China Politics Links

China's Political System
Political Leaders, Past & Present
International Relations
Law & Legal System
Human Rights
China's Economy
China's Military
Women in China
Education & Health
Environment & Population
Ethnic Minorities
Rural Development & Rural Democracy
Internet & Media in China
Falun Gong
Political Posters
2008 Olympics

Political History
General Sources
Pre-1949 History
China & the Cold War
Sino-Soviet Relations
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
Tiananmen 1989
50th Anniversary of PRC (1999)
80th Anniversry of CCP (2001)

Hong Kong & Macau
Taiwan
Tibet

Films about & from China

Academic Centers for the Study of Modern China

Academic Journals, Working Papers, and Other Periodicals

  • Bill Joseph: wjoseph@wellesley.edu
  • Department of Political Science, Wellesley College
  • Date Created: October 5, 1996
  • Last Modified: March 2008
  • Expires: June 30, 2008

FACTS, FIGURES, MAPS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, & WEB SOURCES PHOTOS

"Seek Truth From Facts"

CIA World Factbook: China
BBC Country Profile: China
Library of Congress Country Study: China
China Data Center (University of Michigan)
China Statistical Information Network (PRC National Bureau of Statistics)

Searchable for China Data
United Nations Human Development Data
World Bank Data By Country
Development Gateway
Nationmaster

Maps of China
(University of Texas On-Line Map Collection)
Maps-of-China.com
Chinese Dynasty Maps

Contemporary China: A Book List (Prof. Lynn T. White, Princeton University; PDF)

China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic (Photo Exhibit:Asia Society)

China Stock -- Contemporary & Historical Photos (Dennis Cox)

Virtual Shanghai
(A database of photographs of Shanghai from the late 19th century to the present)

Historical Chinese Postcard Project: 1896-1920.