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Religious
Studies Department
Asian Studies Program
Joseph
Adler
Links for Chinese Religions and
Philosophy
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Since
my retirement from teaching in 2014
these links have been updated only sporadically.
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General:
Bibliographies:
- Bibliography
of Asian Studies: very complete, but broad
- Chinese
history and culture (Barend ter Haar, University
of Hamburg)
- Bibliographies
by Paul Goldin: ancient Chinese civilization,
etc. (University of Pennsylvania)
- Bibliography
of Religions in China (Marilyn Shea - University
of Maine at Farmington)
- Culture
and Society of Hong Kong: sections on belief
systems, cultural symbolism, marriage and family,
popular culture (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Religion
in Contemporary China, 4 vols., ed.
Xinzhong Yao (2017): Table of Contents
- My bibliographies:
Articles and books online:
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Ancient texts written on bamboo
slips (click image for larger view).
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- Religious
Revival of Ethnic China (2013): special
issue of China: An International Journal
- The
Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions
(2012), ed. Randall Nadeau: excellent collection of
essays
- Chinese
Religions in Contemporary Societies, ed.
James Miller: another excellent collection
- Journal
of Current Chinese Affairs (2011): State
and Religion in China
- China
Perspectives (2009): special issue on
religion in the People's Republic of China
- "Ritual,
Cultural Standardization, and Orthopraxy in China:"
special issue of Modern China (2007)
- Journal
of Chinese Philosophy (2005): several
articles on traditional Chinese views of nature
- Social
Compass (December 2004): special issue on
Chinese religions
- China
Quarterly (June 2003): special issue on
religion in contemporary PRC, edited by Daniel
Overmyer
- Cahiers
d'Extrême-Asie (2001): special issue on
Chinese religions
- "Chinese Religions - The State of the Field" (Journal
of Asian Studies, 1995). Note: these articles
focus on the current state of scholarship, not
primarily on the traditions themselves.
- "Religious
Revivals in Communist China," by Arthur Waldron
(1998)
- U.S. Congressional Roundtables on Religion in China:
- New
Believers: A Religious Revolution in China
(July 2010): 5-part series on NPR (text and audio)
- "Beijing
Wary as Religion Flourishes in China:"
conversation with Richard Madsen (NPR, 2006)
- "Back
to the Future: Pre-modern Religious Policy in
Post-Secular China" by Richard Madsen (2010)
- "Religion
and the Environment in China" by Martin Palmer
(2006)
- "Religion
in a State Society: China" by Myron Cohen (Asia
for Educators, Columbia University): a brief
overview focusing on official religion and popular
religion in relation to the state; originally in Myron
Cohen, ed., Asia: Case Studies in the Social
Sciences (1992).
- Interviews with Mayfair Yang (UC Santa Barbara) on
NPR's Speaking of Faith:
Sacred sites:
- Sacred
Mountains and Sites in China (Thomas H. Hahn):
excellent collection of photographs, with good
background information on each site
- Chinese
temples (plus a few others in Japan, Mongolia,
etc.): with associated mountains, poems, and poets
- Sacred
Sites and Religious Places in China (Sacred
Destinations Travel Guide)
- Sacred
mountains (sacredsites.com)
- "Saving
China's holy mountains" by Martin Palmer
(peopleandplanet.net)
- UNESCO
World Heritage Sites in China
Maps:
- Map
of China
- "China
proper"
- Satellite
view of China (Google maps)
- "Live"
satellite view
- Relief
map of Asia
- More
China maps
- Chinese
dynasty maps (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
- Chinese
provinces
- Table
of provinces and regions
History:
- Short
history of China (University of Maryland)
- Timeline
and Maps (University of Washington)
- Chinese
dynasties and capitals
- Chronological
chart of Far Eastern History (Edwin O.
Reischauer, 1947)
- The
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook (Paul
Halsall, Fordham University)
- Early
China: articles and translations (including some
complete books) by Rafe de Crespigny (Australia
National University)
- "On
the Chronology of the Three Dynasties:"
discussion of whether the Xia dynasty actually
existed, by LIU Li (La Trobe University)
- Reconstruction
of Tang period Chang'an
- How
Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han
Colonization in the Seventeenth Century,
by Tonio Andrade
- "1492:
The Prequel" by Nicholas Kristof (NY Times
Magazine , 1999): on Zheng He's voyages
- 1421 Exposed:
refutations of Gavin Menzies, 1421: The Year China
Discovered America
- Chinese nationalism and Chinese history:
Language and texts:
- The
Chinese language: short, basic description
- The
Chinese Language(s): thorough discussion by
David K. Jordan
- Chinese
script (Omniglot)
- British
Library Chinese collection
- Chinese
E-text collection (University of Virginia)
Chinese culture:
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Song dynasty "Rainbow Bridge" in
Kaifeng, depicted in the scroll painting,
"Qingming
shanghe tu" (Going upriver for
the Qingming Festival).
