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General Text Collections
Specific Texts or Areas
The Reference Desk
News Services & Periodicals
Image Collections
Chinese History
Chinese Religion & Philosophy


General Text Collections
Academia Sinica
Taiwan, ROC

Asian Classics Input Project - (dead link)
"The mission of the Asian Classics Input Project (ACIP) is to locate, catalog, and save endangered classical Asian literature, and to make these texts and related materials available to educate and enrich the lives of people around the world. Over the past fourteen years, ACIP has released more than 150,000 pages of ancient texts via CD-ROM and the World Wide Web free of charge to thousands of users in more than 50 countries."

China the Beautiful
Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy
By Ming L. Pei

Chinese Classical Literature
"This site contains Chinese classics with each character hyperlinked to its definition and etymology. No Chinese software is necessary - characters are displayed as images. Links to English translations are included for most works."

Chinese Classics
Includes Pre-Qin Philosophers, Poetry, Prose, Biography, Commentary, Novels, and Other Classical Literature

Chinese Cultural Studies: Texts
"This page contains a summary of all the text files available on this Brooklyn College Core 9 Chinese Culture Web site."
A very extensive collection of primary and secondary resources by Paul Halsall

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

Digital Chinese Library
 Includes Reference Desk, Card Catalog, Periodicals Room, and Computer Room
 Center for Chinese Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley

Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
"This Digital Document Delivery Center provides free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic journal articles to any researcher in the United States."
East Asia Library, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

  • The Eagle and the Dragon
    U.S. Relations with China
    "Journey through this fascinating exhibit that addresses both the recent and ancient history of China."

Sunrise Chinese Library
An electronic database of documents in the Chinese language.

University of Virginia Library - Chinese Text Initiative

  • Lienu zhuan ; Lieh Nu Chuan
    [Traditions Of Exemplary Women]
    "Compiled toward the end of the Former Han dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 9), Liu Xiang's (79-8 B.C.) Lienu zhuan [Traditions of Exemplary Women, hereafter abbreviated as LNZ] is the earliest extant book in the Chinese tradition solely devoted to the moral education of women."
    Introduction by Anne Kinney, Associate Professor of Chinese, University of Virginia

Xin Yu Si's Electronic Library (Chinese)

Specific Texts or Areas
BIFLORA Database of Plants
"...is a scientific database with information about the highly endangered plant species of the island of Hainan, P.R. China, first. As a part of the Indo-Burma region this island is considered to be one of the "biodiversity hotspots" of the world...BIFLORATM consists for the most part of the contributions of local scientists in China. Their work documents and helps to gain valuable knowledge about the fragile environment."

Brookings Institution

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

China: A Country Study
Area Handbook Series
Library of Congress

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

China-US Relations Issue Brief
CRS Issue Brief, 94002; Updated November 25, 1996
By Kerry Dumbaugh, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division

Chinese Medical Classics E-Texts - (dead link)(Chinese)
The Ch˚goku Igaku Koten [Chinese Medical Classics] Text Series

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. Chinese Military Power also provides links, regularly updated, 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. Finally, to aid further study, we provide a bibliography of essential reading, gateways to online databases, and links to leading area specialists and research sites."
Sponsored by The Project on Defense Alternatives, The Commonwealth Institute

Council on Foreign Relations (U.S.)

Council on Library and Information Resources

'The Cox Report'
The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China
"This three-volume report is an unclassified, redacted version of the Final Report of the
Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the Peoples Republic of China issued on January 3, 1999. The Final Report was, when issued, and remains today, classified Top Secret."

Deng Xiaoping June 9, 1989 Speech to Martial Law Units

E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies (eHKCSS)
"...is the first on-line journal for students specially aimed at publishing works that explore the various facets of Hong Kong...From local concerns to global interests, eHKCSS disseminates results of investigations from disciplines including sociology, history, literature, film studies, geography, political science, economics, and cultural studies, and works of a truly international and interdisciplinary nature."

Far Eastern Economic Review

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

Hoover Institution Essays in Public Policy

I Ching on the Net
"These pages provide links to I Ching resources on the Internet, and include a brief introduction to the I Ching and to my own translation."
Maintained by Greg Whincup

INFORM

(Inter)disciplining Chinese Women:
An Introduction to the English Language Literature on Women's Studies in China
By Patricia Arend, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, 2000.
From Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies

Ling Lung Women's Magazine
Published in Shanghai, China, 1931-1937
"...published in the 1930s in Shanghai, China at a time when womenís role in society, at least in that sophisticated and foreign-influenced metropolis, was in rapid transition...They were hungry for gossip about the glamorous movie stars they saw in the cinema, and eager for advice about social situations which their mothers could not have dreamt of...Ling Lung, a pocket-sized, slender, and inexpensive weekly, boldly ventured to meet these new needs by encouraging women to advance toward the good life through socially high-minded entertainment."
Digitization project of the East Asian Library, Columbia University

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (German or English)

Maoist Documentation Project

National Academy Press (free online versions)

  • 1984

National Key Scie-Tech Projects -- Digital Library
National Library of China

Re-evaluating The Cultural Revolution
Currently excerpts from volume one, The History That Can't Be Covered Up are available online

Report to [U.S.] Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China, 2000
 "This report, submitted in response to the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act, addresses (1) Chinaís grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy; (2) developments in Chinaís military doctrine and force structure, to include developments in advanced technologies which would enhance Chinaís military capabilities; and, (3) the security situation in the Taiwan Strait."

