Chinese Research Guide: Country/Culture

Online Chinese news website that can be switched to full Chinese or Bilingual format.

News sites of the China Radio International. There are links to their broadcasts attached to news articles. In English but language can be changed.

Another list of Chinese newspapers organized by location

News site for the Chinese National Radio. Articles and links to audio stories are completely in Chinese.

Taiwanese News Source (in Chinese)

An extensive list of newspapers with Chinese news in several languages from onlinenewspapers.com

A great source for business news in China. Main article are in English, but there are links to articles in Chinese.

Southern China / Hong Kong news source. Use the Edition drop-down at the upper left to switch from International to Hong Kong.

Xinhua News Agency (EN). Use the Editions drop-down at the upper right to select language.

Live streaming and stored content from many CCTV channels

Phoenix / Ifeng TV - Americas web site

Phoenix (Ifeng) TV - Hong Kong site

This Chinese search engine has about 70% of the market share among users in China

The Centre is in the process of putting their collections of rare manuscripts, books, photographs, audio and film material on-line, to be freely available for everyone.
All items can be used for non-commercial use!

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

The Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy is a unique reference work which makes a broad range of richly varied philosophical, ethical and theological traditions accessible to a wide audience.The Companion is divided into six sections covering the main traditions within Asian thought: Persian; Indian; Buddhist; Chinese; Japanese; and Islamic philosophy.

Recently rebranded from So.com to Haosou.com, Qihoo's search engine has the second largest market share in China.

Recent data and statistics on country development, global poverty, health and education, and other economic and social indicators related to poverty and development. Includes global gender statistics.