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A
Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
(University of Washington)
- The
Chinese calendar (David K. Jordan)
- The
24 Qi (15-day periods)
- The
10 Stems and 12 Branches
- Objects in the British Museum:
- Chinese
astronomy (University of Maine)
- Chinese
constellations (Indopedia)
- General
info and pictures: Beijing, Great Wall, Xi'an,
Shanghai, plus bibliographies and links (University of
Maine at Farmington)
- China
Institute (New York)
- Teaching
English and Living in Taiwan: a very good site
by a long-time American resident -- lots of good tips,
etc.
- The
Song Dynasty (Columbia University)
- "China's
Age of Invention": interview with Robin Yates on
technical innovations during the Song dynasty
- Zheng
He's Voyages of Discovery (UCLA)
- "The
Other China" (Chicago Tribune, 2007):
video diary of a trek on foot through Sichuan province
- National
Geographic special issue on China (May
2008)
- China's
ethnic minorities
- The
Hakka People
- "Tea:
A Very Short History" by Marco Ceresa
Art:
- Arts
of China Consortium (NYU)
- National
Palace Museum (Taiwan): largest collection of
Chinese art in the world
- Smithsonian
Freer-Sackler Galleries (Washington, D.C.)
- Shang
bronzes (British Museum)
- Types
of Shang-Zhou bronzes
- Ritual
bronzes in the collection of the Sackler
Foundation
- Bronzes
(China Online Museum)
- The
taotie motif
- Jade
burial suit (113 BCE)
- Buddhist
Art of China: photographs from the Huntington
Archive
- "The
Beijing Qingming Scroll and its Significance for the
Study of Chinese History" by Valerie Hansen
- Gilded
Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Empire
(907-1125): Asia Society exhibit
Miscellaneous:
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Religion in Taiwan (Government Information
Office, Taiwan)
- Pictures
of gods, etc. (Paul Halsall)
- China
from the Inside (4-part PBS series; 1st and 4th
include issues of religious freedom; good resources
and links on the website)
- Pictures
of religion in China (Wikimedia Commons)
- Scenes
of China (informative slide shows)
- "Religious
Traditions and the Future of East Asia" (James
Miller)
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Confucianism:
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Master Kong (Confucius)
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- Confucius
and Confucianism: a pretty good introduction,
with links to other topics in Chinese history,
literature, and arts (Chinaknowledge.org)
- Confucius
and the "Confucian Tradition" (Asia for
Educators, Columbia University)
- "Confucianism"
by Judith Berling (short article)
- The Thirteen
Scriptures (Classics)
- James Legge's translations:
- The
Four Books plus the Laozi (trans.
Charles Muller), plus Chinese texts for Lunyu
and Mengzi
- Confucian
E-texts (Wesleyan University)
- The Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety
- Confucian
Temples, by Thomas Wilson (Hamilton College)
- Confucian
Temple, Tainan (photos)
- Review
of On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society,
Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of
Confucius, ed. Thomas Wilson (China
Review International, vol. 10, no. 2)
- Confucian
Lexicon (in Chinese: texts, commentaries,
people, concepts) (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Confucius
Publishing Co. (Hong Kong)
- "Confucius
Making a Comeback In Money-Driven Modern China"
(Washington Post, 7/24/07)
- "Confucius statue erected
on Tiananmen Square" (PressTV, 1/14/11)
- "Confucius
Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square" (NY
Times, 4/22/11)
- More
Confucianism links (for RLST 471)
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Daoism:
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Corridor in Baopu Daoyuan, a
Daoist monastery in Hangzhou, China, named
after Ge Hong, the "Master Who Embraces
Simplicity" (Baopuzi), who practiced alchemy
there in the 4th century C.E.
