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East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
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China: Political Campaigns & Issues
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Political Trends & Issues (General) Political Campaigns Political & Constitutional Reform
Official Publications & Documents Political Humor Village Democracy & Rural Problems
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Political Trends & Issues (General)
Cheng Ming/Trend Magazine (in Chinese) Online editions of 2 Hong Kong magazines reporting on the political conditions & developments of the People's Republic of China
China Reform Monitor Index to the monthly "American Foreign Policy Council review of P.R.C. government actions & U.S. policy"
China Study Group "a New York based non-profit organization formed in 1995 to facilitate networking of scholars/activists, and promote dissemination of info and research works, with a view to providing alternative perspectives and assessments on issues pertaining to China": articles; news; blog; forum; translation project
China's Directionless Transition: A Commentary By Arthur Waldron (China Brief, Feb. 20, 2004)
China's Post 9/11 Terrorism Strategy Commentary by You Ji (China Brief, Apr. 15, 2004)
China's Psychiatric Terror Jonathan Mirsky's review of Robin Munro's book Dangerous Minds: Political Psychiatry in China Today and Its Origins in the Mao Era (The New York Review of Books, Feb. 27, 2003)
The Chinese Axis: Zoning Technologies & Variegated Sovereignty Aihwa Ong's paper on "Greater China ... [as] a state-driven strategy to economically integrate disarticulated political entities as a detour toward eventual political integration" (Journal of East Asian Studies, 4, 2004; PDF format)
Chinese Corruption Crusade Causes New Factional Infighting Commentary by Willy Lam (China Brief, Jan. 20, 2004)
Compendium of Sites Related to Chinese Politics (in Chinese) Very extensive list: Discussion forums; reference & information; related links
Contemporary China: The Consequences of Change The Winter 1996 issue of the Journal of International Affairs
Factional Politics in the CCP Commentary by Willy Lam (China Brief, Mar. 8, 2004)
The Jamestown Foundation: China Brief: A Journal of Information and Analysis Semimonthly of foundation with "mission ... to contribute to U.S. understanding of its strategic adversaries ... [ by]collect[ing] information from expert sources ...[&] extract[ing] & distill[ing] both information & analysis"
The MS TKG Chinese Politics Site News clippings & forum for discussion of & personal opinions on Chinese politics
NewNationalism Pits Shanghai Against its Global Ambition James Farrer on the conflict between cosmopolitan globalism & radical nationalism as revealed by the 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations & Shanghai government's response (YaleGlobal, Apr. 29, 2005)
Political Resources on the Net - China Agora's directory of resources on Chinese politics
Provincial Politics and the Death of Free Media in China Commentary by Arnold Zeitlin (China Brief, Apr. 1, 2004)
Recentralization in China? An International Monetary Fund Working Paper on changing relations between the provinces & the central government in the 1990s (Oct. 2002)
The Relationship Between the National People's Congress & the State Council in the PRC A French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) Working Paper by Jean-Pierre Cabestan (July 2000)
The State of China Today "host of links which include information on the Chinese state, military, amd Foreign Policy"
Strengthen the Nation Forum (in Chinese) A political discussion forum hosted by the People's Daily Online
Studying "Three Represents" China Internet Information Center's compilation of stories related to "what the Communist Party of China currently stands for," as put forth by former president Jiang Zemin in 2000
Taking a Stand Time Asia Magazine special report on a new generation of Chinese activists (Mar. 1, 2004)
NewThree Wise Men Moisés Naím on "What China’s leaders can learn from Confucius, Mao, and Stanley Fischer" in dealing with social upheaval resulting from rapid economic growth (Foreign Policy, Jan./Feb. 2005)
NewWelcome to China's Power Party David Kootnikoff's commentary on China's use of "the politics of vilification," repression of journalists & other political tools to enhance its power & influence (OhmyNews International, June 10, 2005)
NewWorld and China Institute (in Chinese & English) "an independent non-government, non-profit research institute, dedicating to the mutual understanding of the world and China ... focusing on research of political system reform, election in rural areas, civil society and its impact on politics, social thinking trend happening in China recently"
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Political Campaigns
Anti-drug in China People's Daily stories on the government's campaign against drugs & anti-drug cooperation with foreign countries
"Strike Hard" Campaign People's Daily stories on the 2001 anti-crime campaign
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Political & Constitutional Reform
China Elections and Governance (in Chinese & English) "news, articles, academic papers, laws and regulations, and data on Chinese elections and governance on all levels .. exclusive reports on election and governance matters commissioned by the China Elections Project at The Carter Center"
China's Top Worries: Lagging Political Reform, Corruption, Environment A May 2000 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing
Democratization in Greater China TOC of special issue of Orbis, with some downloadable articles (Spring 2004)
Distinguished Chinese Political Activists Discuss Constitutionalism & Political Reform Report on UCLA Asia Institute symposium on "Constitutionalism in China?" (2/21/2003)
Five Recommendations for Chinese Constitutional Reform Cao Siyuan's essay in Harvard Asia Quarterly (Autumn 2000)
The Wrath of God: Insights Into Official Corruption Analysis of an anti-corruption novel based on the Chen Xitong affair
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Official Publications & Documents
Government White Papers:
Chinese versions
English versions; also available here
Official documents on a variety of topics ranging from human rights & criminal reform to Tibet & Taiwan questions to family planning & environmental protection
Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages Online exhibition of political posters organized by topic, with commentary, bibliography & links
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Political Humor
China - The Long March to Capitalism Editorial cartoons by Chappatte
China Daily Editorial Cartoon Page (in Chinese) Cartoons grouped by category
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