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Lunar New Year Resources Chinese New Year Chinese Calendar Information about the Chinese Lunar New Year and a year by year breakdown of the Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year Information about the Chinese Lunar New Year, Animals representing each year, and dates of future Lunar New Years. Lunar New Year Across Asia Information about the Lunar New Year, broken down by Asian country. FamilyCulture.com General Information about Lunar New Year, with resource links. Seol-Nal (Lunar New Year) Korean Lunar New Year site; general information and resources. Kids Domain - Chinese New Year Chinese New Year - Holiday activities - learn about the Chinese New Year and Zodiac, crafts, mazes, word searches, coloring pages, and more! Kid Safe.. Teacher Planet Lessons, Units, Worksheets, and other classroom resources. Holidays of the Vietnamese A K-12 related site; Classroom activities for teachers. Lunar New Year Vietnamese Style Information about the Vietnamese celebration of the Lunar New Year. General Asian Resources 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. 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 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 Timeline China pictures Human Rights in China A private non-profit organization that collects information on the current status of human rights in China. Inside China Today Six Paths To China A webquest that directs students through outstanding web-based information on China.

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 Today Online M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence 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 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. 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. 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 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 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. Australia Resources A Guide to Australia