GENERAL ON-LINE RESOURCES
Chinese Portals or Search Engines
Blogs, BBS Sites, Public Forums, E-Magazines
- 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 Digital Times [CDT is a collaborative news website covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the world. CDT aims to use the new generation of participatory media technology to create a fully interactive network that will track and report news, facilitate conversations and debate, and share resources and knowledge in a virtual China community]
- China File [new not-for-profit, English-language, online magazine published by the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, NY]
- 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 Media Project [University of Hong Kong, Journalism and Media Studies Centre]
- chinaSMACK [Hot internet stories, pictures, & videos in China. What’s popular, scandalous, or shocking that have the Chinese talking.]
- China Web 2.0 Review [a blog dedicated to track web2.0 development, review and profile web2.0 applications, business and services in China.]
- CNReviews [about China blogosphere, travel, and entrepreneurship; managed by David Feng, Elliott Ng, and Min Guo]
- 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]
- Mei Zhong guanxi [Analysis and translations published by an American living in Shanghai. The goal of this site is twofold. First, through translations, allow non-Chinese speakers access to editorials in China’s domestic media in order to increase understanding of the Chinese viewpoint. Second, through analysis, express my own views on certain China-related issues. All posts by Anton Lee Wishik II]
- Ministry of Tofu [China news and articles. Social justice, people's life and mentality]
- Mop.com [a kind of Chinese version of MySpace]
- Neocha [Connecting China's Creative Communities]
- 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)
- Tea Leaf Nation [Tea Leaf Nation is an e-magazine founded in 2011. We aspire to be a must-read source for China experts of all stripes-journalists, diplomats, academics, analysts-while remaining fun and accessible to casual China watchers. Our founding team, based in China and the United States, scours Chinese social media every day to spot trends, gauge sentiment, and carry major news stories one level deeper.]
- Tianya [excellent site for discussion of intellectual issues]
- Tudou [Chinese video sharing site]
- Urbanatomy [Urbanatomy Media is the largest producer of English-language magazines in China. It runs the leading city entertainment magazines That's Shanghai and That's PRD (in Guangzhou and Shenzhen) as well as the Urbanatomy Guide series and Urbanatomy.com.
Urbanatomy.com is the online portal for the entire company's in-house products, incorporating the best of all its publications plus much more on a daily basis.]
- 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]
- Yinmoujia
- 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]
- Zhongguo xueshu luntan (China scholarly discussion forum) [FRChina.net is one of the largest academic web sites in China and sets up 30 plus main columns, updates topics every week and posts journals at the web site. At present it boasts thousands of prestigious professors, scholars, experts and registered members both at home and abroad.
FRChina.net is committed to the attainment of creating a perfect platform for academic exchanges and resources sharing and communications among domestic and foreign experts, scholars and philosophers.]
Individual Blogs
- Ai Weiwei blog [avant-garde artist and architect]
- Can Xue [PRC writer]
- China Journal [Wall Street Journal blog about China]
- Chinayouren [blog by one "ULN" about China]
- Chinese Law Prof Blog [blog on Chinese legal issues by Donald C. Clarke, Georgetown University]
- David on Formosa
- EastSouthWestNorth [Roland Song blog out of Hong Kong]
- Feng Jicai [PRC writer and cultural protector]
- Han Han's blog [young mainland writer]
- Li Yinhe blog [blog of the PRC "sexologist"]
- Lian Yue's 8th Continent
- Liu Zaifu [Sina.com blog]
- Liu Zaifu [personal website]
- Liu Zhenyun [PRC writer]
- Milkpig [individual blog]
- Muzimei blog [notorious for her frank disclosures of sexuality]
- The Naked Gaze ["poltics, theory, and cultural critique"--blog by Carlos Rojas]
- The Pekiing Duck (English-language China-related blog; "A peculiar hybrid of personal journal, dilettantish punditry, pseudo-philosophy and much more, from an Accidental Expat who has made his way from Hong Kong to Beijing to Singapore, and finally back home to America for reasons that are still not entirely clear to him...)
