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Asia Insights : China

  Facts and background

 


Population: 1,288.4 million
Surface area: 9,598 thousand sq. km
Population per sq. km :
Population growth: 1%
Life expectancy (2002): 71 years
GNI per capita: 1,100 US$
GDP: 1,409,852 million US$
(Unless otherwise stated, data are from 2003)
Source: World Development Indicators Database

Head of State: President Hu Jintao

Source: Governments on the Web

 

Eldis China
UNESCAP Asia Pacific in figures : China
World Bank Country at a glace
World Bank Country Profile Tables  
AsiaSource Country Profile
CIA The World Factbook
CountryProfiles.org TM
China: A country study. Library of Congress

 

  Politics and society
National Bureau of Statistics, China
China Development Gateway, website established jointly by the Chinese government and the World Bank
   - West Development
   - Poverty Relief
Office of the Leading Group for Western Region Development of the State Council
China Economic Information Network
The China Project : China's Economy Online Research from Chatham House
Digital Archive for Chinese Studies - archives and makes accessible Internet resouces relevant for Chinese Studies, with special emphasis given on social and political discourse as reflected by articulations on the Chinese Internet.
Selected works by Deng Xiaoping
China Digital Archive 1966-1976
China Leadership Monitor by Hoover Institution, Stanford University
China Vitae - online biographical database that provides more than 2500 biographies of current Chinese political, military, economic, business, and academic leaders.
Human Rights Internet
Human Rights Watch : China
Human Rights in China
U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Amnesty International
Amnesty International Library
Laogai Research Foundation
China Labour Bulletin
NatLex - database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department by ILO
A Complete Research Guide to the Laws of the People's Republic of China (PRC) By Wei Luo and Joan Liu
Chinese Law Library by NovexCn.com
Jurist China - Chinese Law, legal research, humanrights
People' Daily online - Chinese Laws and Regulations
Chinawatch - A joint initiative of the Worldwatch Institute and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute (GEI), China Watch reports on energy, agriculture, population, water, health, and the environment in China
WWF China
China-EU forum of Sustainable Development
   - Links
China Clean Energy Programme
Urban China Research Network
Can China Feed itself? - a system for Evaluation of Policy Options from The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna
South China Sea WWW Virtual Library
All-China Women's Federation
Chinese women
Chinese Military Power - Project of Defense Alternatives, The Commonwealth Institute, USA

 

  Government sites
Governments on the Web
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members

 

  Political parties
Political resources on the net - China 
Election World : China : parties list

 

  News agencies
China view (Xinhua online)

 

  News
China Internet Information Centre
China Daily
China Today
People's Daily

  

  China news from foreign sources
Asia Media
Reuters Alertnet - Asia
BBC China
CNN news - Asia
Reliefweb - China
International Herald Tribune - Asia
The Economist - China

 

  Universities and Research Organisations
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
China Education and Research Network
  - List of Universities and colleges
Peking University
Tsinghua University
Fudan University
Nankai University, Tianjin
Nanjing University
Hong Kong University
City University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Asian Affairs - Think tanks about Asia
Nordic Centre at Fudan University, Shanghai
NACS - Nordic Association of Chinese Studies

 

  Other Resources
China WWW Virtual Library -Internet for Chinese Studies
Internet Resources: China Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library
AsiaObserver : China
Chinasite a guide to Chinese websites.
Modern China Studies
WWW Virtual Library : History : China
China Maps
Antique Maps of China database by Library, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
East & Southeast Asia: an annotated Directory of Internet Resources - China: Culture and Society
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Centre
Chinese Cultures Abroad (WWW Virtual Library)
World HUAREN Federation
China bibliography - Collection of Resources

 

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