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- Center
for Daoist Studies (an excellent, reliable site)
- "Taoism,
or the Way" by Judith Berling (short article)
- Daoist
Philosophy (Chad Hansen)
- Taoism:
History, Canon, Sites, Essays, Bibliographies (from Sinophilia)
- Taoism
Virtual Library
- The
Daoist Canon: description and references
(Fabrizio Pregadio)
- Mawangdui
silk text of Laozi, ch.1 (photo)
- Mawangdui
silk texts of Laozi, versions A and B
(in Chinese)
- English
translations of Laozi 1 (175 and
counting)
- Chinese
Alchemy (Pregadio)
- Outline
of Daoist alchemy
- Daoist
Immortals: not an academic site (Qi: Journal
of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness)
- Jiao
ritual: short essay (Robert Weller)
- "The
Rise of the Tao" (NY Times Magazine,
11/7/10)
- Wudang shan (reputed birthplace of Taiji chuan)
- Painting
of Wudang shan temple complex
- Chih-nan
Daoist Temple, Taipei
- Hsing
Tian Gong, Taipei (only one page in English)
- Hong Kong Daoist
College (in Chinese)
- British Taoist
Association
- Bibliography
of Chinese martial arts
- Hsing Chen School
of Internal Martial Arts
- Xing Tian
Gong (Enacting Heaven Temple, Taibei)
- More
Daoism links (for RLST 472)
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Buddhism:
Websites:
- Center
for Buddhist Studies (National Taiwan
University)
- Resources
for East Asian Language and Thought: mostly
Buddhism (Charles Muller)
- Online
Index of Chinese Buddhism (Gregory Scott,
Columbia University)
- Database
of Modern Chinese Buddhism (Dharma Drum Buddhist
College)
- Center
for Buddhist Studies Weblog (Columbia
University)
- Chinese
Buddhism Resources (mostly in Chinese)
- Timeline
of Chinese Buddhism (Buddhanet)
- Buddhist
Art of China: photographs from the Huntington
Archive
- Buddhism
in China (from Visual Sourcebook of Chinese
Civilization)
- Soto
(Cao-Dong) Zen Ancestors in China: recorded
teachings of Shitou Xiqian, Yaoshan Weiyan, and Yunyan
Tansheng (James Mitchell)
- Pictures
from The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, 1900-1950,
by Holmes Welch
- Andrew
Fields' photos and videos of Luoyang: including
White Horse Temple, Shaolin Gongfu, and the Longmen
Caves (see also his sections on Beijing, Xian, and
Shanghai)
- Zen
Temples in China (a handy list with pictures,
from a website devoted to Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh, so
beware)
- More
Buddhism links (for RLST 260)
- Zen
Buddhism links (for RLST 360)
Articles:
- Buddhism
in China: A Historical Survey, by Whalen Lai
(from Encyclopedia
of Chinese Philosophy)
- Buddhist
philosophy: a good introduction to basic
Buddhist ideas and history
- Chinese
Buddhist Philosophy, by Dan Lusthaus (Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- "Notes
on the term “Dhāraṇī” in medieval Chinese
Buddhist thought" by Paul Copp (2008)
- "The
'Decline of the Dharma' in Early Chinese Buddhism"
by Randall L. Nadeau (1987)
- "A
True Account of the Rebirth in Paradise of the
Venerable Master Pinxing" by Dharma Master
Shixing (1988)
- "The
Spiritual Land Rush: Merit and Morality in New
Chinese Buddhist Temple Construction" by Gareth
Fisher (2008)
- "Chinese
Buddhism Unbound - Rebuilding and Redefining Chinese
Buddhism on Taiwan" by Marcus Bingenheimer
(2003)
- "The
Infinite Worlds of Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns" by
Elise Anne DeVido (2000)
- "Merit
and Mothering: Women and Social Welfare in Taiwanese
Buddhism" by Chien-Yu Julia Huang and Robert P.
