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last updated 18 November 2009
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| UK ACADEMIC RESEARCH |
Here is a short list of UK universities that offer China-related degree courses at either or both undergraduate or postgraduate level. *indicates a university that offers Single Honours undergraduate degrees in Chinese Studies. For a much more comprehensive list of Chinese Studies in the UK go to www.bacsuk.org.uk/links.html.
University of Bristol Centre of East Asian Studies www.bris.ac.uk/ceas/
*University of Cambridge www.ames.cam.ac.uk/
*University of Durham www.dur.ac.uk/EastAsianStudies
Department closed autumn 2007 but this webpage is still current.
*University of Edinburgh www.asianstudies.ed.ac.uk/chinese/
*University of Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk/east_asian
London School of Economics, Asia Centre
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/asiaResearchCentre/
China in Comparative Perspective Network www.lse.ac.uk/ccpn
University of Manchester www.ccs.humanities.manchester.ac.uk
University of Nottingham, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies
www.nottingham.ac.uk/chinese-studies
University of Nottingham, China Policy Institute www.chinapolicyinstitute.org
*University of Oxford www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/html/ea/chinese/chinese.html
*University of Sheffield www.shef.ac.uk/~eas
*School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London www.soas.ac.uk/
*University of Westminster http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-3694
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| OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS |
All-Party Parliamentary Group on China (APPGC)
www.chinaappg.org.uk/
British Embassy in Beijing
www.uk.cn
British Council in China
www.britishcouncil.org.cn/en/china.htm
The British Council operates in China as the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
enquiry@britishcouncil.org.cn
bc.shanghai@britishcouncil.org.cn
bc.guangzhou@britishcouncil.org.cn
bc.chongqing@britishcouncil.org.cn
Chinese Embassy in London www.chinese-embassy.org.uk
Chinese visas are now issued by an out-sourced agency. Go to:
Chinese Visa Application Service Centre (CVASC)
www.visaforchina.org.u
Chinese Government Organs and Ministries
The People's Daily website has links to all the major organs of state. Go to http://english.people.com.cn/91240/6288319.html. Or try the following http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/, scroll down to "CPC and State Organs", and then choose State Council. (see below under "Economy, Development Aid..." for the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics)
European Union
http://europa.eu
External Relations -
(China pages) http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/index_en.htm
in Beijing: www.delchn.ec.europa.eu/
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
www.fco.gov.uk
for access to all the FCO foreign missions including those in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
United Nations in China
www.un.org.cn/index.htm or try www.unchina.org
World Bank in China
in English www.worldbank.org/cn
in Chinese www.worldbank.org.cn
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| ARTS |
British Museums - British Museum, London www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London www.vam.ac.uk. - Percival David Foundation, now closed. Collection mostly moved to the British Museum. New gallery opening at the British Museum in autumn 2009.
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford www.ashmolean.org/departments/easternart/about/
- Bath Museum of East Asian Art www.meaa.org.uk.
- Bristol's Museum, Galleries & Archives, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL, www.bristol.gov.uk/museums click on "Museum Collections" and follow the links.
- Durham University Oriental Museum www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum.
- National Museums of Scotland, Collection of Chinese Art, Edinburgh www.nms.ac.uk.
artChinese
www.artchinese.co.uk
is a web-based art gallery featuring contemporary Chinese paintings, folk and poster art.
Asia House London
www.asiahouse.org.
A non-profit organisation promoting Asian art and culture in the UK. They have large premises in Marylebone with an exhibition gallery, and cafeteria.
Asian Art in London
www.asianartinlondon.com
This website gives links to many of the private dealers in London who specialise in Asian art and gives details of the annual festival of Asian art.
Chinese People Promotions
www.chinesemusic.co.uk
Agents for Chinese performers.
Brunei Gallery (SOAS)
www.soas.ac.uk/gallery
Chinese Arts Centre Manchester.
www.chinese-arts-centre.org
The premier non-profit organisation promoting contemporary Chinese arts in the UK.
