Chinese History

Resources in this category:

China and Europe (1500 - 2000 and Beyond)
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/chinawh/web/s5/index.html

This site produced by Asia for Educators, Columbia University discusses history between China and Europe from 1500 to 2000 in the view of modern development.

Chinavoc: Chinese Traditional Opera
http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/perform/opera.htm

An introduction to the history of Beijing, Yue, Huangmei, and Kungu Opera. This site describes the instrumentation used in the various forms as well as the different costumes and character roles.

Chinese Myths and Fantasies
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/myth/myth.html

This site is an introduction to Chinese culture through the country's rich mythology. Links include more on modern culture, art and festivals.

Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/

"Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts created by the Confucian Etext Project; Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts from other sources, to some of which we have made minor improvements; and Information on and links to more information on the preparation and use of these texts."

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html

A hugely comprehensive sourcebook providing full text primary source materials available online for researching the history of China, Japan, and Korea from ancient to modern times.

Recording the Grandeur of the Qing: Nanxuntu
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/nanxuntu/start.html

This site produced by Asia for Educators, Columbia University presents information about the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors, the Qing state system, the Qing economy, the art during the Qing, and the Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls.

The Song Dynasty in China (960 - 1279)
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/index.html

This site produced by Asia for Educators Columbia University provides economic growth, commercialization, urbanization, the spread of printing, and the social changes by analyzing the Beijing Qingming Scroll from 12th century.

Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html

A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book containing documents detailing "U.S. government accounts of the infamous military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989." The previously classified documents also cover "the student demonstrations in late 1985 and 1986 that, in hindsight, were signs of the events to come, the period leading up the PLA's use of force, and post-crackdown assessments of the events and their significance."

Visions of China
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/

CNN features the history of China, including maps and timelines.