- ProState in Flames
- RConversation ["ideas, links, and occasional rants by Rebecca MacKinnon: journalist, blogger, and educator"]
- Shanghai Journal [Andrew Field's blog: "This website is a collection of photographs and films I have taken in China, particularly Shanghai, but also in many other cities and provinces. I also have a journal where I keep records of my China-related activities."]
- Wang Shuo blog [bad boy of the Chinese literary scene]
- Wang Xiaofeng blog
[one of the most interesting of PRC bloggers]
- Yang Kuisong [historian of modern Chinese history; teaches at Beida, among other places]
- Yin Lichuan blog [female poet]
- Yu Hua blog [leading PRC writer]
- Yu Qiuyu [PRC essayist and provateur]
- Zhu Dake blog ["post"-studies critic]
Newspapers and News Services
- Abbao.cn [excellent site that gives access to hundreds of Chinese newspapers]
- Apple
Daily (Hong Kong daily)
- Asia Media (Asia Pacific media
network supported by the UCLA Asia Institute)
- Asia Sentinel (was created to provide a platform for news, analysis and opinion on national and regional issues in Asia. It is independent of all governments and major media enterprises. It is open to contributions not only from journalists but from professionals in fields such as finance, diplomacy, science and the arts. It has no ideology other than a belief in the benefits of a free media. It will not publish editorials but give free rein to diverse opinions.]
- Asia Times (English version
of Yazhou shibao, Hong Kong)
- BBC News:
Asia Pacific
- Beijing chenbao (Morning
Post)
- Beijing qingnian bao (Beijing
Youth Daily)
- Beijing ribao (Beijing Daily)
- Beijing Today (English language weekly run by Beijing qingnian bao, under the Beijing Municipal government)
- Beijing wanbao (Beijing Evening
News)
- Blue Ocean Network [BON is currently broadcasting in New York City on Time Warner Cable Channel 92, Verizon Fios Channel 466 and Digital Terrestrial Channel 48. As the first independent, China-focused, English-language TV channel, BON features a fascinating range of programming on China. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, BON TV airs independent, original news stories, documentaries and entertainment programs filmed across China, produced and directed by professionals from around the world.]
- Boxun News (Boxun xinwen wang) ["Our mission: Become the #1 most trusted Chinese online news service by insisting on "Independence" and "Journalistic Objectivity." Boxun News (peacehall.com and boxun.com) was launched in March 2000 from its origin as a weekly online magazine. From the beginning Boxun has been using the model of "Citizen Journalism" and now Boxun is the most popular citizen journalist Chinese online news service.]
- China Daily [English
language daily for foreign community in PRC]
- China Development Brief [China Development Brief is an independent publication established in 1996 to report on social development and civil society in China]
- China News Agency (Zhongguo
xinwen she)
- China News Digest [CND.org]
- The China Post (Taiwan)
- Chinalogue [program on BON TV, Chinalogue presents a critical look into a variety of thought-provoking China topics. Our hosts meet fascinating guests from all walks of Chinese life, introducing business, politics, economics, the arts, and the movers and shakers of China's opening up. They discover what drives them to succeed in a fast-developing society. Trained by traditional Chinese entertainment gurus, David Moser - one of our hosts, crosses the divide with a charming yet sharp approach to uncover the truth about today's China.]
- ChinaTimes Inter@active
- China.org (PRC gov't-sponsored
site)
- Chinese Newspapers
and Journals
- CNN.com Asia
- Complete Reference to China
/ Chinese Related Newspapers and New Services on the Internet (Chinasite.com)
- Complete Reference to China
/ Chinese Related Magazines on the Internet (Chinasite.com)
- Economic Observer (Jingji guancha bao)
- Foreign Correspondents' Club of China [the professional association of Beijing-based journalists reporting on China for audiences around the world. Representing more than 40 nations, we are accredited journalists, diplomats, media specialists, authors, academics, public relations consultants and corporate personnel. The FCCC organizes a full programme of talks and social events, and is a vibrant hub of networking for China-watchers, media analysts and journalists.]
