Related links

Peace Corps volunteers travel and work in diverse parts of the world and often in personally challenging situations. Their cross-cultural experiences have been captured in the comprehensive Peace Corps Worldwise Schools site which has many resources about Asia for an education audience.

Podcasts, slideshows, posters and language lessons are complemented by a diverse range of lesson plans that can be filtered by year level and subject. A particular favourite of the reviewer is the story ‘A Single Lucid Moment’ but there is a great amount of valuable material on this site.

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Learn more about China in this essay Worrying China (PDF, 208 kb) by noted sinologist Geremie Barme.

Useful websites

Asialink: Update your Asia knowledge through podcasts and the Asialink Essays series.

Asia Society: Access information about the Asian region from an American perspective as well as education resources on the Asia Society website.

The Asia New Zealand Foundation: Access information about the Asian region from a New Zealand perspective as well as education resources on the Asia:NZ Online website.