At ESPN of all places
Once again, thanks to Jim Lerch, who is soon off to Hong Kong for his new job. He sent me a reference to this ESPN story.Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN.com, wrote an account of his 2500 km drive from Beijing to Chengdu, Behind the Bamboo Curtain. It's illustrated with great photographs of the people and places along the route.
It's not a pretty picture and Thompson's focus is on how well China can host the Olympic games in '08. There are perhaps inadvertent glimpses of government, politics, political culture, and policy making included. And that makes it potentially useful for you and your students.
"On this wall along Highway 108, local citizens have written grafitti. Some of it voices their displeasure." -Wright Thompson
Labels: China, culture, environment, policy
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:16 PM
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