News
- China TimesNewspaper from Taiwan
- World News Connection This link opens in a new window1995-2013 Discover what’s really happening in specific countries and regions of Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe,the Middle East, the Americas, and Oceania. Information is compiled and translated from more than 800 non-U.S. media sources, including news articles, Web sites, broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Earlier content is available from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996 on the Newsbank platform.
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Coverage: 1974-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.
Terms of use - Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new windowCoverage: varies by title. Access World News Research Collection provides full-text information and perspectives from over 10,000 US and international news sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Content includes newspapers, video transcripts, blogs, and other formats.
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Government information
- Foreign GovernmentsMaintained by Chris Davidson at Northwestern University. List of links to the official websites of national governments.
- Official Government Web PagesMaintained by Richard Kimber, University of Keele, UK, retired. More up-to-date than Gunnar Anzinger's
Images
- WikimediaDatabase of over 2 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute
- Visualizing CulturesTopical units to date focus on Japan in the modern world and early-modern China. Images of every sort are introduced and examined here—in partnership with contributing institutions and collections, and with the collaboration of experts devoted to transcending the printed word and hard-bound text.
- Modern SketchThis rare Chinese periodical (Shi Dai Man Hua), 1934-1937, contains caricatures, cartoons, and humorous writing that defined the gold era of Shanghai's comic art during the mid-1930s. MIT also has an online exhibition of this material with additional pages. Click on more, below, and copy link into your browser
Maps
- Spatial Explorer of ReligionInteractive mapping tool with a focus on China. Religion is only one of a number of features that can be mapped. You can create maps of China and export them as PDFs or JPEGs
- Asia MapsContains images of hundreds of maps of Asian nations, major cities, and more. Provided by the University of Texas, Austin.
Data
- China Data Online This link opens in a new windowCoverage: current. Provides access to monthly reports, yearbooks, monthly reports, and census data.
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