Chinese Portals or Search Engines
· Baidu.com (search engine)
· China.org (official PRC website)
· Chinanews.com
· Chinaren.com (PRC)
· Chinasearch.com (PRC state sponored search engine)
· Chinasite.com
· China Today
· Eastday.com (Dongfang wang)
· www.gov.cn (new official portal of the government of the PRC)
· Netease.com
· Qianlong.com
· Redskirt.com (portal for Chinese women)
· Rongshu.com
· Sina.com
· Sohu.com
· Tom.com
· Xunlei.com
Blogs, BBS Sites, Public Forums
· 51.com [blogging and social networking site]
· Blin.cn (Biling) [movies online]
· BlogChina.com
· Blogcn.com
· Blogbus.com
· Bokee.com (Boke) [Chinese language blog site]
· Bolian she [billed as the first blog site in China to require real names; focus on intellectuals]
· Bullog (Niubo) [relatively new blogging site]
· The China Beat [examines media coverage of China, providing context and criticism from China scholars and writers.]
· China Blog List [China Blog List (CBL) is a collection of links to English language weblogs focused on China. Many of them are written by foreigners in China (expats), although a few are written by Chinese people or by non-Chinese outside of China. The CBL plays an important role in providing the rest of the world with alternate views of China.]
· China Herald [Weblog with daily updates on news on a harmonious socialist society from the perspective of internet entrepreneur, new media advisor, and China consultant Fons Tuinstra]
· China Web 2.0 Review [a blog dedicated to track web2.0 development, review and profile web2.0 applications, business and services in China.]
· Danwei.org [Chinese media, advertising, and urban life]
· Frog in a Well [collaborative weblogs dedicated to East Asian History]
· GayBlog.cn [a mainland Chinese gay blogging site]
· Global Voices (China) [Global Voices is a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, a research think-tank focused on the Internet’s impact on society. Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online--shining light on places and people other media often ignore. We work to develop tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices, everywhere, to be heard.]
· Huayue luntan [US-based Chinese language forum]
· Ku6.com [video sharing site]
· Mop.com [a kind of Chinese version of MySpace]
· New Partner, LA Forum (Xinyou)
· Qiangguo luntan (Strong nation forum) [online forum sponsored by the People's Daily, and part of the Renminwang network]
· QQ [instant messaging site founded by Tencent (Tengxun)]
· Sina Blog (Sina.com blog site)
· Tianya [excellent site for discussion of intellectual issues]
· Tudou [Chinese video sharing site]
· Wuyou zhi xiang (Utopia)
· Virtual China [Virtual China is an exploration of virtual experiences and environments in and about China. The topic is also the primary research area for the Institute for the Future's Asia Focus Program in 2006. IFTF is an independent, nonprofit strategic research group with more than 35 years of forecasting experience based in Palo Alto, CA.)]
· Xici hutong
· Xiaonei [blogging site for young people]
· Yoqoo.com [a Chinese Youtube-like website for the dissemination of video]
· Yuluncn.com (Zhongguo yulun jiandu wang) [site of investigative blogger Li Xinde]
· Zhongguo yulun jiandu wang (China public opinion oversight net) [pro-political reform site in the PRC]
· Zhongguo tousu wang (China complaint) [pro-political reform site in PRC]
· Zhongwen luntan zonghui [general listing of Chinese language chat rooms and forums]
Magazines (websites of print magazines) [see also "Journals" section of MCLC Resource Center]
· Asiaweek [1995-2001; archive available]
· Beijing Review
· Beijing Today
· China Pictorial
· China Today
· City Weekend (Beijing weekly)
· Duzhe zhoukan (Reader)
· Far Eastern Economic Review
· Human Rights in China
· Jiefang jun huabao (PLA pictorial)
· Mandopop (the mainland rock scene)
· Nanfang renwu zhoukan (Southern People Weekly) [a weekly magazine devoted to people in the news and published by the Nanfang group[
· The Nineties (Hong Kong)
· Nubao (Women's magazine) [Shenzhen magazine for women]
· Shenghuo zhoukan (Life weekly) (a Sanlian publication)
· Time Asia
· Xin Yusi's Complete Electronic Magazines (good list links to Chinese e-journals)
· Xin zhoukan (New weekly)
E-zines (non print) [see also "Journals" section of MCLC Resource Center for more scholarly journals]
· Beijing Scene (English-language expat magazine that published from 1990-2000 in Beijing; with interesting pieces on the arts, business, and life in Beijing; see China Now below)
· Beijing This Month Online (online version of monthly English mag. devoted to life in Bejing)
· Chinabuzz (e-journal on life and travel in the PRC)
· China Now (revived version of the former Beijing Scene; inaugural issue Sept. 2003)
· Dangdai Zhongguo yanjiu (Electronic Journal "Contemporary Chinese Studies")
· Hanlin Books Newsletter (reviews and reports of recent publications in Chinese; Chinese browser needed)
· Hongqi wenyi (Red flag literature and art) ["new leftist e-zine connected to Zhang Guangtian]
· The Beijinger (English language monthly on the Beijing scene; formerly known as That's Beijing)
· Yi hang (One line) [poetry journal edited by Yan Li]
· Zhongwen dianzi kanwu zhuanye (Chinese language e-journals)
General Reference/Resources
· AsianDOC (electronic journal about Asian-related on-line databases)
· Asia 2000 News Map (for Reuters news on Asia)
· Asia for Educators (online resource for Asian history and culture; Columbia University)
· Asian Barometer (an applied research program on public opinion on political values, democracy, and governance around the region. The regional network encompasses research teams from 12 East Asian political systems and 5 South Asian countries. . . . The mission and task of each national research team are to administer survey instruments to compile the required micro-level data under a common research framework and research methodology to ensure that the data is reliable and comparable on the issues of citizens' attitudes and values toward politics, power, reform, and democracy in Asia.)