Weller (1998)
- "The
Emergence of the Saha Triad in Contemporary Taiwan:
Iconic Representation and Humanistic Buddhism"
by Zhiru (Asia
Major, Third series, vol. 13 [2000], part
2)
- Paper
abstracts: Conference on the Study of Chinese
Buddhism (Hsi Lai Temple, June 2005)
- Review
of Meir Shahar, The Shaolin Monastery: History,
Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts (2008),
by Stanley Henning
- "China's
super-rich communist Buddhists" (misleading
title) - on a possible thaw in the PRC's treatment of
Tibet (BBC, 1/28/15)
Organizations:
- Dharma Drum
Mountain (Taiwan)
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Sheng Yen
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- Fo
Guang Shan (Taiwan)
- Buddhist Compassion
Relief (Tzu-chi) Foundation 慈濟功德會
(Taiwan)
- Bodhi
Monastery (New Jersey): lineage of Yin-shun
(1906-2005)
- Chung
Tai Chan Monastery (Taiwan)
- Buddhist
Association of the U.S. (Zhuangyan
Monastery, Putnam County, NY)
- Dharma Realm Buddhist
Association (Northern California)
Taiwan:
- Buddhism
in Taiwan (David Reid)
- Pictures
of Buddhist funeral in Taiwan (first few seem to
be missing)
- Buddhism
and politics in Taiwan (Taipei Times,
5/15/00)
- Pilgrimage
to a Guanyin temple: short essay by Chün-fang Yü
- Tibetan
Buddhism in Taiwan (Taipei Times,
1115/99)
- The
Dalai Lama in Taiwan (Taipei Times)
Dunhuang:
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The Northern Mogao caves at
Dunhuang.
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- Mogao
Caves: UNESCO World Heritage site
- Mogao
Caves photo gallery (Dartmouth College)
- Buddhist
art of Dunhuang: from Caves of the Singing
Sands, by Roderick Whitfield
- "Caves
of the Thousand Buddhas": paintings on silk and
paper from the Library Cave (British Museum)
- Aurel
Stein collection (British Museum)
- Dunhuang
photographs, art, and manuscripts: Paul Pelliot
collection at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
- Dunhuang
(feature page from People's Daily)
- Article
about Christian discoveries at Dunhuang (Chicago
Tribune)
- Article
on Dunhuang cave art (NY Times)
- Dunhuang's
water problem (NY Times)
- 3rd
International Seminar on Dunhuang Art and Society
(my pictures)
- Satellite
view of Mogao Caves area (Google Maps)
- More
Silk Road links (for ASIA 201)
News Articles:
- "Cradle
of Han Chinese Buddhism Has Rirst Modern Buddhist
College" (Xinhuanet, 4/8/12)
- "Town
Asks Kung Fu Monks for Tourism Blessings"
(NY Times, 1/1/09)
- Shaolin
Temple (NY Times, 2/10/05)
- Tibetan
Buddhist community in Sichuan (NY Times,
7/28/99)
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Popular and state
religion:
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Popular print of the
Jade Emperor
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- Falun
Gong
- Bibliography
of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular
Religion (1995 to present), by Philip Clart
- Shorter
bibliography on popular religion
- Bibliography
on Shamanism in China (Barendt ter Haar)
Articles and books:
- Religious
Life in the Chinese World (Hong Kong Institute
for the Humanities and Social Sciences): companion
website to the book, Chinese
Religious Life (2011)
- "Popular
Religion in Contemporary China" by Fan Lizhu
- "Unofficial
Religion in China: Beyond the Party's Rules"
(Congressional Roundtable, with testimony and prepared
statements by David Ownby, Patricia Thornton, and
Robert Weller, 5/23/05 )
- "Religion,
Modernity, and Urban Space: The City God Temple in
Republican Guangzhou" by Shuk-wah Poon (on the
Republican government's "anti-superstition" campaign;
2008)
- "Folk
Temples and the Chinese Religious Economy" by
Graeme Lang (Interdisciplinary
Journal of Research on Religion, 2005)
- "From
'Feudal Superstition' to 'Popular Beliefs:' New
Directions in Mainland Chinese Studies of Chinese
Popular Religion" by Daniel L. Overmyer (2001)
- "Manifestations
of Spiritual Efficacy in Taiwanese Temples" by
Randall Nadeau (1987)
- Millenarian
Rebellion in China: The Eight Trigrams Uprising of
1813 by Susan Naquin (1976): full text
- "Goddess
across the Taiwan Strait: Matrifocal Ritual Space,
Nation-State, and Satellite Television Footprints"
(article on Mazu
worship) by Mayfair Mei-hui Yang (2004)
- "Mechanisms
of violent retribution in Chinese hell narratives"
by Charles Orzech (1994)
- "Hoping
for Heaven, Landing in Hell: Lessons Learned at a
Medieval Chinese Grotto" by Karil Kucera (2006)
- "Local
Cadres Confront the Supernatural: The Politics of
Holy Water (Shenshui) in the PRC,
1949–1966" by Steve A. Smith (2006)
- Three
Types of Chinese Nature Deities: Stone, Tree, and
Land by Jerome Yuchien (Ph.D. thesis,
1997)
- "Maoism
as a Quasi-Religion" by Joseph Kitagawa (1974)
- Chinese
Folk Religions (California State University at
Pomona)
- Chinese
festivals (from Chinese Culture Center of San
Francisco)
- Street
markets and temple fairs (from china.org.cn
Travel section)
- Temple
Fairs in Beijing (from china.org.cn
Travel section)
- Feng-shui
("geomancy")
- Tombs
and ancestors (British Museum)
- "Chinese
American Teens on Ancestor Worship Today"
(Smithsonian Freer-Sackler Galleries)
- I Kuan Tao World
Headquarters
- Naxi
(Yunnan province) manuscript collection (Library
of Congress)
- Ancient Chinese
Charms
- Sacred
mountains
- Pictures:
- News articles:
Taiwan:
- Gods,
Ghosts, & Ancestors: Folk Religion in a
Taiwanese Village, 3rd ed., by David K.
