China Resource Page 

Instructors' pages & email 

• Johnson   (no email--
• Leonard   kate@uakron.edu
• Moore   gmoore@ndc.edu
• Motz   motze@uakron.edu   
• Russ   jana@uakron.edu

(Phone messages for instructors can be left at 330-972-6076 or with History Department staff at 330-972-7006)

• The Olympics will be hosted by Beijing in 2008: see the plans on the Official Beijing Olympics Website.

• Tour: Each year in mid-May a delegation of UA students and faculty travels to four cities in China and two cities in Korea.  If you are interested in earning credits in World Civilizations: China by traveling in China, contact the Office of International Programs for more information, or see their flyer online at Travel & Study in China.

Travel & Study in China -- 2000 Travel Group
in front of the Forbidden City

• Basic Facts about China

• Current events in China
• CNN.com Asia
• Human Rights Issues in China

• China & East Asia Chronology
• Chronology of Tienanmin Square

• Condensed Chinese History for Beginners

• Political Structure of Modern China
  

• Map Project and Maps

• Map of China
• Major Cities of China Map
• Provinces Map
• Individual City Maps
• Major Chinese Rivers Map
• Topographic Map
• Maps: East Asia, Topigraphic East Coast, & China and Mongolia
• Satellite photos of the Great Wall
• China Population Density
• Ethnolinguistic Groups Map
• Historical Maps of China

• Selections from the Confucian Analects
• Examples of Filial Piety
• Selections from the Dao De Jing
• Han Fei-tzu: Legalist Views on Good Government
• The Word of Buddha
• Chinese Language and Writing
• Shu Jing: The Mandate of Heaven
• Dream of the Red Chamber
• Fu Xuan: Poem on Woman (c, 3rd, Century CE)
• Ban Zhou, Views of a Female Confucian
• Chinese Footbinding
• Sun Tzu's The Art of War
• Chinese Fables
• Chinese Poetry
• Sun Yatsen: Fundamentals of Nationalist Reconstruction
• Nanjing Massacre (CND trans. Robert Gray)
• Photo Archive of Nanjing Massacre
• Quotations from Chairman Mao
• Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages: The Cult of Mao
• China & the US: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998 (Natl. Security Archive)

• Internet East Asian History Sourcebook (from Fordham)
  
• Online Primary Source Readings on China (from CUNY)

• China's Gifts to the West
• Chinese Inventions
• Asian Armor
• Chinese Clothing
• Chinese Robes and Other Costume Items
• Costumes of Chinese Minorities
• Chinese Minority Textiles
  
• Chinese Fashion
• Dragon Robes
  
• Chinese Festivals
  • Lion Dance
  • Hui Chun--New Year Messages
    
• Chinese Music
  
• Chinese Dragons & The Dragon Dance
• Chinese Astrology  &  Chinese Horoscopes  
• Food and cooking in China 
• The Chinese Cupboard
  
• Chinese and Japanese Recipes
• Little Ma's Recipes Page
• Taste of China 
• Dumplings
  
 

• Guidelines for Writing Exams and Reviews
• Critical Review Guidelines
• China Booklist
• Daughter of Han Assignment
• Analytical Film Review Assignment
• A list of films for China Civ. Classes
  
• 100 Greatest Chinese Films of the 20th Century (Asia Weekly) 
• Film/Book Analysis Paper
• Cultural Project 
• Some General Culture Metasites (see also the Culture links to the left)
• China the Beautiful
• Asia Wind
• China Vista
• China-on-site
  
• Bibliographical Guide to Chinese Studies
• How to Evaluate Internet Sources

Inner Mongolia and the Mongolian Peoples Republic Information Links 

(Note: Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region within the borders of China, The Mongolian Peoples Republic is a separate country on the northern border of China.  There are links for both listed here only because they have a common heritage and history.  Under the Yuan and Qing dynasties Mongolian people ruled all of China.)

• Mongolia Facts & Additional Cultural Info Links
• Map of Mongolia
• CIA Factbook: Mongolian People's Republic
  
• Yuan Dynasty Mongol Empire map
• The Land of Genghis Khan, National Geographic Website
• The Mongol Khans
• Mongolian Women's Festival Costume