· Asiasource (General reference source prepared by the Asia Society)
· Asian Studies Syllabi (syllabi voluntarily submitted by their creators to H-Asia)
· Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (ANU, Australia)
· Bibliography of Asian Studies (AAS)
· Bibliography of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (Philip Clart)
· Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women
· China Historical GIS [Geographic Information Systems] (Harvard University) [The CHGIS will establish a standardized coding system to identify historical administrative units for different periods in Chinese history, and will also provide a base GIS platform for researchers to use for spatial analysis, temporal statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as digital maps]
· China Human Rights [China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), a PRC organization]
· Chinese Human Rights Web (The site is maintained by Stephen C. Angle and Marina Svensson, the coeditors of The Chinese Human Rights Reader: Documents and Commentary, 1900-2000).
· ChinaKnowlege (prepared by Uli Theobold)
· China Maps (The Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection, Austun, Texas)
· China.org (Zhongguo wang) [official PRC general site]
· The China WWW Virtual Library: Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (Institue for Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University)
· China Education and Research Network (CERNET) (contains links to all on-line libraries in China, to research institutes, etc)
· China on Internet
· China Research Service (The Library of SOAS, University of London) [will answer research questions, do translations, etc, for a fee]
· China Window (general site with a variety of useful links)
· ChinDEX (An Online Chinese-English Dictionary)
· Chinese Biographical Database
· Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary (prepared by Rick Harbaugh)
· The Complete Reference to China/China-Related Web Sites (very comprehensive list of links)
· Contentville.com (for dissertation abstracts)
· Council on East Asian Libraries
· Culture and Society of Hong Kong: A Bibliography (Anthropology Dept, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
· East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia (ANU)
· East Asian WWW Virtual Library
· Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (UC Berkeley)
· European Association of Sinological Librarians
· European Center for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies (University of Heidelberg)
· Expanding East Asian Studies (Columbia University) [The Expanding East Asian Studies (ExEAS) program seeks to create innovative courses and teaching materials that incorporate the study of East Asia in broad thematic, transnational, and interdisciplinary context]
· FindArticles.com (finds electronic versions of published journal articles)
· Gateway Service Center for Chinese Academic Journal Articles (University of Pittsburgh) [order, free of charge, copies of journal articles from Chinese language academic journals]
· Guoxue.com (Beijing) [excellent site with databases of Chinese classical texts; in Chinese GB]
· Hong Kong Yearbook [good source for information on Hong Kong, including figures of the film industry; begins with 1997]
· H-ASIA (discussion network for Asian history and culture)
· Margie Chan's ChinaLinks (contains many very useful links to Chinese related sites)
· Modern China Studies (digital Chinese reference texts) [prepared by University of Pittsburgh, Digital Libary]
· Modern Language Association International Bibliography Database
· Online Guide East Asia
· OSU Chinese Collection (information related to the Chinese collection at OSU and other useful China-related links)
· Pristine Lexicon (Chinese-English-Pinyin lexicon)
· Public Intellectuals Program (National Committee on US-China Relations)
· The Republic of China Yearbook--Taiwan, 2001.(excellent resource for up-to-date info on Taiwan)
· Reference Works for Chinese Studies (Leif Littrup)
· Rivendall International Communications Language Dictionaries and Translators
· Taiwan Council for Cultural Affairs [website of the Taiwan government institution that overseas culture]
· Translations Services (offers a range of language services including free online English-Chinese translation tool, Chinese language paraphrasing tool, and a collection of English-Chinese useful phrases)
· US Embassy in China
· Utopia: Asian Gay and Lesbian Resources
· Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization (Patricia Ebrey, University of Washington)
· Wikipedia--Chinese version (Weiji baike)
· Yahoo China
· Zhongguo renquan (China Human Rights) [official PRC site sponsored by the State Council]
History/Politics
· An Illustrated History of the Communist Party of China (presented by the official PRC site, China.org.cn)
· Boxer Rebellion, 1900: Role of the US Marines during the Relief of Peking (text of an article by John W. Guy, with period photographs)
· Calendar Converter (Western-Chinese calendar converter, 1912 and beyond) [prepared by MandarinTools.com]
· China and Europe, 1500-1800 (part of the Asia for Educators website, Columbia University)
· China Labour Bulletin (Hong Kong)
