Maps of China
A collection of historical maps of China, mainly maps of Chinese cities such as Beijing, Dalian, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese rivers. Maps are mostly from early 20th century.
BBC
Bbc News: Avian Flu (Bird Flu)
This BBC article from January 2004 details basic facts about avian flu, including a general history of the virus and statistical information on infection and death.
HyperHistory Online
Hyper History: Pandemics
Brief overview and timeline of pandemics that occurred in the 20th century from 1918 through 1977.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands , 1906
A map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the province boundaries at the time, the capital in Manila and other major cities, railways, terrain, rivers, and coastal features of the island group. The map includes an inset of the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chinese Empire, 1906
A map from 1906 of the Chinese Empire, showing the political boundaries of the time, major cities, treaty ports, foreign possessions, railroads, terrain, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Two inset maps detail the Korean Peninsula,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern China, 1912
A map from 1912 of the southern China provinces at the end of the ruling Qing Dynasty.The map shows the political divisions at the time, province capitals and major cities, ports, railways, rivers, coastal features and islands of the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands, 1914
A map from 1914 of the Philippine Islands. The map shows the major islands and surrounding seas, cities, towns, and ports, railroads, submarine telegraph cables to Hong Kong, Guam, San Francisco, and through the islands, province...
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