Related Sites

Please send your suggestions for other useful links to chns@unc.edu.

General Information

• CERNET (China Education and Research Network)
  "First nationwide education and research computer network in China." Funded by the Chinese government and managed directly by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Includes maps, Chinese universities, online libraries, and "networking in China."
• CIA World Fact Book: China
• A concise political history of China
• University of Michigan's China Data Center
  Purchase recent China statistics, reports and yearbooks online. Online China Academic Journal database and bibliography. Maps.

News

• The China News.net
  China- and Taiwan-related news stories from global TV networks, major newspapers, and news wires. Links to major local China news sources.

Libraries

• Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
  41 divisions including business, economics, education, environment, geography, government/politics, health/medicine, maps, news, science/science policy, and reference. Some links to e-text articles.
• Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC)
  Economic risk reports and major economic indicators library for Asian sites.
• University of California-Berkeley East Asian Library
• Internet Guide for China Studies
  Includes The World-Wide Web Virtual Library and the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.

Online Indexes

• China in Time and Space (CITAS)
  A project that creates and maintains databases of spatially- and temporally-referenced data on China.
• China Dimensions
  FTP-able databases containing socioeconomic and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data about China, including maps, population and public health data, economic and agricultural data.
• Search the World Health Organization's (WHO) Web Information
• The World Bank
  Includes Profile of China.