· China in the Red China in the Red [PBS documentary aired first in Feb., 2003; one can view the entire documentary online, and the site has extensive related materials, including a chronology of post-Mao history, discussions of Chinese rock scene, and a roundtable discussion on the future of democracy in China, as well as a teachers’ guide]
· ChinaVitae [China Vitae is a resource of information for more than 2500 current Chinese political, military, economic, business and academic leaders. The extensively cross-referenced biographical database is designed to be an indispensable research tool for those who closely follow activites in China.]
· Chinese Communist Party Archives (Beijing)
· Chinese Cultural Revolution Research Net (Zhongguo wenge yanjiu wang) [registered outside of the PRC]
· Chinese Digital Archive, 1966-1976 (Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance, Scholarly Information Services / Library, The Australian National University)
· Chinese Folk Performance Traditions (Mark Bender, Ohio State University)
· Chinese History Research Site (University of California, San Diego)
· Chinese Holocaust Memorial (Zhongguo wenge shounanzhe jinianyuan)
· Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners (Leon Pool)
· Crossroads: Shanghai and the Jews of China (exhibition at Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 2001-March 2002)
· Cultural Studies Websites from Taiwan
· Culture and Society of Hong Kong: A Bibliography
· Fairbank Modern Chinese History Virtual Library
· First Historical Archives of China (Beijing) [contains archives of the Ming and Qing dynasties]
· Gate of Heavenly Peace [website related to the Longbow documentary "The Gate of Heavenly Peace", with extensive essays and information on contemporary Chinese culture]
· Historical Society for Twentieth Century China
· Institute d'Asie Oriental (Lyon) [It includes a large database of historical photographs of Shanghai which is being developped in partnership with the Center for Chinese Studies and ECAI both at Berkeley, and two map databases (Shanghai & Kyoto). Other databases areto be opened soon (Peking, Tianjin)].
· Internet East Asian History Sourcebook (Fordham University; has two sections on modern China)
· Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing. By Gao Xingzu, Wu Shimin, Hu Yungong, and Cha Ruizhen. Tr. Robert Gray [An English translation of a classified Chinese document on the Nanjing Massacre]
· Jews in Harbin (Dan Ben-Canaan; Heilongjiang University)
· JWRC: Center for Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility
· A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War (Fairbank Center of East Asian Research)
· Lisa Movius [journalistic writings on contemporary China]
· Modern Chinese History: A Basic Bibliography (in 2 parts)
· Morning Sun: A Film and Website About Cultural Revolution (Longbow Group)
· Nanjing Archives
· Nanjing Massacre [sources on the Nanjing Massacre; part of the CND.ORG site]
· The Nanking Atrocities: On-Line Documentary
· National Bureau of Statistics of China (PRC gov't agency)
· New Taiwan: Ilha Formosa (the website for Taiwan's history, present, and future)
· On-line Center of the Cultural Revolution Studies (Ohio State University Library)
· Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Times [exhibit on the Cultural Revolution at University of Washington, Maxey Museum, March-May, 2002)
· Picture Gallery of Chairman Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Revolution (The Maoist Documentation Project)
· Red Color News Soldier [site based on the book of photographs by Li Zhensheng, who held onto politically dangerous photos from the Cultural Revolution]
· Second Historical Archives of China (Nanjing) [contains archives of the Republican period]
· Shanghai Archives Net
· Shanghai in Images: A Historic Photographic Database (Universite Lyons II)
· Shanghai Map Inventory (Universite Lyons II)
· Shixue lianxian (Academica Sinica, Taipei)
· State Archives Adminstration of PR China (Guojia dang'an ju); this administration oversees the First Historical Archives of China (Diyi lishi dang'anguan; Ming-Qing history) in Beijing and the Second Historical Archives of Chian (Dier lishi dang'anguan; Republican history) in Nanjing
· Tales of Old Shanghai (an excellent site with maps, postcards, texts, etc. dealing with late Qing and Republican era Shanghai)
· Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History (National Security Archive, The George Washington University)
· Transnational China Project (Rice University)
· Treaty Ports and Extraterritoriality in 1920s China (researched and prepared by Phil Abbey)
· TWCenter (Wu Sanlian Taiwan Historical Materials Foundation)
· UC San Diego Chinese History Research Site
· Village Works (Davis Museum, Wellesley College) [Village Works: Photographs by Women in China's Yunnan Province is the first public exhibition outside Yunnan Province, China of pictures created in 1992-93 during a Women's Reproductive Health and Development Program, supported by The Ford Foundation. In an experimental "photovoice" approach to assessing the needs and resources of mountain villages in southwest China, 62 women were given auto-focus, auto-rewind cameras and asked to record one year of their daily life, work and health conditions.]
