a collection of Internet sites on China

Introduction | Background | Touring | News | Culture | Religion
Arts | Business | Human Rights | Environment | Neighbors | Leaders | Olympics

Introduction

The following links should represent a good starting point for people using the Internet to study China. I've used many of these Websites in learning activities for Pacific Bell's Knowledge Network Explorer. Check out learning pages like a Treasure Hunt, a Multimedia Scrapbook, a Subject Sampler and two different WebQuests. You can explore these China Webpages or use the links below to achieve your own learning goals.

I've listed some Websites below that serve as hotlists themselves in case you need to do more searching. Otherwise the sites in this "China on the Net" Webpage have been grouped together in narrower categories to help you zoom right to the particular aspect of China you're interested in.

The Internet Resources - Diigo Tag Cloud

The Internet Resources - Traditional List of Links

Background Information

• CIA World Fact Book Chapter on China, 2000 - information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, and defense forces.
• The U.S. Army Handbook - read the Country Profile (overview) or any of 14 separate chapters (note: these are text documents).
• U.S. Department of State Background Notes on China (particularly look at the section titled: U.S RELATIONS)
• Embassy for the People's Republic of China located in Washington, D.C.
• Visions of China: 50 Years of the People's Republic from CNN
• Newsfile: China from Time magazine
• The Outlook for China from a CIA Perspective
• China short guide from OneWorld UK
• Chinese Culture from about.com
• Links to China from Yahoo
• Inside China Today Discussion Board
• "China: A World Power Again", article by Robert Kaplan in The Atlantic Monthly
• Search the Atlantic Monthly Online Archive for relevant articles
• Super Chinese Websites

Touring the Country

• Study a Map of China (260K) in relation to its neighbors, and Its Provinces and Other Regions
• Going to China - travel site
• China Virtual Tours from ChinaVista
• South China by Bicycle a personal travelogue

News Updates

• Inside China Today, posted by the European Internet Network, Inc.
• Beijing Review, the online version of the Chinese magazine
• Newsletters from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America
• Current Issue of AsiaWeek from Time Inc.
• The American embassy in China
• Washington Post Online (click on the Washington Post articles)
• The South China Morning Post - Hong Kong Newspaper
• People's Daily, the online version of the Chinese newspaper

Chinese Culture

• The Chinese Zodiac may offer you insights on yourself and people around you.
• The Fable of the Master and the Servant by Liezi
• Chinese Proverbs with Annotations and Connotations, compiled by Haiwang Yuan
• Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
• 300 Tang Poems from the golden age of Chinese poetry
• Chinese Fable Stories from about.com
• Chinese Fables in comic form from cartoonwin.com
• English Translation of Classical Chinese Poetry from China the Beautiful

Religion

• China's Three Religions from Inside China Today
• Freedom of Religious Belief in China from the Chinese Embassy
• Issues on Religions from the Chinese Embassy
• "The Way of Life", according to Lao-Tzu are wise sayings written in the form of a poem.
• Buddhism in a Nutshell: The Four Noble Truths
• A Monk doing "Washu" at the Shaolin Temple
• Images of Divinities from Brooklyn College's Chinese Culture web site
• The Ten Precepts of Buddhism are guidelines Buddhists attempt to live by.
• Frequently Asked Questions about Zen which was known as Ch'an in China.
• 10 Oxherd Drawings show the stages to enlightenment
• Background on the Dalai Lama from the Noble Prize Internet Archive
• China enthrones disputed Panchen Lama choice describes the dispute over the next Lama
• The Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
• Views on Religious Freedom from the U.S. Secretary of State
• Falun Gong and Falun Dafa:What it is and what it does
• Falun Dafa Information Center
• U.S. Charges Against China's Dealing with Falun Gong Slammed from the Chinese Embassy website
• President Jiang Zemin Comments on Falun Gong's Harms

The Visual Arts

Collections
• The Splendors of Imperial China from the Asian Arts online Journal and Galleries
• Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan, presented by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Tibet: Tradition and Change from The Albuquerque Museum
• The Art of China Homepage hosted at Purdue University

  Individual Pieces

• Nagaraja, King of the Serpents a temple statue from Tibet
• The Medicine Buddha Tibetan painting
• Structure of the Mandala describes mandalas' parts.
• Mandala of Bhutadamara blends religion and art
• View samples of Tibetan Mandalas - long downloads, but worth examining.
• Horse (Tomb Figure) (Tang dynasty, first half of 8th century)
• Figures Gallery
• Chinese Bodhisattva
• Chinese Calligraphy
• A painting by Chen Chun (Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 A.D.)
• A painting by Chou Ying (Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.)

