Mao Tse-tung | Tiananmen Square | Gov't News Agencies (PRC) | Current Events in Asia

On Mao Tse-tung
• Mao Tse-tung Internet Library
(www.marx2mao.org/Mao/Index.html)
The site contains texts from Volumes I to V of "Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung," "Quotations from Mao Tse-tung" and other relevant documents. The texts may also be accessed by topic under "Reading Guide."

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Tiananmen: The Gate of Heavenly Peace
• Virtual Museum of China '89
(www.cnd.org/China89)
The site is produced by China News Digest and contains a description of the events that occured at Tiananmen Square in 1989 as well as the events leading up to and following that time. It includes links to images of and biographical information of significant Chinese leaders and individuals of that period.

• Gate of Heavenly Peace
(www.tsquare.tv)
Taking its name from the 1996 film chronicling the events at Tiananmen Square, this site contains extensive information on the making of the film, as well as a map and interactive "tour" or Tiananmen Square, a chronology of 20th-century China, and more.

• Tiananmen Square 1989: The Declassified History
(www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html)
The site is an electronic archive of detailed (and previously classified) U.S. government accounts of the military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989.

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Government News Agencies (People's Republic of China)
• Government Organizations Of The People's Republic of China (Compiled by China News Daily)
(www.cbw.com/govern)
This site is sponsored by China News Daily and provides information on government organizations of The People's Republic of China and photos of current office holders.

• 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.

• China Internet Information Center
(www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm)
This site provides links to news on Chinese domestic and foreign affairs, government white papers, and other information related to contemporary China. It is sponsored by China International Publishing and Internet Group, which has various media institutions and sister organizations throughout China.

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Current Events in Asia
• AsiaSource
(www.asiasource.org)
A wealth of online resources on Asia from the Asia Society. The section on Policy & Government is 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.

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