The Internet Resources

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
• "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

• Freedom of Religious Belief in China 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

The Visual Arts

Collections

• 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

• "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
• "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

• "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
• Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution China, 1966-1976
• Images from Tiananmen, April-June 1989 from Support Democracy in China.
• "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
• The Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
• Wang Wanxing: dissidentÕs continued detention in a psychiatric hospital, China from Amnesty International

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
• Images from Tibet from the Tibet Information Network
• 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)
• "China slams U.S. Olympics resolution" from CNN
• Dalai Lama supports China's Olympics 2008 bid
• "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

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