China Politics Links

China's Political System
Political Leaders, Past & Present
International Relations
Law & Legal System
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China's Economy
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Education & Health
Environment & Population
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Falun Gong
Political Posters
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Political History
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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
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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

China's Political Leaders, Past & Present

General | Mao Zedong | Zhou Enlai | Lin Biao | Jiang Qing & Gang of Four
Deng Xiaoping | Jiang Zemin | Hu Jintao

GENERAL
Chinese Leaders Reference Guide
China Vitae
Leaders of China (Zarate's Political Collection)
Chinese Communism (Marxists.org)
People's Daily Photographs of China's Current Leaders
China's New Rulers: The Path to Power-- Feature
(by Andrew J. Nathan & Bruce Gilley,, New York Review of Books, September 26, 2002)

MAO ZEDONG
Time Magazine: Mao Zedong (One of Time 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century)
Time Asia: Mao Zedong (One of Time Asia Most Influential Asians of the 20th Century)
The Connection: Mao Zedong (NPR Radio program)
Historical Photos of Mao (Earthstation1)
"The Passion of the Mao," A seious/comedy/documentary by Lee Feigon. (REALLY!)

Jung Chang & Jon Halliday, MAO: THE UNKNOWN STORY
(Random House, October 2005), Reviews, Interviews, etc.

Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Mao's Birth
China Radio International
Xinhua
enorth.com.cn

Mao's Writings
Mao Zedong Reference Archive (includes Mao's writings)
Mao Zedong Internet Library (includes Mao's writings)
Suggested Readings: Mao's Works
Quotations from Chairman Mao (English)
Quotations from Chairman Mao (Chinese, with hyperlink translation)

Mao Badges & other Paraphenelia
Badges of Chairman Mao Zedong (An Essay by Bill Bishop)
Chairman Mao Zedong Badges
Chairman Mao Zedong Badges & Ephemera
Mao Fever (An Exhibit at the Honnold/Mudd Library)
The "Mao Suit" (Powerhouse Museum -- Australia)

Jung Chang & Jon Halliday, MAO: THE UNKNOWN STORY
Reviews, Interviews, etc.

ZHOU ENLAI
Zhou Enlai Reference Archive
Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University (Zhou's Alma Mater in Tianjin)
Political Propaganda Posters of Zhou Enlai (Stefan Landsberger)
Zhou Enlai: A Tragic Figure? (Gao Wenjian)

LIN BIAO
Lin Biao Reference Archive
A Hero of the Revolution Falls Hard (CNN.com)
Political Propaganda Posters of Lin Biao (Stefan Landsberger)

JIANG QING
Political Propaganda Posters of Jiang Qing
(Stefan Landsberger)
Chiang Ch'ing: A Revolutionary Life (Revolutionary Worker #610)

HUA GUOFENG
Hua Guofeng Reference Archive

DENG XIAOPING
Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping Pictorial
The Last Emperor: From Dynasty to Capitalism (Time.com)
Deng Xiaoping (One of Time Magazine's Most Influential Asians of the 20th Century)

Observing the 100th Anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's Birth (2004)
People's Daily On-line
Xinhua.net (New China News Agency)
People's Liberation Army Daily
China Radio International
China Central Television
China.Org

JIANG ZEMIN
People's Daily: former President Jiang Zemin (includes biography, speeches, and photos)
PBS On-line NewsHour: Interview with Jiang Zemin (October 30, 1997)
BBC Profile: Jiang Zemin
"New Thinking, Great Thought" (People's Daily on Jiang Zemin's "Three Represents" theory)
The Three Represents, The New Concept (China Radio International)