By Location

China

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
Barshefsky Interview

Barshefsky Interview

In this video from Wide Angle, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative in the Clinton Administration, discusses her views on economic change in China. OER Level

9-12

Video

Beijing Riviera

Beijing Riviera

This video from Wide Angle takes viewers to the Beijing Riviera, an exclusive gated community for elites who have access to luxury goods and services on an unprecedented scale. OER Level

9-12

Video

Farm and City

Farm and City

This video from Wide Angle reports on the increasingly difficult conditions for farmers in China that have caused many rural Chinese to flee the countryside. OER Level

9-12

Video

Home Village

Home Village

In this video segment from Wide Angle, tour a village in the rural Chinese countryside. OER Level

9-12

Video

Illegal in Beijing

Illegal in Beijing

In this Wide Angle video, view a city area where illegal migrants from rural China live and work. OER Level

9-12

Video

Labor Disputes

Labor Disputes

In this Wide Angle video, view a case study of the mediation of a disagreement between an employee and his former employer in China’s courts. OER Level

9-12

Video

Legal System Expansion

Legal System Expansion

This Wide Angle video provides an overview of the expansion of the legal system in China as market forces lead to new circumstances requiring legal solutions. OER Level

9-12

Video

Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers

Migrant construction workers from rural China describe their living conditions in Beijing in this Wide Angle video segment. OER Level

9-12

Video

Migrant Workers and Social Justice

Migrant Workers and Social Justice

Chinese migrant workers give insight into their status, lack of power and vulnerability in the new economic order in this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

9-12

Video

New Worker Class

New Worker Class

In this Wide Angle video, Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, gives viewers a tour of his new apartment. OER Level

9-12

Video

One Nation: Two Futures?

One Nation: Two Futures?

Showcasing the differing viewpoints of "haves" and "have-nots," this lesson covers economic and political shifts in China. (China)

9-12

Lesson Plan

The Power of Developers

The Power of Developers

This Wide Angle video features a peasant family in China that is caught in a land rights dispute with no apparent solution in sight. OER Level

9-12

Video

The Rule of Law

The Rule of Law

China’s recent adoption of a legal system based on the rule of law is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

9-12

Video

Trust in the Law

Trust in the Law

Citizen complaints demonstrate that China’s legal system has not yet fully gained the people’s trust in this Wide Angle video. OER Level

9-12

Video