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Law Library of Congress.

Internet Law Library: China

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Constitution the People's Republic of China
Adopted: 4 Dec 1982 / Status: 12 April 1988

Beijing Arbitration Commission

Brookings Institution

• Impact of 9.11 on Sino-U.S. Relations: A Preliminary Assessment
  CNAPS Working Paper, July 2002
  By Jia Qingguo, Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Testimony on Rule of Law In China
  Testimony by Minxin Pei before the Senate Foreign Relations, June 7, 2005. Committee at a hearing titled, "The Emergence of China Throughout Asia: Security and Economic Consequences for the U.S."

Centre for Asia/Pacific Law and Business
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

China Connection Legal Forum

China Electronics Industry Information Network (Chinese)

China Law
An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Materials on People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
"This bibliography is to help law students at NYU Law School and other legal researchers who are interested or engaged in legal study and practice in the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to access effectively Chinese legal resources, including statutes, judicial decisions, and the legal research works which are in various information formats, printing, microfilm, on-line databases, etc."
Titles linked to NYU Law Library's online catalogue
Compiled by Joan Liu, Serials Librarian, New York University Law Library

China Law Society
University of Maryland School of Law and Law Library of Congress.

China Leadership Monitor (online version)
"...seeks to inform the American foreign policy community about current trends in China's leadership politics and in its foreign and domestic policies."
- Stanford University Hoover Institution

China Statistical Information Network (Chinese or English)
National Bureau of Statistics

China-Judge Web Site (Chinese)

Chinese Military Power
A Compendium of Online Resources About Chinese Military Policy & Capabilities
"...your gateway to full-text online analysis and research tools essential to understanding China's military policy, capabilities, and potential. Here you will find access to the spectrum of U.S. opinion regarding China's strategic development, with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents assessing China's military modernization, relevant political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China
- Sponsored The Project on Defense Alternatives

Chinalaw List Home Page
"Welcome to Chinalaw List, formerly the CHINESE LAW NET (CLNET), an electronic discussion group devoted to issues of modern Chinese law. While it is intended that the law of the People's Republic of China will be the main focus, postings relating to other Chinese jurisdictions or to Chinese legal history are also welcome. All persons with an interest in Chinese law are welcome to subscribe."

Chinese Lawyer's Guide (Chinese)

Chinese Legal Research at the University of Washington
Prepared for a Presentation on May 11, 2000
Includes a selection of online resources in addition to in-house finding aids.
By Bill McCloy, Assistant Librarian for East Asian Law, University of Washington Gallagher Law Library, East Asian Law Department

Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.)

• Backgrounder: China's Relationship with a Nuclear North Korea
  By Carin Zissis, October 2006.

Environmental Values Project: - (dead link)
A Comparative Study of Values in Environmental Policy Making in China, Japan, India, and the United States
"This multisite, multiyear collaborative research project is designed to help explain and compare values held by diverse constitutencies in each of the four countries and their role in environmental policy making...At the site, you will find: 1) Brief descriptions of the project's specific case studies, collaborating researchers and institutes. 2) Interviews with the project researchers. 3) Notifications and reports of environmental values seminars and events hosted by the Carnegie Council. 4) Links to related web sites. 5) A detailed description of the project methodology. 6) Project papers available to download in PDF format."
Description by Rachel Locke, Project Coordinator
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (New York)

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

• U.S. Intelligence on Russian and Chinese Nuclear Testing Activities, 1990-2000
  Prospects of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Led China to Accelerate Testing Schedule
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 200.
  Edited by Jeffrey Richelson, September 2006.
• China, Pakistan, and the Bomb: The declassified File on U.S. Policy, 1977-1997
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 114, March 2004.
  Edited by William Burr.
• Nixon's Trip to China
  Records now Completely Declassified, Including Kissinger Intelligence Briefing and Assurances on Taiwan.
  "No Support for Taiwan Independence, Nixon Assured China in 1972..."
  By William Burr, December 11, 2003
• Negotiating U.S.-Chinese Rapprochement
  New American and Chinese Documentation Leading Up to Nixon's 1972 Trip
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 70
  Edited by William Burr, May 22, 2002
• The Beijing-Washington Back-Channel and Henry Kissinger's Secret Trip to China
  September 1970-July 1971
  National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 66
  Edited by William Burr, February 27, 2002

Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII)
A joint project of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law and AustLII
"...mission is to provide free access to primary legal materials from Hong Kong (and some publicly available secondary materials) by use of technology that is both easy to use and powerful in the diversity of materials that it covers."
Databases include: Court of Final Appeal ; Court of Appeal ; Court of First Instance ; Other Courts & Tribunals ; Practice Directions ; Legislation ; Law Reform ; Treaties Index ; Domain Name Decisions.

Human Rights in China (HRIC)
Includes an annotated listing of Chinese human rights and democracy Internet resources

Intellectual Property Department
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government

Internet Chinese Legal Research Center
"This site intends to provide links to Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) legal resources on the Internet, legal research guides and other information related to Chinese legal research."
Maintained by Wei Luo, Washington University School of Law

Judicial Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey
By Zhai Jianxiong, Associate Research Librarian, National Library of China
LLRX.com Feature, October 1, 2002

Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong

Laws of Hong Kong - (dead link)

University of Washington Law Library - East Asian Law Department
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law.
A description of the department, library collections, publications, and links to Web resources.

• Chinese Legal Research
• Taiwan Legal Research

U.S. Department of State

• Response to Terrorism - (dead link)
• • U.S., China Recognize International Terrorism as Threat - (dead link) (09/21/01)

Update to Beyond the Border: The Chinese Legal Information System in Cyberspace (April 2001)
"This article is an update to the Beyond the Border: the Construction of the Chinese Legal Information System in Cyberspace - (dead link), (published July 5, 2000). There are numerous additions, changes for some Web site addresses, as well as some deletions."
By Joan Liu, New York University Law Library

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