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1989 Democracy Movement(1619 clicks)

A Great Story of a Tiananmen Survivor(1494 clicks)
E-mail essay of Date: 11 Jun 89 00:21:36 GMT

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE).(165 clicks)
Book by Bin Yang

Boxer Rebellion(866 clicks)
Fists of Righteous Harmony resist Western imperialism

Brief history of China(1778 clicks)
From Maryland. Has maps and photos.

China expert Pye examines Tiananmen massacre(1732 clicks)
By Sophia Yee. Pye is a leading political scientist.

China From The Inside(541 clicks)
PBS program

China History Forum(812 clicks)

China News Digest(1499 clicks)
The Cyberspace Info Center for Chinese and Friends Worldwide

China Photos(695 clicks)
This collection comprises a portion of the photographs taken by Dr. Rush G. Miller during his six trips to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan between 1991 and 2001.

China Through the Stereoscope(1488 clicks)
A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising By James Ricalton, Edited by Jim Zwick

China Through the Stereoscope(1490 clicks)
A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising By James Ricalton. Edited by Jim Zwick. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1901. BoondocksNet Edition, 2000

China's Continuous Revolution: The Post-Liberation Epoch, 1949-1981(695 clicks)
Scholarly book by Lowell Dittmer

China: Chronology(1820 clicks)
The EAWC Internet Index tracks a variety of resources that are relevant to ancient and medieval times and that might prove useful to students and teachers who are engaged in serious study.

China: Eploring the Interior, 1903-1904(172 clicks)

China: The Roots of Madness (1967)(7 clicks)

Chinese History for Beginners(1772 clicks)
Condensed China is an introduction to Chinese history. It exists to inform, enlighten, and attract netizens interested in China.

Classical Historiography for Chinese History(1267 clicks)
History of historical writing about China. From UCLA

CNN-Visions of China(1213 clicks)
Great site done by CNN

Confucius, The Ethics of (195 clicks)
by Miles Menander Dawson [1915]. This is a study of the ethical system presented in the Confucian texts, organized by topic. This book was reprinted in 1939 under the title 'The Basic Thoughts of Confucius,' and in 1942 as 'The Basic Teachings of Confucius.'

Discovering China(1247 clicks)
Upheavals in Chinese History

Erosion of the CCP's ideology(1007 clicks)
Mao's Political Ideology and the erosion of the CCP's ideology after Mao's Death.

Exploring Chinese History(950 clicks)
The official site for The Journal of Chinese History

HIST E-1825 China: Traditions and Transformations(199 clicks)
Modern China presents a dual image: a society transforming itself through economic development and social revolution; and the world’s largest and oldest bureaucratic state, coping with longstanding problems of economic and political management. Both images bear the indelible imprint of China’s historical experience, of its patterns of philosophy and religion, and of its social and political thought. These themes are discussed in order to understand China in the modern world and as a great world civilization that developed along lines different from those of the Mediterranean.

History of China(1854 clicks)

History of the Great Wall(1318 clicks)
History of the wall and why it was built.

Internet guide for China Studies(1318 clicks)
Done by the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg , this is the WWW Virtual Library site for China.

Modern Chinese Historical Research(1328 clicks)
University of California at San Diego site on Modern China

Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723-1820(670 clicks)
Scholarly book by Beatrice S. Bartlett

Nanjing Massacre(1446 clicks)
This is an archive for the historical documents and still photography related to the the Nanjing Massacre, and other atrocities committed by Japanese army in China during WW II.

Nanjing Massacre(1141 clicks)
WWW Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre

Native Place, City, and Nation: Regional Networks and Identities in Shanghai, 1853-1937(776 clicks)
Scholarly book by Bryna Goodman

Old Shanghai(1170 clicks)
This site attempts to give a feel for the world of Old Shanghai through a hyperlinked collage of words and images.

People's Republic at 50: Special report(277 clicks)
BBC Special

Season of High Adventure: Edgar Snow in China(536 clicks)
Scholarly book by S. Bernard Thomas

Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection(985 clicks)
Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection features ceremonial writings of the Naxi people of Yunnan Province, China.

Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith, The(968 clicks)
In association with the British Museum

Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages(1000 clicks)
From 1949 to the present. Great collection

The Boxer Rebellion(1235 clicks)
Short history with photos.

The Chinese Empire(1334 clicks)
From Washington State University

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP): Silk Road(1076 clicks)
In 1900 a hidden cave was discovered at a Buddhist site near the ancient Silk Road town of Dunhuang. Sealed in about 1000 AD, it contained tens of thousands of manuscripts, paintings and printed documents on paper and silk dating from 400-1000 AD. The world’s earliest and largest paper archive, the cave’s contents included many unique documents, including the world’s earliest dated printed book (868 AD). The majority were in Chinese, but there was a large collection of Tibetan documents as well as items in Turkic Uighur and several other languages.

The Nanjing Atrocities(1113 clicks)

The Shang Dynasty, 1523-1027 BC(1127 clicks)
Earliest dynasty for which there is written evidence

The Silk Road(1763 clicks)
"Humanities West presents Venice to Xanadu: Marco Polo's Silk Road. Distinguished speakers offer an illustrated journey to the Silk Road, with special attention to features and discoveries from Marco Polo's lifetime; along with tales of Marco Polo and other early European travelers. Art historian Lauren Arnold provides beautiful images from the medieval art exchange that influenced both Europe and China. Examples of rare music, and a demonstration of authentic costume and dance from central Asia add to the richness of the of the Humanities West journey."

The Stubborn Earth: American Agriculturalists on Chinese Soil, 1898–1937(651 clicks)
Scholarly book by Randall E. Stross

Third and sixth century crises east and west(47 clicks)

Tiananmen Square(1193 clicks)
Essay by Richard Geib

Tiananmen Ten Years Later: A Perspective(1126 clicks)
From China News, this article argue that the U.S. has misrepresented what happened

Victims of the Tiananmen Massacre(1630 clicks)

War and Popular Culture: Resistance in Modern China, 1937-1945(709 clicks)
Scholarly book by Chang-tai Hung