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TED Talks
Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
China's one-child policy ended in 2015, but we're just beginning to understand what it was like to live under the program, says TED Fellow and documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang. With footage from her film "One Child Nation," she shares...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? China's One-Child Policy
Learn more about China's one-child policy.
Curated Video
A short history of James Cook and his voyages
Come with us on Cook's world-changing expeditions. Trace their routes and find out the ambitious aims behind them. Continue your journey into their impact and legacy on our website='https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook'...
Brian McLogan
Determine the value of x when given two tangent lines to a circle
Learn how to solve problems with tangent line. A tangent line to a circle is a line that touches the circle at exactly one point. The tangent line to a circle makes a right angle with the radius of the circle at the point of its...
Curated Video
Why do we flip the inequality sign when multiplying or dividing?
n this video, Math Defined with Mrs. C explains the concept with a step-by-step example: -x + 10 is less than 4. Watch as she demonstrates two different methods to solve the inequality—one using addition and subtraction, and the other...
Financial Times
China's currency ventures overseas
In the first part of a series looking at the internationalisation of the renminbi, the FT's Robert Cookson examines what has occurred so far and talks to experts about what needs to happen for China's currency to become a global unit...
Curated Video
How Defeat in WWI Helped Radicalize German Beliefs
Germany's defeat after WWI was a crushing blow to the psyche of its people, compounded by economic woes. Soon, a folklore-based set of bizarre beliefs began to take hold - including some very strange theories. From the Series: Sacred...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Tigris River
TIGRIS RIVER IN BIBLICAL TIMES THE TIGRIS RIVER WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FOUR RIVERS TO HAVE FLOWED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THE FAST FLOWING RIVER ALONG WITH IT SLOWER SISTER RIVER, THE EUPHRATES, FLOWS FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF...
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House: Bindjareb Pinjarra
The March of Time
1953: WELL-BABY CLINIC: Dr. Spock in room talking (No SOT) w/ African-American mother w/ baby in cloth diapers standing in lap, young boy, brother standing BG.
MOT ON TV: 1953: WELL-BABY CLINIC: Dr. Spock in room talking (No SOT) w/ African-American mother w/ baby in cloth diapers standing in lap, young boy, brother standing BG.
PolyMatter
Why China Ended its One-Child Policy
Was China's one-child policy a good idea? Historians analyze the country's one-child policy in place for more than 40 years. They view a short video explaining the revocation of the one-child rule and what it means for the future of the...
PBS
Nova: World in the Balance: Human Population and Global Trends
A companion site to Nova's film that examines "human populations and environments." Find some fascinating facts in the interactive slide shows "Human Numbers Through Time," and "Global Trends Quiz."