Sun Tzu, The Art of War Bibliography

The Tiananmen Papers
Foreign Affairs Magazine
"excerpts from some of the key documents"
Introduced by Andrew J. Nathan

Tao Te Ching
English translations of the Tao Te Ching ` Dao De Jing

U.S. National Library of Medicine - History of Medicine Division

  • Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
     "The National Library of Medicine (NLM) holds approximately 2,000 volumes of Chinese medical classics. Here we display a few of the earliest and most interesting texts from the NLM collection. Also included are portraits of a few significant figures in early Chinese medicine whose contributions range from acupuncture to the pioneering uses of herbal medicines to the concept of Yin and Yang.

U.S.-China Business Council

  • China and the WTO
    "Links to documents on China's accession to the WTO from the Council and other organizations."

Wesleyan Neo-Confucian Etext Project
Includes "Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts created by the Confucian Etext Project; Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts from other sources, to some of which we have made minor improvements; and Information on and links to more information on the preparation and use of these texts."

World Bank Group

Academic Discussion Lists

Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS)
Edited by Hanno Lecher, University of Heidelberg, Germany


Reference Desk
Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages
This is a working bibliography of translations from the Chinese Canon. Generally, it is limited to translations that were done from the Chinese, or with the help of a Chinese version (in case of doubt they were included). Translations from languages other than Chinese were in principle not included or mentioned only in passim. 'Western languages' means every European language. A bibliography of translations into Japanese, Korean, Tibetan or modern Chinese, though of course desirable, does so far exceed our resources. The biggest gaps are in Chan/Zen-related texts, translations done in the last 15 years, and translations that appeared as articles."
By Marcus Bingenheimer

China in Time and Space (CITAS)
"CITAS data sets include vectorized base maps of China, georeferenced socioeconomic data, bibliographic resources and utilities for coding data of administrative units."

Chinese Biographical Database - (dead link)
"The aim of the Chinese Biographical Database is to help develop new ways to utilize historical database materials via the internet...This database project aspires to develop a dynamic, scholarly moderated database that is not for downloading but for utilization and expansion online."
Over 2400 biographies and counting
Project Director: Marilyn A. Levine, Lewis-Clark State College

Chinese Serials Database - (dead link)
"Titles selected mainly target the economics, politics and related fields such as law, the environment and population issues."
Edited by the Australian National University Library

CJK-English Dictionary
A Database of CJK Characters and Compounds Related to East Asian Cultural, Political, and Intellectual History.

Online Chinese Libraries - (dead link)
By Darrell Dorrington, Asia-Pacific Cluster, The Library, Australian National University

Online Libraries in China (Chinese)

Online Libraries in Taiwan

Worldwide List of Chinese Publications (Chinese)
Longchuan Niu

Academic Discussion Lists

Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS)
Edited by Hanno Lecher, University of Heidelberg, Germany


News Services & Periodicals

Beijing Youth Daily

China Daily

China Labour Bulletin

China Leadership Monitor (ejournal)
"...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 News Digest

China's Scholars Abroad
"...an electronic Chinese Weekly published by China Scholars Abroad Magazine, which will help you to keep up with the recent developments covering economy, politics, education, culture, sport, society etc. in China."
Tsinghua University

China Times

Chinese Language Radio Broadcasts

Chinese Medical Journal - (dead link) (Taipei) (Chinese or English)
Published by the Chinese Medical Association (Taipei) - (dead link)

Comparative Connections
An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations

E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies (eHKCSS)
"...the first on-line journal that is dedicated to publishing the works of graduate students working on Hong Kong, is designed as a forum for learning, sharing and dialogue...The Journal is inter-disciplinary, and works on sociology, history, literature, film studies, geography, political science, economics, cultural studies and other areas of the humanities and social sciences are welcome."

International Business

Ming Pao Daily News

Newsroom@CCC
Headline News from Around the Web [Chinese]

Image Collections

Asian Arts
The On-Line Journal for the Study and Exhibition of the Arts of Asia

China Experience - (dead link)
A nice collection of photos
Marilyn Shea, Dept. of Psychology, University of Maine at Farmington

China's Free Markets (Farmers' Markets)
A Photo Tour by Ditty Deamer

Chinese Cultural Studies: Images
"This page contains a summary of all the picture files available on Brooklyn College Core 9 Chinese Culture Web site."
Maintained by Paul Halsall, Brooklyn College

Digital Clendening
Clendening Library, University of Kansas Medical Center

A Day in the Life of China
Time Magazine, October 2, 1989

The Glory of Chinese Printing (Chinese or English)
"This item shows the history of Chinese printing form its origin to its later development including many glorious pictures... The Exhibition was presented in 1998 jointly by the Printing Museum of China and the Preparatory Committee of 'the Glory of Chinese Printing Exhibition'."

Harvard-Yenching Library
"The collections of the Harvard-Yenching Library are remarkably rich, spanning nearly a thousand years of East Asian history and a range of Asian languages. Today, the library's collections stand at over a million volumes, making it the largest private East Asian library in the United States."

The Land of Beauty
Scenery Pictures

Literature in Line: Lianhuanhua Picture Stories From China
Electronic edition of the exhibition at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, April 25, 1997 - June 13, 1997.
Curated by Kuiyi Shen and Julia F. Andrews

Museum of the Nanjing Massacre
One-man exhibition by Guo Peiyu

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization (K12)
"The goal of this 'visual sourcebook' is to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society. It was not designed to stand alone; we assume that teachers who use it will also assign a textbook with basic information about Chinese history."
By Patricia Buckley Ebrey

Bibliographies

Bibliographies on Chinese History and Culture
Especially strong for the study of Chinese religious culture.
By Barend ter Haar, Prof. of Chinese History, Leiden University




Maintained by Mike Madin.
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