- Global Times (English language PRC daily established in 2009)
- Guangming ribao
- The Guardian--China (UK newspaper)
- The Independent (UK newspaper)
- Inside China Today (European
Internet Network, Inc; general current affairs)
- Japan Focus (A resource on Japan and
the Asia-Pacific for teachers, students, journalists and readers; contains
articles on China that relate Japan)
- Jiefang ribao (Liberation
Daily)
- Mingbao yuekan [HK monthly magazine that focuses on cultural issues]
- Nanfang ribao (Southern Daily)
- Nanfang zhoumo (Nanfang
Weekend) [weekend edition of the Guangzhou Nanfang Daily; this is the
weekend edition with the highest circulation in China, in part because of
its cutting-edge journalism and because it publishes politically controversial
articles]
- New York Times--China
- News Guangdong (Guangdong-centered
news service)
- Newshoo (Chinese news service that
digests stories from hundreds of mainland newspapers)
- People's Daily
(English on-line edition)
- Press Interpreter (English-language
translations of articles from the Chinese press, in particular Beijing
qingnian bao and Nanfang zhoumo)
- Qingdao Globe
- Renmin ribao (On-line
Chinese edition of People's Daily)
[Suzhou Library Digital archive of Renmin ribao from 1949-1997]
- Shanghai Daily (English
language daily, searchable)
- Shanghai Star (weekly;
affiliated with the national China Daily)
- South China Morning Post (username
and password required for archives)
- The Standard (business
daily from Hong Kong; owned by Sing Tao Media Corp.)
- The Straits Times
(Singapore)
- Street China (Kan Zhongguo) [an "independent" take on contemporary PRC society, politics, culture, etc.]
- Taipei Times (Taiwan
English language daily)
- Taiwan Headlines (official
ROC government website with news stories on Taiwan)
- Taiwan News (Taiwan News began publication in 1949 as “China News.” It is the first English newspaper in Taiwan and carries the motto “Voice of the people, Bridge to the world”. As such, it places great value on the voice of the people of Taiwan and tailors that voice to be heard by the rest of the world. It also publishes information on modern global trends for Taiwanese to absorb, building a bridge of communication between cultures and nations. As a consequence of this, Taiwan News enjoys the esteem of its readership.
- 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.)
- Wall Street Journal--ChinaRealTimeReport
- Washington Post--Asia Pacific
- Wenhui bao
- Xin bao (Star daily)
- Xinhua News Agency (Chinese)
- Xinhua News Agency (English)
- Xin jing bao (The Beijing News)
- Xinmin wanbao (Xinmin Evening
News) [Shanghai evening paper; one of the most popular in China]
- Xin Yusi's Newspapers
and Magazines (excellent list of links to Chinese language newspapers
and journals)
- Zhongguo qikan wang
(The China journals net)
Magazines (websites of print magazines)
[see also "Journals" section of MCLC Resource Center]
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")
- E-Renlai []
- 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)
- Chinese Text Project (The Chinese Text Project is a web-based e-text system designed to present ancient Chinese texts,
particularly those relating to Chinese philosophy, in a well-structured and
properly cross-referenced manner, making the most of the electronic medium to aid in the study and understanding of these texts. )
- 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)
- Dissertation Reviews [features overviews of recently defended, unpublished doctoral dissertations (with a current focus on Chinese History, Japan Studies, and Korean Studies - but with many more disciplines joining soon). Our goal is to offer readers a glimpse of each discipline's immediate present by focusing on the window of time between dissertation defense and first book publication.]
- 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
- Dangdai Zhongguo yanjiu suo (Institute of Contemporary China Studies)
- Difang Wenge shi jiaoliu wang (Cultural Revolution local history exchange site)
- 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]
- Jiyi (Remembrances) [Remembrance (Jiyi) is an electronic journal edited by Cultural Revolution historians in China in the May 4th tradition of the joint intellectual venture that does not so much put a premium on uniformity of opinion – and even less on common party political affiliation – as on a shared desire to explore a subject without prejudice in the pursuit of historical truth. ... The journal is a Chinese venture, but in the 21st century that no longer prevents it from being a globalized one.]
