Links for Chinese Religions and Philosophy
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requires a Kenyon network connection.
General:
Bibliographies:
- Chinese
history and culture (Barend ter Haar, Leiden University)
- 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)
Articles and books online:
- Chinese
Religions in Contemporary Societies, ed. James Miller:
an excellent online textbook
- China
Quarterly (June 2003): special issue on religion in contemporary
PRC
- Social
Compass (December 2004): 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.
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Ancient
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- "Religious Revivals in Communist
China," by Arthur Waldron (1998)
- U.S. Congressional Roundtables on Religion in China:
- "Beijing Wary as Religion Flourishes in China:" conversation with Richard Madsen (NPR, 2006)
- "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).
- "Recovering
Chinese Religiosities" (interview with Mayfair Yang,
on Speaking of Faith)
- Shang Religion (course handout by Robert Eno, Indiana University)
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:
- Satellite
view of China
- Relief map of Asia
- Clickable
map of China (Encarta)
- Maps and basic facts: China
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- Historical Atlas of China
(Albert Herrmann, 1935)
- More China maps
- Chinese
dynasty maps (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
- China provinces and regions (select Chinese simplified character encoding in browser)
History:
- Short history
of China (University of Maryland)
- Timeline
of Chinese Dynasties (Minnesota State University, Mankato),
with maps and short essays on each period
- 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)
- "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
- Topics
in Pre-Modern Chinese History (Gregory Smits, Penn State University):
excellent online textbook
- "China's
Rise: An Historical Perspective" by Jonathan Spence (Asia
Society interview)
- 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 on the Qingming Festival). |
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)
- Topics
in Chinese culture: not an academic site (ChinaVista)
- 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)
- The Hakka People
- The Imperial Examination System (very brief overview)
Art:
- Glossary of Chinese 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.)
- Buddhist
Art of China: photographs from the Huntington Archive
- Types of Shang bronzes
- Ritual
bronzes in the collection of the Sackler
Foundation
- Jade
burial suit (113 BCE)
- "City
of Cathay": 1960 film of "Qingming
shanghe tu"
- Daoist
and Chinese art (Dao House)
- 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)
- Chinese
holidays (Indiana University)
- 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)
- Beijing Summit on Chinese Spirituality and Society (2008)
- "Religious Traditions and the Future of East Asia" (James Miller)
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Confucianism:
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Master
Kong (Confucius) |
- Confucius
and Confucianism: a pretty good introduction, with links to
other topics in Chinese history, literature, and arts (Chinaknowledge.org)
- Confucian Thought
(Asia for Educators, Columbia University)
- "Confucianism" by Judith
Berling (short article)
- Looking for Confucius:
focuses on the Analects
- The Thirteen Scriptures (Classics)
- James Legge's translations:
- Wengu zhixin:
"Re-animate the old in order to know the new" (from Analects
2.11): Chinese texts and translations of the Shijing, Lunyu,
Yijing, Daodejing, and 300 Tang Poems
- 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)
- Annual
ritual for Confucius: 2-minute video produced by ROC govt.
