China Links

Note: Several of these sites are available erratically and performance is often pretty poor. Patience may be necessary!

General

China.com - English language (Chinese - )
China.org
China City Guide

The Silk Road Foundation

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

Purdue University link page (some of them work)

Business & Politics

China.com - English language (Chinese - )
My investment pick: China Mobile Limited

Books:

• Asia Falling? – Callum Henderson
• East and West – Chris Patten
• Fundamental Issues in Present Day China – Deng Xiaoping
• Jan Wong's China – Jan Wong

Newspapers

Peoples' Daily
South China Morning Post

Art & Culture

Calligraphy

Language

Audio Tutorial of Survival Chinese
Wellington Chinese Language School, Inc.

Literature

Shen Congwen

• Recollections of West Hunan (biography)
• Imperfect Paradise (fiction; collected short stories)

Chen Jo-hsi

• The Execution of Mayor Yin

Travel

Books:

Bend in the Yellow River, A – Justin Hill
Gobi Desert, The – Mildred Cable & Francesca French
Riding the Iron Rooster – Paul Theroux
Sailing Through China – Paul Theroux
Slow Boats to China – Gavin Young
The Silk Road – Judy Bonavia
The Yangzi River – Judy Bonavia