London Jing Kun Opera Association
www.londonjingkunopera.co.uk
is a not-for-profit society that supports and promotes the learning, appreciation, and practice of Jingju (Peking Opera) and Kunju (Kun Opera),
Red Mansion Foundation
www.redmansion.co.uk/
is a not-for-profit organisation, which promotes artistic exchange between China and Great Britain.
Oriental Ceramic Society London
www.ocs-london.com
The Oriental Ceramic Society aims are to widen the appreciation and knowledge of Asian ceramics and other arts.
Shanghai Museum
in Chinese www.shanghaimuseum.net
in English www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/index.jsp
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| DEVELOPMENT AID, CIVIL SOCIETY, ECONOMICS, TRADE |
Asia Foundation
www.asiafoundation.org
Non-profit organisation working to advance Asia-Pacific relations.
Asia Monitor Resource Centre
www.amrc.org.hk
An independent non-government organisation focusing on Asian labour concerns.
British Chamber of Commerce in China / Shanghai Branch
www.sha.britcham.org/sh/events/events.php
This link goes directly to their events page.
Caijing magazine
in Chinese www.caijing.com.cn/
in English http://english.caijing.com.cn/ (new window)
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/china
China Bear Rescue
www.animalsasia.org
is a branch of the Animal Asia Foundation and is based in Chengdu.
China-Britain Business Council
www.cbbc.org
Official UK trade-relations organisation.
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
in Chinese www.ccpit.org
in English http://english.ccpit.org/
Official PRC trade body.
China Development Brief
www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com
In Chinese www.cdb.org.cn/
China Development Institute
In Chinese www.cdi.com.cn/
In English www.cdi.com.cn/en/index/
One of China's largest research centres operating under the guidance of the State Council Research Office. Chinese language.
China Development Society
www.cdsforum.org
Founded in 2002 CDS is a London School of Economics based organisation that promotes a global understanding about China's economic and social development.
China Dialogue
www.chinadialogue.net
is a UK-based discussion website for environmental issues on China. Bilingual.
China Labour Bulletin
www.clb.org.hk
Promotes independent trade unionism in China and provides information about the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) as well as workers who organise activities outside of ACFTU.
China Online
www.chinaonline.com
Business information; online reports covering many industries.
COCOA
www.cocoa.org.uk
stands for care of China's orphaned and abandoned children, and is a UK charity devoted to the care of babies and young children kept in China's state-run orphanages.
China CSR Map
www.chinacsrmap.org/E_Default.asp
A non-profit organisation giving information about Corporate Social Responsibility practioners, projects, and schemes in China.
Department for Business & Enterprise Reform (BERR) formerly "DTI"
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
direct to China country information - www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/countries?_nfls=false&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=CountryType1&navigationPageId=/china
Development Organisation for Sichuan
www.dors.org.uk/
DORS is a small UK charity implementing village-based projects such as micro-credit, water supply and forestry.
DFID - Department for International Development
www.dfid.gov.uk
Health Unlimited
www.healthunlimited.org/China/index.htm
Medical charity working in developing countries.
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
www.tdctrade.com
Introduction for business visitors to this gateway to China and the South East Asian region.
Global Links Initiative (GLI)
www.glinet.org
is a non-profit organisation which aims to support positive and creative action on social inclusion and citizen empowerment worldwide and works extensively in China.
(Click on 'inspire' and choose China from the menu, or go to the Chinese language section.)
Good Rock Foundation
www.goodrock.org.uk
is a UK-based charity working for China's orphaned & abandoned children, particularly in Xinjiang province. They focus on foster care, the disabled & training of child care workers.
National Bureau of Statistics of China
www.stats.gov.cn/english
This is the official statistical office for China that publishes the China Statistical Yearbook.
Save the Children Fund
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/967.htm
Save the Children Fund have an extensive China programme.
TibetInfoNet
www.tibetinfonet.net
An independent NGO distributing information about Tibet.
International Rivers
http://internationalrivers.org/en/china/three-gorges-dam
This US-based NGO is campaigning on the environmental and social implications of the Three Gorges Dam.