Jordan
- "Living
at the Edge: Religion, Capitalism, and the End of
the Nation-State in Taiwan" by Robert Weller
(2000): on Taiwanese popular religion
- "The
Twenty-five Maiden Ladies Tomb and Predicaments of
the Feminist Movement in Taiwan" by Anru Lee and
Wen-hui Anna Tang (2010)
- "A
Poetics and Politics of Possession: Taiwanese
Spirit-Medium Cults and Autonomous Popular Cultural
Space" by Peter Nickerson (2003)
- "
A Danggi Temple in Taipei: Spirit-Mediums in
Modern Urban Taiwan" by Shin-yi Chao (Asia
Major, 3rd series, vol. 15 part 2 (2002)
- "Maintaining
Patterns: Community Ritual and Pilgrimage in a
Diasporic Taiwanese American Religious Community"
by Jonathan H. X. Lee (2011)
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Outer entrance gate of a temple in
Taiwan.
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- Short articles
- Essay
on urban religion
- Longshan
Temple (Taipei) (in Chinese)
- Chen
Tao ("Way of Truth," aka "God's Salvation
Church" -- small Taiwanese group now in U.S.)
- Pictures by David Reid
- Other pictures:
- News articles:
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Chinese philosophy:
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Prof. Mou Tsung-san
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- Chinese
Philosophy, by David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames (Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy): excellent survey,
with more emphasis on the classical period
- Chinese
Philosophy: Good introduction to the classical
period, with maps, charts, etc.
- Chinese
Philosophy Page: Lots of good links
- Chinese
Philosophy: From an online textbook by Richard
Hooker
- Classical
Chinese Philosophy, John Knoblock (1938-1999): A
short introduction to the major schools, with
additional material on Xunzi, Mozi, Song Xing, Lu
Büwei, and Han Fei.
- Chad
Hansen's page: articles on Daoism and other
schools
- Bryan
Van Norden articles
- Chinese
Philosophy Blog: Manyul Im (Fairfield
University)
- History
of Chinese ethics through early Han dynasty
- Chinese
Encyclopedia: Philosophy (in Chinese only)
- Discussion
of philosophy in China today (2000), from The
Philosophers' Magazine
- Chinese
law
- "Former
Han Legal Philosophy and the Gongyang zhuan"
by Gary Arbuckle
- Society for Asian
and Comparative Philosophy
- Philosophy
East & West
- International
Society for Chinese Philosophy
- Warp, Weft, and
Way (excellent group blog on Chinese philosophy)
- Hong Kong
University Dept. of Philosophy
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Chinese Science and
Medicine:
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Top portion of the
Nestorian Stele:
"Stele [Recording] the Spread of the Religion
of Light [Christianity] from Rome to China."