- 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]
- Memorial Foundation of 2-28 (Ererba jinian jijinhui)
- 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)
- Taiwan Memory (Taiwan jiyi) [sponsored by the National Library of Taiwan]
- 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
- Wengewang [Cultural Revolution Research Web]
- 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)
- Chutzpah (Tiannan): Literary Bimonthly
- Culture Taiwan [Web portal and content Web site that aims to promote the arts and culture of Taiwan. It is funded by Taiwan's Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan with Taiwan's community of cultural stakeholders. Culture.tw aims to be Taiwan culture's main window on the Web -- a reference point for all English speakers around the world who wish to discover the diversity of Taiwan's culture and its lively environment, creativity and cultural life. Culture.tw aims to provide free, high quality, regularly updated authoritative content and information.]
- 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 resources- 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)
- Chutzpah (Tiannan): Literary Bimonthly
- Contemporary Literature Materials
(produced by the Taiwan National Central Library)
- Dangdai Zhongguo wenxue (Contemporary Chinese literature) [resource center for the study of contemporary literature, developed by Lin Jianfa, editor of Zhongguo dangdai zuojia pinglun]
- Database of
Journal Articles on Modern Chinese Literature (Institute of Oriental Studies,
Tokyo University)
- Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan [ETI is a non-profitable on-line database programmed for modern theater in Taiwan. Until November 2004, the first project of ETI has collected more than one hundred media works, historical records and biographies authorized by artists and performing groups since August 2003. The Online Catalogue preserves and distributes a major collection of performances of artists/performing groups for the purpose of education, academic research and cultural conservation.]
- Ethnic ChinaLit: Writing by/about non-Han Peoples of China [managed by Bruce Humes]
- Fanyi Mailing List
For Chinese Interpretation and Translation (Center for Interpretation
and Translations Studies, University of Hawaii)
- Forum on Chinese Poetic Culture (University of Illinois) [The Forum's primary mission is to establish an open platform for promoting the learning and teaching of Chinese poetry and poetic culture. The Forum strives to provide a broad range of services for students, scholars, and all Chinese poetry lovers. ]
- 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
- Make Do Studios: New Writing from China [Make-Do Studios is a resource for those with an interest in contemporary Chinese fiction. Despite the success of certain genres of contemporary Chinese writing, there still appears to be demand for a broader range. Through the site we offer all interested visitors the chance to learn about exciting writers published in China but not previously translated. We feature fiction of a variety of genres, as well as work by emerging young writers.]
- Modern Chinese Literature Research Portal [collective project of the libraries of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Fudan University, and Huadong Normal University]
- 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]
- Paper Republic [brings together translators of Chinese literature and publishers
(English-language and Europe), as well as people with a general interest in Chinese literature. Includes articles and comments on
translation as a process, new translations, new Chinese works, developments in publishing, a database of translations and
translators and authors, and other news and resources.)
- Qingye yanjiu
shi (Japanese site from Osaka Foreign Language University)
- Research Unit on
Taiwanese Culture and Literature (Ruhr University Bochum)
- Semiotics.net.cn [Chinese language site at Sichuan University devoted to the semiotic study of culture]
- Shigebao.com [website of the Poetry Gazette journal; very informative site for contemporary PRC poetry; Chinese only]
- Shi shenghuo yuekan
(Poetry life monthly)
- Sinabooks (Sina.com book site)
- Taipei Chinese Center, International
Pen [new site that will eventually post archives of Chinese Pen]
- Taiwan jihuai: wenxue jixing (Taiwan memory: literary travelogue) [sponsored by the National Library of Taiwan]
- Taiwan Literature and Broadcast
Studies
- Taiwan Literature Blog (Taiwan wenxue buluoge) {affiliated with National Chengchi University, Taiwan Literature Institute]
- 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]
- Wenbei (Cowrie) [created by Comparative Literature and Foreign Literatures Research Center in Shanghai Normal University and Academic Committee of China Comparative Literature Association (CCLAA). On this site, you will find information about our efforts to serve scholars both at home and abroad who have a strong interest in comparative literature. On this site, we attempt to construct a platform for scholars who would like to share their new research and have a communication with fellows in every part of the world.]
- Zhongguo wenxue wang (Chinese literature web) [Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Literature Research Institute]
- 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)
Internet Literature Sites
Chinese Literary Journals
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
Gender Studies/Gay and Lesbian
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