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Religious Studies Department
Asian Studies Program
Joseph
Adler
Links for Chinese Religions and Philosophy
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requires a Kenyon network connection.
Since my retirement from teaching in 2014
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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
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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
- "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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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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Live Chairman Mao" (source) |
- 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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