Stephen Hess

Throughout the semester, students will use this site to submit posts related to course content.
Posts will focus on a current event or policy question in the Asia-Pacific region.
Posts will be assessed based on two criteria: 1. Ideas and content: ideas are substantive, original, clearly expressed, properly referenced and related to the subject matter; and 2. Writing or presentation quality: posts are well-written or presented in terms of style and attractive to readers or viewers.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center provides a useful guide to effective blog posts. This five-step approach to blog writing is also helpful.
Assignment #1: Compose a 500-750 word blog post
Assignment #2: Compose a 2-minute video post
Assignment #3. Compose either a 2-minute video post or 500-750 word blog post
Recommended sources: Brookings/Asia (https://www.brookings.edu/topic/asia-the-pacific/); CFR/Asia (https://www.cfr.org/asia); SupChina (https://supchina.com/); the Diplomat (https://thediplomat.com/regions/east-asia), China File (http://www.chinafile.com/); Shanghaiist (http://shanghaiist.com/); China Digital Times (https://chinadigitaltimes.net/); Asia Society/Asia Blog (https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia)

Politics of Asia