Business

• Don't Wall China In from Asia Inc. Online
• "Asian Markets Improve, Despite Trouble in Indonesia" from NewsWorks
• "Strong Defences", from the Far Eastern Economic Review
• U.S. Trade with China in 2000 from the US Census Bureau
• Doing Business in China, a brief guide
• Doing Business in China - resource
• A briefing on Economic Trends in China from the Tradeport Trade Directory
• Growth of China's Private Economy from Inside China Today
• China Becomes World Trade Organization Member from the People's Republic of China's U.S. Embassy Website
• "Developing the Internet in China" from the BBC World Service
• Negotiating and Building Effective Relationships with People in China summary of a paper presented by Sidney Rittenberg

  Trade and Retaliation

• Testimony, Ambassador Hillman, 5 June 1996 discussing trade relations between the U.S. & China
• "Albright urges keeping normal trade with China" from CNN
• China drops trade barriers
• Ambassador Comments on China Trade Deal
• Why Boycott? from the boycott made in china campaign website

Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the U.N.
• Chinese Cultural Tradition and Modern Human Rights by Albert H Y Chen, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
• Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: China and Tibet
• Human Rights Watch's Report 2000 Refuted by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China
• Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution China, 1966-1976
• Images from Tiananmen, April-June 1989 from Support Democracy in China.
• Human Rights Practices for 1998: China from the US State Department
• "Made up as a bad guy" from Digital Freedom Network
• Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages from Human Rights Watch
• A Look at the U.S. Human Rights Record from China's perspective
• The Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
• Wang Wanxing: dissidentŐs continued detention in a psychiatric hospital, China from Amnesty International
• Fifty Years of Progress in China's Human Rights from the Chinese Embassy

The Environment

• Curbing Chinese Pollution: A Tale Of Two Cities, a June 2000 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing
• China Satellite Imagery from the US Dept of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
• Reducing Air Pollution in China from The World Bank
• The Three Gorges Project: A Brief Introduction from the Chinese Embassy
• Chronology of Three Gorges Project from the Chinese Embassy
• "China's Three Gorges Dam" from CNN.com
• Analysis of China from the energy perspective from the US Energy Information Administration
• China: Environmental Issues from the US Energy Information Administration
• E-Waste: Dark Side of Digital Age
• China jumps into e-waste initiative
• Environmental Protection in China from the Information Office of the State Council Of the People's Republic of China
• "Endangered Animal Rescue Center Erected in South China", an article in the People's Daily
• Human and Nature in Harmony from the Institute of Environment and Development, China
• Our Real China Problem, article by Mark Hertsgaard in The Atlantic Monthly
• Photo essay: China's hi-tech toxics by photo-journalist Jeroen Bouman

China's Relations with her Neighbors

• China's National Defense in 2000 from the PRC
• Liu Huaqiu on China's Foreign Policy
• "Regional 'godfather' or local bully?" from CNN.com
• China-US Partnership in the New Century from the Chinese Embassy
• George W. Bush on China as quoted on the website Issues 2001
• Nanking 1937 memorializes the Japanese invasion and massacre in China
• CIA - The World Factbook - Taiwan
• Taiwan - an Inalienable Part of China from the People's Republic of China
• The Taiwan Issue and Reunification of China from the People's Daily Online
• Q&A: Taiwan's relations with China from the BBC
• Dangerous Straits: the future of US-China Relations and the issue of Taiwan from PBS
• Discover Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Tourist Board
• Hong Kong: Between Two Worlds from CNN Interactive
• U.S. and Hong Kong (Key Government Documents) (Archives) from the US consulate in Hong Kong

  Tibet

• Conserving Tibetan Art and Architecture from asianart.com
• Destruction of a Culture Tibet after the Chinese conquest
• Inside Tibet, Photo Gallery, from Inside China
• Images from Tibet from the Tibet Information Network
• Exclusive Interview with the Dalai Lama, from Inside China
• Freedom of Religious Belief in China from the Chinese Embassy
• The Government of Tibet in Exile Homepage is the official Website of the Dalai Lama
• Tibet Online Resource Gathering operated by the Tibet Support Group
• Information on Tibet from the International Campaign for Tibet
• Seven Things You can do to Help Tibet from the International Campaign for Tibet
• "Zone of Peace" PBS interview with the Dalai Lama
• Free Tibet Campaign
• The Milarepa Fund, founded by the Beastie Boys
• Newsgroup: Politics in Tibet is available for reading and then on-line discussions.
• The Tibet Game

Asian Leaders

• Deng Xiaoping from Asiaweek magazine
• The Legacy of Deng Xiaoping from PBS
• From Russia to Taiwan: Remembering Chiang Ching-kuo from sinorama
• Taiwanese leaders claim Chiang Ching-kuo's legacy from Taiwan Headlines
• The Dalai Lama, including a speech on human rights.

China and the Bid for the 2008 Olympics

• Official Website Of The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
• "Beijing Still Favourite for 2008 Games" from Inside China Today
• Congressional Resolution on Consideration of Beijing for 2008 Olympics
• "China slams U.S. Olympics resolution" from CNN
• Dalai Lama supports China's Olympics 2008 bid
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid, a feature in the People's Daily Online
• "Beijing: Human Rights Issue no Excuse against Olympic Bid" from World Tibet Network News
• "China shrugs off Olympic warning on human rights" from the Observer newspaper
• Olympic Bid 2008, a CNN special report

Last revised February, 2005
Created by Tom March, tom at ozline dot com
Applications Design Team/Wired Learning