· Virtual Museum of the Cultural Revolution (CND.org)
· ZhongRi wang (Sino-Japan net) [Chinese language site devoted to the history of Sino-Japanese relations; prepared by the Center on Nanjing Massacre at Nanjing Normal University)
Cultural Scene
· Beijing wenhua rexian (Beijing Cultural Hotline, sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture)
· China Culture Information Net (Zhonghua wenhua xinxi wang; associated with the PRC Ministry of Culture)
· City Weekend
· Chinaculture.org (official site of the Ministry of Culture, PRC)
· Gou-rou.com (Dog meat) (Beijing news, with a sarcastic bent)
· Ministry of Culture (official PRC government site)
· Qianlong.com cultural news
· Quanguo wenhua xinxi ziyuan gongxiang gongcheng (National cultural information resources) [official PRC general culture site]
· That's Beijing (English language monthly on the Beijing scene)
· Xianzai.com (has Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Dalian versions; with info on what's happening in those places)
· Zhonghua wenhua xinxi wang (Chinese Cultural Information Net, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, PRC)
Modern Chinese Literature
· China--Poetry International Web (edited by Simon Patton) [this is the China section of the Poetry International website]
· ChinaWriter.com.cn (sponsored by the Chinese Writers Association)
· Chinese Pen ("The Independent Chinese PEN Center [ICPC] is a non-political, non-profit organization of writers that fights for the protection of freedom of expression and publication, and works toward ensuring the free flow of information, a prerequisite for a truly open society.
Founded in 2001 by a group of Chinese writers in exile and in China, ICPC is primarily concerned with the rights of Chinese language writers throughout the world. ICPC is an official affiliate of International PEN, the global association of writers dedicated to freedom of expression and the defense of writers suffering governmental repression. Through the world-wide PEN network and its own membership base in China and abroad, ICPC is able to mobilize international attention to the plight of writers and editors within China attempting to write and publish with a spirit of independence and integrity, regardless of their political views, ideological standpoint or religious beliefs."---from website)
· Contemporary Literature Materials (produced by the Taiwan National Central Library; Big5)
· Database of Journal Articles on Modern Chinese Literature (Institute of Oriental Studies, Tokyo University)
· Fanyi Mailing List For Chinese Interpretation and Translation (Center for Interpretation and Translations Studies, University of Hawaii)
· The Giants Within: A Portrait of Chinese Writers (website of a new multipart video documentary about writers of the Republican period)
· Hong Kong Literature Database (Xiangang wenxue ziliaoku) [based at Hong Kong Chinese University library]
· Huawang wenmeng (internet literature site)
· Ibsen in China website
· Index and Database on Chinese Writers (Renditions, HK) [The author index is linked to a database which
contains information [on] about 600 Chinese writers whose works have appeared in Renditions publications. The translator index lists the works of individual translators. Listings are in alphabetical order. Site contents: (1) Authors (Biography; Works; Works available in English; Studies and Biographies); (2) Translators; (3) Search.]