United Nations Development Programme China
www.undp.org.cn
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
www.vso.org.uk
VSO has a large English teaching programme in China for which qualified volunteer teachers are frequently needed.
Worldwide Fund for Nature Hong Kong
in Chinese www.wwf.org.hk
in English www.wwf.org.hk/eng/index.php
The Hong Kong branch of WWF has a long-standing involvement in local environmental issues .
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| LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org.uk
London-based international human rights organisation regularly publishes information about the human rights situation in China.
Asia Law & Practice
www.asialaw.com
publishers of China Law & Practice magazine, based in Hong Kong. Sweet & Maxwell, www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk and www.butterworths.co.uk both based in London, also publish much material on Chinese law.
The Bar Human Rights Committee
www.barhumanrights.org.uk/index.php
The Bar Council of England & Wales has a separate website listing their various international initiatives. It contains a brief section on their work in Tibet, www.barhumanrights.org.uk/wherewework/asia.php#Tibet.
British Council
www.britishcouncil.org/china-governance.htm
provide financial and technical assistance towards the development of the legal system in China.
British Chinese Law Association
www.bclaw.org.uk
Association promoting understanding between the legal professions of the UK and China through organising regular business networking events, seminars on English and Chinese law and social excursions.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
www.ceip.org
This organisation launched their China Programme in October 2002 and seeks to expand research on political reform including work on security and the rule of law.
www.carnegieendowment.org/regions/?fa=viewRegions®ion=1000185
The Carter Center
www.cartercenter.org/peace/china_elections/index.html
is carrying out on-going research on the village elections and good governance in China. A version of the village elections law is published on this site. Also go to: http://en.chinaelections.org/index.asp.
China Law Digest
www.chinalawdigest.com
ChinaLaw Information Service
www.law.pku.edu.cn
in Chinese - hosted by Peking University provides online access to Chinese legislation, details of Chinese lawyersand a discussion of a range of "hot topics". In Chinese.
Chinese Human Rights Web
www.chinesehumanrightsreader.org
is maintained by Stephen Angle and Marina Svensson.
Congressional Executive Committee on China (CECC)
www.cecc.gov/
created by the United States Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, and to submit an annual report to the President and the Congress. They publish a free but intermittent e-newsletter.
Death Penalty Research Centre, 北京师范大学
www.death-penalty.cn [in Chinese, English pages]
This website has been established as part of the death penalty project collaboration between the Great Britain-China Centre and Beijing Normal University's Death Penalty Research Centre (Law Department).
For more about the project on the GBCC website, click here
Ford Foundation in China
www.fordfound.org
Ford in China carries out its own research and gives grants in a variety of areas related to the development of civil society in China, www.fordfound.org/regions/china/overview.
Human Rights in China magazine
in Chinese - www.humanrights.cn
in English - www.chinahumanrights.org/
Chinese government-sponsored publication on human rights in China.
Human Rights Watch, Asia Section
www.hrw.org/en/asia/china
is an active campaigning and research organisation.
Law Society of England & Wales
http://international.lawsociety.org.uk/ip/asia/586
Legal Daily, www.legaldaily.com.cn
in Chinese - lists almost all recently promulgated laws
Ministry of Justice
in Chinese - www.moj.gov.cn
in English - www.legalinfo.gov.cn/english/node_7590.htm
[The] Rights Practice
www.rights-practice.org
Works with partners to realise international human rights standards and strengthen accountability. They work primarily in China, but also other Asian countries.
Supreme People's Court (SPC)
in Chinese - www.court.gov.cn
Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP)
in Chinese - www.spp.gov.cn
US Department of State
publishes an annual report on human rights practices in China. This link leads you to the Human Rights page. Follow the links by year and then by country.
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/
www.novexcn.com/china_law_contents.html
lists almost all recently promulgated Chinese laws, including family and criminal law.
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| LIBRARIES |
Bodleian Library of Oxford University
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental,
Includes the UK Union catalogue of Chinese books.
