Benjamin Edwards has a results table and map from a 2001 survey of seven Walmart stores in New York and Connecticutt as to the country of origin of items on the store shelves. 46% of the items came from China, 19% from the US.
Dave's Proposals
- Testimony to Oregon House Education Committee, 3/20/09
- HB 2719 - 3 (final 2009 amendments)
- Dave Porter Weblog: High School Study Abroad Scholarship Proposal - 3/22/08
- Dave Porter Weblog: Mandarin Proposals for 2009 Legislature - as of 3/22/08
- Testimony: Oregon Senate Committee on Education and General Government: 2/13/08
- Testimony to Ways and Means Subcommittee, 4/26/07
- Testimony to House Ed Committee, 3/16/07
- Letter to the Chancellor & U of O, OSU & PSU Presidents
- Letter to Democrats in the Oregon Senate
- Letter to Oregon Progressives
- Developing the China Connection through Educational Programs
- Goals for Oregon Mandarin Programs
- Budget - Oregon Comprehensive Mandarin Development Program
My Other Blog
YouTubes
- Did You Know?
- Ambassador Stapleton Roy
- 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival: China
- Barnett brief, 2004
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Tom Friedman on Energy
- Electric bikes in China
- ABC: Rising China
- Clyde Prestowitz
- Nate blocks Yao
- CNN: Crazy for Mandarin
- Thomas Barnett Brief - 1
- Thomas Barnett brief - 2
- Thomas Barnett brief - 3
Sexy Beijing YouTubes
Hard Hat YouTubes
Recent Posts
- Per pupil costs at Albina Head Start
- Video: Jeremy Lin: 1st American player in the NBA to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent
- AFS
- ASSE International Student Exchange Programs
- Oregon's Go Global High School Study Abroad Program legislative proposal
- NYT: "China Starts Investing Globally"
- HB 2719 - High School Study Abroad Program
- Private not Public Mandarin Immersion School opens in Beaverton
- "The transfer of global wealth and economic power now underway—roughly from West to East—is without precedent in modern history."
- Blair: "We Can Help China Embrace the Future"
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