· Index to Complete Works of Guo Moruo (in Chinese)
· Lao She Center
· National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature (Zhongguo xiandai wenxue guan; Beijing) [the museum was founded in 1985, upon the suggestion of Ba Jin; in 1999, it moved to its present site; the website contains detailed listings of the museums holdings, including letters, paintings, manuscripts, photographs, tapes, recordings, etc.; you can also tour the museum exhibits; there's also a site on the Mao Dun Residence in Beijing, which is overseen by the museum; an information about special events is given]
· National Museum of Taiwanese Literature (Guoli Taiwan wenxue guan; Tainan) [established in 2003]
· Qingye yanjiu shi (Japanese site from Osaka Foreign Language University)
· Research Unit on Taiwanese Culture and Literature (Ruhr University Bochum)
· Shigebao.com [website of the Poetry Gazette journal; very informative site for contemporary PRC poetry; Chinese only]
· Shi shenghuo yuekan (Poetry life monthly)
· Short Biographies of Major Modern Chinese Writers
· Taipei Chinese Center, International Pen [new site that will eventually post archives of Chinese Pen]
· Taiwan Literature and Broadcast Studies
· Taiwan Literature Path (Taiwan wenxue budao) [useful site with detailed biographies of some 40 writers from Taiwan]
· Taiwan Literature Studies Database (Forum for the Study of World Literatures in Chinese, UC Santa Barbara)
· Taiwan Literature Studies Workshop (Taiwan wenxue yanjiu gongzuoshi)
· Taiwan Publishing Industry Research
· Taiwanese Modern Literature Database (Tim Chen)
· Taiwan wenxue jia fangtan lu (Interviews with Taiwan writers) [a database of interviews by Zhuang Zirong of various Taiwan writers]
· Zhongguo wutai yishi wang (China Stage Art webpage)
· Zhongguo xiju chang (website devoted to Chinese theater)
· Zhongguo zuojia wang (Chinawriter.org; official site of the Chine Writers Association)
· Zhongguo zuojia xiehui (Chinese Writers Association; PRC)
· Zuojia chubanshe (Writers Publishing House)
General Literary Studies
· Book Lovers: Literature Bibliography
· Centre for Study of Modern Literature and Theory
· Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought (University of Colorado, Denver)
· Cultural Studies Center (Carol Zupko)
· Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
· Critical Theory Resource (UC, Irivine)(a bibliography with search engine)
· Digital Book Index (provides access to more than 73,000 titles records; it is the sole index that gathers both commercial and non-commercial eBooks from more than 1800 publishers and private publishing organizations.)
· ECLAT: The Essential Comparative Literature and Literary Theory (U. of Penn)
· The Georg Lukacs Archive (www.marxists.org)
· A Glossary of Literary Terms (Robert Harris, Vanguard University of California)
· Great Books Index (An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation)
· Illuminations: The Critical Theory Website (Frankfurt School)
· Introductory Guide to Critical Theory (designed and written by Dino Felluga, Purdue University, English Dept.)
· The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Criticism Ed. Michael Grodin and Martin Kreiswirth. John Hopkins University Press, 1997.
· Modern Language Association (MLA)
· The On-line Books Page
· Research Center for Semiotics (Berlin)
· Semiotics (University of Colorado, Denver)
· SovLit [excellent site devoted to the literature of the Soviet Union; includes biographies of important Soviet writers, summaries of "monumental" works of Soviet literature, texts of translations, etc.]
· Words of Art (Robert Belton, Okanagan University College) (a glossary of terms in critical theory)
· Voice of the Shuttle: Webpage for Humanities Research (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Popular Culture
· American Popular Culture (Americana: The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture)
· American Popular Culture: On Line Resources (T.V. Reed, Washington State University)
· The Globalization Website (Emory University)
· Guide to Chinese Popular Culture
· Manchester Institute for Popular Culture (Manchester University, England)
· Media and Communication Studies (Institute of Education, University of London)
· Popcultures.com (Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center)
· Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (Michigan State University)
· Studies in Popular Culture (subject index to this leading journal on popular culture)
· Voice of the Shuttle: Mass and Popular Culture
· www.theory.org.uk
(Bournemouth Media School, UK)
Gender Studies/Gay and Lesbian
· Aizhi [foreign-funded NGO, state-approved site on safe sex and gay culture]
· AsianPacifiQueer
· Beijing Gay and Lesbian Culture Festival
· Beijing Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
· Funu yu xingbie shi yanjiu qun (History of women and gender research group) [Academia Sinica, Taiwan]
· Gay and Lesbian Hong Kong
· Institute for Tongzhi Studies (City University of New York)
· Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network (University of Warwick)
· Women of China (English language site of the All China Women's Federation)
· Women's Studies Center (Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, PRC)
· Zhongguo funu wang (official website of the Chinese Women's Federation)
· Chinese Publications on LGBT Topics (pdf file bibliography; sponsored by www.pflag.org, Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Environment
· China Dialogue [China and the world discuss the environment]
· Responsible China ["a blog about environmental sustainablility and corporarte social responsibility in Greater China"]
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