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Christianity in
China:
- A
Brief History of Christianity in China (PBS
Frontline World): essay, links, and "Jesus in China"
video documentary
- Stories of
Chinese Christianity (from Biographical
Dictionary of Chinese Christianity)
- "How
Rome Went to China" (Library of Congress
exhibit)
- Ricci
Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
(University of San Francisco)
- Matteo
Ricci (Catholic Encyclopedia)
- "'Weaving
a Profound Dialogue between West and East": On
Matteo Ricci, S.J.' by Anthony E. Clark
- Chinese
Protestant Church (Chinese only; they used to
have an English page but it is no longer there)
- Western
Presbyterian Church in China
- Chinese
Christian scrolls from pre-revolutionary China
- "Three
Kings Coming to Pay Court to Jesus" (Chinese
blockprint from the Vatican archives)
- 14th
Century Christian Tombstones in Quanzhou (Marco
Polo's "Zayton")
- "The
Da Qin Project: Early Christianity in China" by
Martin Palmer
- The
Nestorian Stele, 781 (Forest of Steles Museum,
Xi’an)
- Tiananmen
Square veterans turn to Christianity (NY
Times, 4/11/99)
- Nicholas
Kristof's video report on the growth of Christianity
in China (5/25/07)
- "China's
Catholics: Far from Rome" (BBC, 12/24/03 - with
links to other stories)
- Photographs:
"Secret Catholics" (Asia Society)
- Photographs
of churches in China (Thomas Hahn)
- Amity
News Service (official organ of the PRC China
Christian Council)
- ChinaSource
(Chinese Christian website and online magazine)
- "China
on course to become 'world's most Christian nation'
within 15 years" (Telegraph, 4/19/14)
Articles:
- "Mongol
Responses to Christianity in China: A Yuan Dynasty
Phenomenon" by TANG Li (National University of
Singapore)
- "A
Messianic Deliverance for Post-Dynastic China: The
Launch of the True Jesus Church in the Early
Twentieth Century" by LIAN Xi (Modern China,
2008)
- "The
Uphill Journey of Catholicism in China" (National
Catholic Reporter, 8/2/07)
- Manichaeism
in China, by Samuel L.C. Lieu
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Judaism in China:
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| Model of the Kaifeng synagogue |
- Bibliography
of Chinese Judaism
- Sino-Judaic
Institute
- China Judaic
Studies Association
- Center
of Jewish Studies Shanghai
- Glazer Institute of
Jewish Studies (Nanjing University)
- Center
for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies (Shandong
University)
- Jews
of China (Jewish Virtual Library)
- Jews
of China (Kulanu)
- Jews
of China (many links, not all of them scholarly)
- Jewish
Diaspora in Modern China (free online course by
Xu Xin)
- Jewish
China and Jewish Asia Resources on the Web (very
long list -- not all scholarly)
- Jewish
Communities of China (Association of Former
Residents of China in Israel)
- "Encounters
Between Chinese and Jewish Civilizations," by
Shalom Salomon Wald (Education About Asia,
Fall 2018)
- "The
Chinese Believe That the Jews Control America. Is
That a Good Thing?" By Clarissa
Sebag-Montefiore (Tablet, 3/27/14)
- "Are
There Really Jews in China?: An Update" by
Daniel J. Elazar (1987)
- Chinese
Passover Haggadah
Kaifeng
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Kaifeng Jews (2002)
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- "Detailed
History of Kaifeng Jews" by Michael Pollack
- The
Kaifeng Jews (Shavei Israel)
- "The
History of the Kaifeng Community"
- "Hebrew
Names of the Kaifeng Jews" by Aaron Demsky
(Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
- "Chinese
Policy towards Kaifeng Jews" by Xu Xin
- Kaifeng
Jews formally convert to Judaism
- "Minyan
in Kaifeng: A Modern Journey to an Ancient Chinese
Jewish Community" (film)
- The
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng: Univ. of Washington
exhibit (2021)
- The
International Magazine of Literature, Art, and
Science (September 1851)
- Illustrated
London News (12/13/1851)
- "Among
the Jewish Descendants of Kaifeng" by Irwin M.
Berg (2000)
- "Chinese
Jews: Reverence for Ancestors" (Hadassah
Magazine, 2005)
- "Chinese
Jews feel more at home in Israel" (Los
Angeles Times, 10/16/11)
- Chinese
Jewish converts (Ha'aretz, 2/22/13)
- "China’s
‘lost Jews’ to hold first Seder in Kaifeng" (Jerusalem
Post, 4/8/14)
- "Jewish
troubles in Kaifeng, China" (Times of Israel,
4/28/16)
- "A
Crackdown on Chinese Jews" (Ami Magazine,
5/11/16)
- NY Times articles on Kaifeng Jews:
- "China's
Tiny Jewish Community in Fear as Beijing Erases its
History" (The Telegraph, 12/12/20)
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Harbin Main Synagogue, 1907
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Harbin:
- Harbin
(JewishGen)
- Jews of
Harbin (Museum of the Jewish Diaspora)
- "Nostalgia
vs Historical Reality" by Prof. Dan ben Canaan
(Heilongjiang University)
- "The
Jews of Harbin: Russian Jews in the City of Ice"
(China Orientations Newsletter, Jan. 2015)
- News articles:
Shanghai:
- Shanghai
(JewishGen)
- "A
Peek Backwards into the Jewish Community of
Shanghai" by Wei Peh Ti (Journal of the Hong
Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol.
