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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: Taiwan – A comprehensive list of basic information about Taiwan from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 

Languages of Taiwan – An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of Taiwan by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site.

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Articles and Links: 

National Palace Museum – The official site of the National Palace Museum in Taipei. 

Lonely Planet: Taiwan – An overview of Taiwan from Lonely Planet’s online magazine. 

Travel in Taiwan – An online magazine about Taiwan by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Republic of China. 

Learn Chinese Characters – A site devoted to helping English speakers understand Chinese characters and culture from zhongwen.com.

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:

Audrey Chou – Audrey Chou talks about English language learning. 

Hsin-tsu “Melissa” Chuang – Hsin-tsu Chuang compares education in Taiwan to that in the US. 

Kai-chieh “Eric” Chuang – Kai-chieh Chuang compares education in Taiwan to that in the US. 

Chi-ya "Christina" Efird – Christina Efird recalls her memories of growing up in Taiwan, compares how literature is read differently in the US and Taiwan, and discusses the importance of childhood literacy. 

Hong Wen Jou – Hong Wen Jou talks about childhood games, experiences in Taiwan, business in New York and life in Charlotte. 

Lu Shu Jou – Lu Shu Jou talks about business in NY and life in Charlotte. 

Hsiu-hsiang “Susan” Kao – Hsiu-hsiang Kao compares education in Taiwan to that in the US. 

Sin-cheng Lin – Sin-cheng Lin talks about childhood games, education in Taiwan, work in Taiwan and the US and life in Charlotte. 

Yi-chun “Amy” Liu – Yi-chun Liu talks about her experiences learning English and about English language assessment.

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Lesson Plans: 

One China, Two Systems – A current events lesson plan about the reunification of Taiwan and China from the New York Times.

One China for All? – A current events lesson plan about the relationships among the US, China and Taiwan from the New York Times.

And Now…Taiwan – A lesson plan exploring the development of Taiwan from learningenrichment.org.

Lesson Plans for Educators – A comprehensive list of links to lesson plans on Asia and Asian Americans from AskAsia.org.

Around the Pacific Rim – A geography and technology lesson plan from Microsoft.

Rural scenes and activity photos on this page originated from:  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_east_asia/taiwan/index.htm
The picture of Chiang Kai Shek Memorial is from
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~bhall/taiwanphotos.html
The city scene is from http://infosys.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/Taiwan_page_02.htm

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