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General Resources
Chinese History (to Qing Dynasty) (general historical links, arranged by time period, to 1911) (East Asian Library, U. Southern California)
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: China: History (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands)
China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS)  (collaborative project with objective to "create a flexible tool that can be used to investigate any sort of geographically specific data related to China, involving numerous universities) (Yenching Institute, Harvard U., et. al.)
A Country Study: China (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert L. Worden, Andrea Matles Savada and Ronald E. Dolan, Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Colin Chinnery The History of Chinese Bookbinding (images and articles) (International Dunhuang Project)
Chimed: The History of Chinese Medicine (links and articles, program information, and more) (Albion C.)
Classical Historiography for Chinese History (articles and bibliographies) (Benjamin A. Elman, U. California, Los Angeles and Princeton U.)
Classified Bibliography of Reference Works on Chinese Historical Geography (bibliographies, arranged by subject) (Thomas H. Hahn, Cornell U.)
Concise Political History of China  (annotated timeline, with material compiled from Compton's Living Encyclopediawithin larger Chinese Cultural Studies site) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida)
Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners (articles, arranged by time period) (Paul Frankenstein)
Era and Timeline of Chinese History (in Chinese and in English; requires Chinese character capability to see pages correctly) (Seke Wei)
The Fairbanks Chinese History Virtual Library (virtual exhibits, with historical analysis)(Robert Gray, U. of Michigan)
Global History Consortium: China (articles and links on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ)
Barend J. ter Haar's Website (includes bibliographies on Violence, Protest, and other topics in Chinese History) (Barend J. ter Haar, U. Leiden)
Paul Halsall (U. North Florida) Chinese Culture (Brooklyn College course web-site, with links to articles and images)
Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (annotated links on all subjects, part of WWW Virtual Library) (Hanno E. Lecher, Leiden U., Netherlands)
A Country Study: Macau (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert L. Worden, Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Historical Maps of China (part of the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) (U. Texas, Austin)
Taiwan Maps (from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) (U. Texas, Austin)
the National Museum of China (virtual exhibitions, in Chinese and in English) Beijing, China)
Leon Poon (U. of Maryland) History of China (sections with a timeline and with articles arranged by topic)
China (images and multimedia resources, includes "bibliographies" section with numerous resources on Chinese culture and history) (Marilyn Shea, U. Maine, Farmington)
Silk Road Seattle (virtual exhibits, including maps and articles, exploring the Silk Road to the 17th Century) (Daniel C. Waugh, U. Washington)
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Ancient and Early Imperial China
Ancient China: The Middle Kingdom (links to articles, arranged by subject and period) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Ancient Dynasties (1 of 2 overview article and image pages on Ancient Dynasties, within larger history of China site)
Centre for Hong Kong Prehistory (introduction, bibliography) (U. of Hong Kong)
The Chou, 1050-256 BC (overview, within the World Civilizations: China: The Middle Kingdom pages) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
The Coins and History of Ancient China (virtual exhibits) (T. K. Mallon-McCorgray)
China: History (article on early China) (Robert Crowley, U. Illinois, Springfield)
Rinn-Sup Shinn and Robert L. Worden History of China: The Ancient Dynasties (article and images, with link to 2nd page on dynasties, within larger History of China site) (Leon Poon, U. Maryland)
The Chinese Empire: The Middle Kingdom (articles arranged by subject) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.)
Emuseum: China (timeline on ancient and imperial Chinese periods, with articles and maps) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
Han Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The Imperial Era: The First Imperial Period (overview article and images, within larger history of China site)
The Development of Mathematics in Ancient China (article with images and tables) (Saxakali.com)
Barbara Bennett Patterson (Oregon State U.) Dutiful Daughters: Seven Moral Exemplars in Chinese History (essay about the use of women as figures for ethical instruction in early Chinese history)
Warring State Project ("a center and international contact point for research on China's classical period (the 05th through 03rd centuries," includes project description, other resources) (U. Massachusetts, Amherst)
Zhou Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
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Classical Imperial China
Emuseum: China (timeline on ancient and imperial Chinese periods, with articles and maps) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
The Northern and Southern Song dynasties (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
T'ang Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
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Yuan and Ming Dynasties (1279-1644)
The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Ming Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The Imperial Era: The Mongolian Interlude (overview article and images, within larger history of China site)
The Mongols
The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Reuven Amitai-Preiss "Mamluks and Mongols: an overview" (1995) (etext from larger book)
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits) (U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar)
Mike Edwards and Jim Stanfield (National Geographic Society) The Land of Genghis Khan (photographic essay, maps, legacy of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia)
S. A. M. Adshead "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" (etext of selection form larger book on Central Asia)
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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Formosa (virtual exhibit on 19th century Taiwan through Western eyes, with maps, timelines, and more) (Reed C., Portland, OR)
The Opium Wars
Digital China: The Opium War (overview, links to primary sources and other sites) (Harvard Law School)
China: The First Opium War (overview, image, and prmary document) (Joseph V. O'Brien, John Jay C. of Criminal Justice, NY)
Windows on Asia: History of Hong Kong (overview of cession of Hong Kong to Britain due to Chinese military defeat) (Michigan State U.)
Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) The Opium Wars (overview article, within the World Civilizations pages devoted to Chinese history)
Sigrid Schmalzer (U. California, San Diego) Review of Arthur Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes (1958) 
Cameron Campbell (U. California, Los Angeles) and James Lee (Cal. tech) Papers on Chinese Population and Social History (papers in.pdf format, covering c.1750-1909) (U. California, Los Angeles)
The Qing Dynasty (articles and links, arranged by topic, within the John Fairbank memorial Chinese History Virtual Library) (Robert Gray, U. of Michigan)
Qing Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject)
Shimonoseki Armistice, March 30, 1895 (transcription, in English) (Center for East Asian Studies, U. California, Los Angeles)
S. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (U. Heidelberg) and Marilyn A. Levine (Lewis-Clark State C.) Historical Survey: Sino-Japanese War (overview and images, within electronic course on Chinese history)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Emergence of Modern China: The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64 (overview article, within larger history of China site)
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Modern China
General Resources
Modern Chinese History: A Basic Bibliography (texts arranged by subject and by time period) (Brent Irvin, U. California San Diego)
Chinese History Research Site (includes articles, reviews, and other resources; maintained by graduate students in Modern Chinese History Program) (U. California, San Diego)
Historical Society for 20th Century China (society homepage, information)
The Boxer Rebellion
Fei Ch'i-hao The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 (English translation of Chinese historical text, within Paul Halsall's Modern History Sourcebook)
Boxer Uprising: China, 1900-1901 (historical overview, photos, and short bibliography) (Australian War Memorial, Canberra)
The Boxer Rebllion (historical overview and images) (J. Buschini, Small Planet Communications.com)
The Centennial of the Boxer Rebellion (article and images) (Yale U. Library)
John W. Guy "Role of the United States Marines During the Relief of Peking, The Boxer Rebellion - 1900" (article and images) (U. San Diego)
George Odgers War Against the Boxers (historical overview and photos, with emphasis on Australian participation)
Boxer Rebellion (Third China War) 1900 (articles, maps, bibliography, and links) (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org)
 The Boxer Rebellion, 1900: A Selection of Prints, Books and Photographs (Frances Wood, British Library, London)
Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia: An Electronic Inventory (database) (U. British Columbia)
Chinese Canadian Historical Photo Exhibit (19th c. photos) (Chinese Canadian National COuncil, Toronto)
The Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution as History (book reviews and articles by graduate students) (U. California, San Diego)
The Cultural Revolution: Bibliography (within larger site on Chinese history) (Marilyn Shea, U. Maine)
Virtual Museum of the 'Cultural Revolution' (in Chinese or in English; articles and images, arranged by subject, in developing database)(China News Digest, International)
Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution (online exhibit of collection originally arranged by U. Westminster and Indiana U.) (Ohio State U.)
John Fairbank Memorial Chinese History Virtual Library: Modern (articles and images, from the Qing Period to the present) (Robert Gray, U. Michigan)
Frederick S. Litten (I. for the History of Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-U., Munich) 'The CCP and the Fujian Rebellion" (essay in translation of thesis on Communist involvement in 1930's insurgency) (1988)
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Hong Kong: History (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands)
Indo-Chinese War (1962)
Official 1962 War History (pdf articles) (History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India)
Neville Maxwell India's China War (full e-text, arranged by chapter)
Indo-China War, 1962 (tables, links to articles arranged by topic0 (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org)
War in the Himalayas: 1962 Indo-Sino Conflict (articles, images, military history)(Bharat Rakshak)
Indo-China War of 1962 (historical overview) (John Pike, Global Security.org)
A Modern Chinese History Virtual Library
Homepage (Robert Gray / Fairbank Chinese History Library, Harvard U.)
People's Republic of China (1949-present) 
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) 
Republican Era (1912-1949) 
The Hedda Morrison Photographs, 1933-46 (Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard U.)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The People's Republic of China (1 of a series of overview articles on Communist China, within larger history of China site)
Bibliography of Photo Albums and Materials related to Photography in China and Tibet before 1949 (includes images) (Thomas H. Hahn, COrnell U.)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China (1 of a series of overview articles on Republican China, within larger history of China site)
Separate Lives, Broken Dreams: Saga of Chinese Immigration (discussion of U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act, links to related resources) (National Asian American Telecommunication Association)
Shanghai in Images: A Historical Photographic Database (in English or French) (I. of East Asian Studies, Lyon U., and Center for Chinese Studies, U. California, Berkeley)
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45)
Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, 1937-38 (Chiu-yee Cheung, Hong Kong)
Nanking 1937: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre (virtual exhibit, including historical articles and images) (Princeton U.)
Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China: Anti-Japanese War (overview article, within larger history of China site)
Shanghai 1937: Photographs of Karl Kengelbacher (over 100 photos of a four-month period of the war in Shanghai) (Peter Kengelbacher, and Schauwecker's Guide to Japan)
A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.)
Headland, Isaac Taylor Court Life in China (1909) (full etext, within U. Virginia's electronic text collections)


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