Asian Resources

General Asian Resources

Basic Facts/Data Sources

INFONATION  A database of geographic, economic, social and population information provided by the United Nations. Choose which country and data you would like displayed in a table.

The World Factbook, 2001 from the CIA   Contains maps,flags, economic, geographic, government and population data for every country. Update for 1997 is much easier to use.

The Corruption Perception Index  Ranks countries by how corrupt they are perceived by the international business community.

Country Reports on Human Rights Abuses  U.S. State Department Reports.

Country Commercial Guides Written description of every country's economy by the Department of Commerce. Writing is on a high level.

Country Studies Handbook An extensive outline of the culture, history, and current situation of every country by the Library of Congress. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the list of countries.

E-Conflict  A simplified version of the CIA Factbook, contains maps,flags, government, economic, geographic, and population data for every country.

United Nations Resource Source  A menu to the many different educational resources offered by the United Nations.

ASEAN Focus Group Histories  South East Asia short country histories.

Ask Asia  A K-12 related site that includes many lessons for teachers, Asian news updates, links to other resources for students to study Asia and an "Adult-free Zone" for students.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

Asian Updates from the Asian Society  A scholarly journal.

East Asian Studies Center

Australia Resources

A Guide to Australia

China Resources

Chinese Free Markets   A photographic essay of how farmer's markets work in China.

China the Beautiful Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy

Chinese History for Beginners

Chinese History Timeline

China pictures

Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan

Human Rights in China  A private non-profit organization that collects information on the current status of human rights in China.

Inside China Today

Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan

Searching For China: A Webquest  A webquest is a web-based lesson that charges students to explore the web for answers. This is an early one based on China. Very Student friendly.

Six Paths To China  A webquest that directs students through outstanding web-based information on China.

Hong Kong Resources

South China Morning Post  Hong Kong's leading English language newspaper since 1903 now has an internet edition. Requires registration, but is free.

Hong Kong 1997: Lives in Transition--PBS

Hong Kong: A New York Times Special Report

India Resources

Flowers Underfoot  An outsanding web site by the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art that incorporates the history and culture of India into the ancient art of rug design.

Harrapa  A graphically oriented site that describes the ancient culture of Harrapa in the context of modern day India. Be sure to check out the Around the Indus in 90 Slides section.

India Picture Questions  A web site developed by an MCPS teacher. Includes 11 photographs and related questions.

India Today Online

M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

Mother Teresa  official web site

India and Pakistan Go Nuclear

India and Pakistan: Nuclear Anxiety A compilation of reports maps and data from the New York Times.

May 16, 1998 White House Press Release

U.S. State Department Briefing

Japan Resources

Japan External Trade Organization

Japan Links  From the University of Texas at Austin.

Japan, My Japan  A massive listing of web connections to Japan. May provide helpful background information for teachers.

Japan Window Home Page

Kid's Japan

Kid's Web Japan An outstanding site that shows students what life is like in Japan - from a kid's point of view.

National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies

Oldtales  Old Japanese Folk Tales available in Japanese, English or French.

Origami Page by Joseph Wu  The complete refernce guide to Origami. Includes links to easy "how to" sites.

The Samurai's Tale  A teacher/student developed site that creates a unit out of this novel. Scroll down through lesson to find some great links to Japanese history and culture.

Tokyo Eyes (Great annotated photos of Tokyo)

Tokyo Food Page

Korea Resources

Korean Embassy  (South Korea)

Korean News  The offical news agency of North Korea. Get current and past "news reports" with a very different spin.

Southeast Asia Resources

Hitchhiking Vietnam As a companion site to the PBS series, this site offers diary acounts of one woman's recent journey across Vietnam. Excellent descriptions and photographs of daily life.