ASPT 286 - Politics of China - *Politics - Research Guides at Bates College

Getting Started with a Topic

Oxford Bibliographies
Search to find recommended sources on scholarly topics. Most bibliographies include textbooks and general introductions. Includes Chinese Communist Party and Corruption in China, among others.
Oxford Handbooks Online - Political Science and China
Location: Available online.

Collections of essays on major themes in politics. The above link searches the collection for essays related to China.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (WPSA)

Political science and international relations journal articles.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
International affairs working papers, proceedings, and policy briefs. Publication dates: 1991 to present

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC
You can find speeches of the foreign minister here. Similar sites can usually be located by searching online for the foreign ministry.
Google Site Search of Chinese Government Domains
A quick way to search for current documents on Chinese government websites: used a Google Advanced Search to search within the gov.cn domain.

Vital Speeches of the Day
Text of speeches on a wide range of political topics. October 8, 1934 to present

Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua (新华社) is the official press agency of the PRC. Publication dates: 1977-present.
People's Daily (English)
Renmin Ribao (人民日报) is the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Coverage: 2009-present.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941-1996
For those with historical interests: the CIA used to listen to foreign radio stations and translate a portion of the broadcasts into English, from 1974 to 1996. Includes Chinese sources, includes speeches.
Global Newsstream
Newspapers, broadcast transcripts, and wire service reports. Includes Xinhua and selected other Chinese publications in English. 1977 to current
Nexis Uni

Full-text news, law, and business-related research. Publication dates: Varies by titles; 1980s to the present. L/N lexis nexis nexus lexus lexisnexis

Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)
Declassified government documents on U.S. foreign and military policy. Includes collections China, 1960-1998 and China And U.S. Intelligence, 1945-2010.
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Historical record of U.S. foreign policy decisions. Publication dates: 1861 to 1988. Also available via University of Wisconsin and the State Department.

The series, which is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, began in 1861 and now comprises more than 350 individual volumes. The volumes published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records from all the foreign affairs agencies.