- 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)
- Confucianism
and Modernity, by Tu Wei-ming
- "Confucius
Making a Comeback In Money-Driven Modern China" (Washington
Post, 7/24/07)
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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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- Taoism
Information Page (WWWVL)
- 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)
- 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)
- Chinese
Alchemy (Pregadio)
- Daoist
Immortals: not an academic site (Qi: Journal of Traditional
Eastern Health and Fitness)
- Jiao ritual: short essay (Robert
Weller)
- Wudang shan (reputed birthplace of Taiji chuan)
- Painting
of Wudang shan temple complex
- Hong Kong Daoist College
(in Chinese)
- British Taoist Association
- Bibliography
of Chinese martial arts
- Hsing Chen School of Internal
Martial Arts
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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)
- Chinese
Buddhism (Columbia University: Center for Buddhist Studies
Weblog)
- 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)
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)
Organizations:
- Dharma Drum Mountain
(Taiwan)
- Fo Guang Shan (Taiwan)
- Buddhist Compassion
Relief (Tzu-chi) Foundation 慈濟功德會 (Taiwan)
- 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. |
- 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)
News Articles:
- "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 |
- 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:
- "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 )
- "Folk Temples and the Chinese Religious
Economy" by Graeme Lang (Interdisciplinary
Journal of Research on Religion, 2005)
- Millenarian
Rebellion in China: The Eight Trigrams Uprising of 1813
by Susan Naquin (1976): full text
- "Manifestations
of Spiritual Efficacy in Taiwanese Temples" by Randall Nadeau
(1987)
- "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)
- Chinese
Folk Religions (California State University at Pomona)
- Chinese
myths (from chinavista.com)
- 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
- 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
- "A Poetics and Politics of Possession: Taiwanese Spirit-Medium Cults and Autonomous Popular Cultural Space" by Peter Nickerson (2003)
- "Moral Mediums: Spirit-Writing and the Cultural Construction of Chinese Spirit-Mediumship" by Philip Clart (2003)
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Outer
entrance gate of a temple in Taiwan. |
- 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: 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
- Chinese Philosophy
Blog: Manyul Im (Fairfield University)
- "Former
Han Legal Philosophy and the Gongyang zhuan" by Gary
Arbuckle
- 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
- Society for Asian and Comparative
Philosophy
- Philosophy
East & West
- International Society for
Chinese Philosophy
- Hong Kong University Dept.
of Philosophy
- Stephen Angle
(Wesleyan University)
- Bryan Van Norden
(Vassar College)
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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]
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Christianity in China:
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Judaism in China:
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of the synagogue in Kaifeng |
- Bibliography of Chinese Judaism
- Sino-Judaic Institute
(See especially Michael Pollack's article "The Jews of Kaifeng"
and the excellent list of further links.)
- Center of Jewish
Studies Shanghai
- China
Judaic Studies Association
- Nanjing University Institue
of Jewish Studies (mostly in Chinese)
- Center
for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies, Shandong University
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Kaifeng
Jews (2002)
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- Jews of China
(many links, not all of them scholarly)
- Jewish
Communities of China (Association of Former Residents of China
in Israel)
- "Chinese Jews: Reverence for Ancestors" (Hadassah Magazine, 2005)
- Chinese Passover Haggadah
- Harbin:
Shanghai:
- Jewish Community of Shanghai
- Rickshaw Express: Jews of Shanghai
- Crossroads:
Shanghai and the Jews of China (Sydney Jewish Museum exhibit)
- 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)
- Jewish
Community of Hong Kong
- Jewish Community of Beijing
- "Hebrew
Names of the Kaifeng Jews" by Aaron Demsky (Bar-Ilan University,
Israel)
- The
Torah Scrolls of the Chinese Jews, by Michael Pollack
- Kaifeng
Jews formally convert to Judaism
- "The
Virtual Jewish History Tour: China" by Eli Braun
- Chinese and Jews:
Encounters Between Cultures, by Irene Eber (book review)
- From the Rivers of Babylon
to the Whangpoo: A Century of Sephardi Life in Shanghai
(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/Feb 2008)
- Articles on Judaism
in China from Chicago Jewish News
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Politics, etc.:
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Chairman
Mao invoking Confucian "loyalty" |
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- How China is Ruled (BBC)
- Falun Gong
- China
Stands Up: A series of opinion pieces on all aspects of contemporary
China
- China's new wealthy class (NY
Times, 2/29/04)
- China's environmental crisis
(Far Eastern Economic Review, 9/27/01)
- 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)
- Chinese Policies in Tibet: A Critical Look (PBS, 2008)
- Morning Sun:
film and website about 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)
- Beijing's view
of Taiwan's independence (Beijing Review, 3/10/03)
- Chinese
version of Tibetan history
- Taiwan President Pushes Independence
From China (Chen Shui-bian's first interview since his narrow
re-election, 3/29/04)
- 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
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):
- 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)
- Thomas Friedman columns on Chinese politics
(1999)
- Internet censorship in China
- "Building
of Political Democracy in China" (PRC government report)
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