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/rslpchin/ (Union catalogue)
British Library
www.bl.uk
China Library Group (CLG) contact: John Moffett at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge jm10019@cus.cam.ac.uk The CLG comprises British China-librarians. The group fosters cooperation between China collections in the UK and with China-collections abroad.
Digital Archive for Chinese Studies (DACHS)
www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/
European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL)
www.easl.org
International Dunhuang Project
http://idp.bl.uk
A British Library-based initiative, this is a long-term project to open up to everyone the Dunhuang manuscript collections scattered around the world's libraries.
Mapping Asia Project
www.asiamap.ac.uk
Offers information about the availability of Asian library resources in universities, public libraries and special libraries in the UK.
School of Oriental & African Studies
http://lib.soas.ac.uk
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| OTHER ACADEMIC & SCHOOLS INFORMATION |
British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
www.bacsuk.org.uk
BACS is a professional membership organisation promoting Chinese studies in Britain. Go here for information about China in British schools, amongst other interests.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
www.cass.net.cn (in Chinese)
East Asian Policy Research Network (EASP)
www.welfareasia.org
EASP consists of academics and research students whose research interests are East Asian social policies, aiming to enhance research quality and increase research activities by communicating and sharing ideas, works, and information. Based in the UK (University of Bath).
European Association for Chinese Studies
www.soas.ac.uk/EACS
The professional membership organisation promoting Chinese studies in Europe.
European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China (ECARDC) www.ecardc.org
Foreign Policy Centre, London
http://fpc.org.uk
Think Tank supported by political parties
Royal Institute for International Affairs
www.chathamhouse.org.uk
Think tank dedicated to foreign relations.
SCHOOLS
Specialist Schools Trust - Chinese Network (for school teachers and pupils of Mandarin)
www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/chinese
EasyMandarinUK
www.easymandarinuk.com
An independent organistion providing Mandarin courses to primary schools in central London. They also run weekend classes for children of 3-13 years old every Saturday.
Windows on the World
www.globalgateway.org.uk
This is a free resource for schools and colleges seeking international links .
The British Chinese Language Teaching Seminar (BCLTS)
www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/clts/aboutus.htm
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| NEWS & PRACTICAL INFORMATION |
Chinese visas are now issued by an agency. Go to:
Chinese Visa Application Service Centre (CVASC)
www.visaforchina.org.uk
www.baidu.com.cn
a Chinese search engine.
BBC World Server, Mandarin Service
www.bbc.co.uk/mandarin
Caijing magazine
www.caijing.com.cn
http://english.caijing.com.cn (new window)
China Daily
www.chinadaily.com.cn
China's official English language newspaper.
China Digital Times
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/
Bilingual news website, run by a team at UC Berkeley.
www.chinaleadershipmonitor.org
Hoover Institution's website tracks the changes in Chinese leadership and political reforms.
China News Digest
www.cnd.org
is a non-profit US-based organisation aiming to provide independent news coverage of China and Chinese affairs.
www.chinaonline.com
is a China news service in English.
China Radio International
www.cri.cn
Office Chinese government foreign language broadcasting service.
CIA's World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
Good general introduction to China.
www.expatsinchina.com
for the foreign community in China
www.findouter.com/China/
a search engine and directory for China and doesn't have all the on-screen advertising from which Sohu suffers.
London Chinese Radio
www.londonhuayu.co.uk
People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)
www.peopledaily.com.cn
China's leading official newspaper has a Chinese language online version.
Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Ltd
www.pcne.tv
A cable television network available in the UK.
In Chinese with link to English version.
www.sina.com
is another China news service available in Chinese as well as English.
www.sohu.com
in Chinese - search engine
thatsShanghai
www.thatsshanghai.com
online magazine
www.zhaodaola.com
a Chinese search engine.
(www.zhaodaola.com doesn't seem to be working at the moment [27/08/09]. There seems to be a Chinese version www.zhaodaola.com.cn. Not clear if the two sites are connected.)
www.xianzai.com
Events and happenings in China
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| CHINESE COMMUNITY IN UK, SOCIETIES, CLUBS & MISCELLANEOUS |
Agents or sources of information for finding Chinese artists and performers:
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