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General Information and News
• The National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSR)
(www.ncuscr.org)
The NCUSR is a nonprofit educational organization that encourages mutual understanding betweeen the citizens of China and the United States. The Web site offers articles and speeches given or written for NCUSR functions. Topics include the Taiwan issue, trade relations, and China's role in regional organizations such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

• "China and the World" Archive on The Atlantic Online
(www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/china.htm)
This online version of The Atlantic Monthly magazine provides a "flashbacks" archive of past articles and commentary on U.S.-China relations and on China on the world stage.

• AsiaSource
(www.asiasource.org)
A wealth of online resources on Asia from the Asia Society. The section on Policy & Government is most relevant here, but the site also features Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, and Society & History sections, as well as links to other 'sister' sites — AsiaTODAY (news), AsiaFOOD (recipes), AsiaBUSINESS, AsiaEVENTS (worldwide calendar), and AsiaVIEWS (articles & speeches), and more.

• China View (Xinhua News Agency)
(www.xinhuanet.com/english/index.htm)
This is the site for the state news agency of the People's Republic of China, offering articles in English on Chinese politics, Chinese fovernment white papers, and links to other news sources on China. It provides a look at current events in China from a Chinese perspective.

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Foreign Policy Issue: Human Rights
• Human Rights in China
(iso.hrichina.org/iso/)
Human Rights in China (HRIC) is an international nongovernmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars that monitors the implementation of international human rights standards in China and carries out human rights advocacy and education among Chinese people inside and outside the country. In Chinese and English.

• Human Rights Watch: Asia Section
(www.hrw.org/asia/index.php)
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Their website contains reports and updates on the human rights situation in China. For Tibet the site provides a summary of and excerpts from a Human Rights Watch production titled "Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile," as well as a map of Tibet and a link to the MSNBC website's gallery of images from Tibet during the fifty years of Chinese government control.

• The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
(www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june99/china_2-26.html)
A "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" transcript (dated February 26, 1999) of a discussion on human rights in China, titled "Dealing with China." It offers a ReadAudio version of the discussion as well as a link to the U.S. Statde Department's report on human rights practices in China for 1998.

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Foreign Policy Issue: Trade
• The United States-China Business Council
(www.uschina.org)
This Web site provides information and statistics on China's trade, foreign investment, and economy, as well as documents originating from various economic/business organizations and institutions on topics such as U.S.-China trade and investment, China and the World Trade Organization, and human rights and religious freedom.

• Ministry of Commerce of the PRC
(english.mofcom.gov.cn/)
The official Web site of the China's Ministry of Commerice. This site features transcripts of recent speeches made by the minister of commerce; a summary of basic foreign trade policies; and official statistical data on foreign trade, utilization of foreign capital, and overseas project construction. (The link here is to the English version of the site. The Chinese version is at www.mofcom.gov.cn/).

• China Economic Information Network (CEI-Net)
(ce.cei.gov.cn)
This website produced by the Chinese government provides an overview of the current Chinese economy and offers brief outlines of the latest economic news, laws and regulations, governmental bodies, and policies.

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