32 [1992])
- From
the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo: A Century
of Sephardi Life in Shanghai (book review)
- Revisiting
the Sugihara Story
- Jewish
tombstones in Shanghai (restoration project)
- Jewish
Shanghai (tourism info)
- Return
of a Shanghai Jew (LA Times Magazine,
1/15/06)
- Shanghai's
Jewish Quarter (Atlas Obscura, 6/13/18)
- Jewish
Community of Hong Kong
- Jewish Community
of Beijing
- Chinese
and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures by
Irene Eber (book review)
- "In China, a Growing
Interest in All Things Jewish" (Chronicle
of Higher Education, 8/11/06)
- "
A Portrait of the Jews Through Chinese Eyes" by
Susan Fishman Orlins (Jan 2008)
- Articles
on Judaism in China from Chicago Jewish News
- "Mapping
My Judaic Studies Career in China: An Academic
Confession" by Song Lihong (3/9/11)
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Politics, etc.:
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Chairman Mao invoking Confucian
"loyalty"
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| "Long Live Chairman Mao" (source)
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- How
China is Ruled (BBC)
- China
(Project Syndicate): Opinion pieces on all aspects of
contemporary China
- Internet
censorship in China
- "Building
of Political Democracy in China" (PRC government
report)
- Thomas
Friedman columns on Chinese politics (1999)
- China's
new wealthy class (NY Times, 2/29/04)
- China's
environmental crisis (Far Eastern Economic
Review, 9/27/01)
Tiananmen 1989:
- Tiananmen
protests, May-June, 1989 (BBC)
- The
Tiananmen Papers (NY Times, 1/6/01)
- Tiananmen's
Shadow (NY Times, 2/4/01)
- Jonathan
Spence essay on Tiananmen Square (1990)
- The
Tank Man (PBS documentary, 2006)
- The
Great Forgetting: 20 Years After Tiananmen Square
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009)
Cultural Revolution (1966-76):
- Morning
Sun: film and website about the Cultural
Revolution
- Images
of Daily Life during the Cultural Revolution
- The
Mao Cult (propaganda posters from the Cultural
Revolution; part of Stefan
Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages)
- Popular
images of Chairman Mao
- Quotations
of Chairman Mao | Another
site | Another
site
- Mao
quote generator (CNN)
- "Detour
on Capitalist Road: Die-Hard Maoist Collective" (NY
Times, 1/7/99)
- Virtual
Museum of the "Cultural Revolution" (1966-76)
(CND.org)
Tibet:
- Chinese
Policies in Tibet: A Critical Look (PBS, 2008)
- Chinese internal
propaganda on Tibet (Feb. 2012)
- Chinese
version of Tibetan history
Taiwan:
- Beijing's
view of Taiwan's independence (Beijing Review,
3/10/03)
- Taiwan
President Pushes Independence From China (Chen
Shui-bian's first interview since his narrow
re-election, 3/29/04)
Human rights:
- Human rights in
China
- Charter
08: A group of 303 Chinese writers,
intellectuals, lawyers, journalists, retired Party
officials, workers, peasants, and businessmen
calling for legal reforms, democracy and
protection of human rights in China.
- Review
of China's New Order, by Wang Hui
(Orville Schell)
- UN
Commissioner discusses human rights in China (China
News Digest, 11/24/00)
- Human
Rights Watch World Reports, 1998-1999 (Excerpts)
- Reporters
Without Borders for Press Freedom: report on
2008 Olympics; annual reports on China, etc.
Religious freedom:
- Religious
Persecution in China, 1994-95 (Summary of Human
Rights Watch report)
- Freedom
of Religion, 2000 (U.S. State Dept. Human
Rights Report)
- Religious Freedom in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau
(U.S. State Department):
- Falun
Gong
- Recent
reports about China regarding religious freedom
(Forum 18, Oslo)
- China
from the Inside (4-part PBS series; 1st and 4th
include issues of religious freedom; good resources
and links on the website)
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Government-sponsored
sites:
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