China
Video on China’s Geography Problem (10m):
China and several of its neighbours have been involved in a decades-long dispute over who controls the South China Sea. China claims most of the sea as its territory, but the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan say parts of the sea belong to them. Tensions have risen over the years and resulted in several confrontations as well as US involvement. The South China Morning Post looks at the origins of the dispute, what these countries are fighting over and what they’re doing to assert their territorial claims.
Link to site and video:
https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/2158598/south-china-sea-dispute-explained
CNN report on this disputed area:
The Digital Divide
Article with useful maps (including the male/female digital divide):
https://dt-global.com/company/blog/march-4th-2021/visualizing-digital-divide
Problems and Solutions to the Digital Divide in the USA:
Using Undersea Cables to close the digital divide in Africa:
Production Spaces
Explanation of globalization and how it affects economy, politics and culture (8m):
Globalisation involves widening and deepening global connections, interdependence and flows (commodities, capital, information, migrants and tourists).
This means increases in flows of:
- goods and services (including commodities)
- products and commodities, that can be bought, and are often made or grown in other countries
- capital
- flows of money between people, banks, businesses and governments
- people (including migrants and tourists)
- information
- e.g. data transferred between businesses and people, often using the internet