UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Taiwan via the Web
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Note that there are also pages in the Asia via the Web
series devoted to Hong
Kong/Macao. The Radio-TV
pages offer links to broadcasts from or about Taiwan.
Academic
Institutions/Organizations
Academica Sinica
Established in 1928 in Nanjing, China and now based in Taipei,
Taiwan, Academica Sinica is a large and respected center of research and graduate
training. The bilingual AS website offers a wide array of information about the
institution as well as access to the large AS databases which include dynastic histories
and more.
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
Established in 1989, the foundation offers fellowships for graduate
and postgraduate research as well as institutional support.
Discussion list, primarily academics, active
To join send SUB CHINA Firstname Lastname to listproc@lists.princeton.edu
Contemporary China
Centre
Australian National University
Needham Center
home page
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK
Provides links to pages relating to the life and work of Joseph
Needham, the great China scholar and historian of science, and to the ways in which
his work is being continued and developed. A list of the works published in the Science
and Civilization in China series as well as Needham's formal letter requesting the
Cambridge University Press publish the work is included.
Academic Journals
Australia National University's compilation of
Chinese journals.
The
China Journal
The Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University
You can peruse the table of contents of the current issue and
previous issues at this site. The journal is published twice a year. Abstracts are
included on-line.
Chinese Science
This annual journal began publication in 1975 and since 1993 has
been published at UCLA. UCLA history professor Benjamin Elman serves as the editor and is
assisted by Richard Gunde. The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and the UCLA Center for
Pacific Rim Studies collaborate in producing the journal. Recent issues are available
on-line as are tables of contents from earlier issues.
Agriculture
Art
Bibliography
on Chinese Art
China the Beautiful
Features biographies of artists and writers as well as poetry. The
poetry pages include Chinese text and sound files.
Treasures of the Chinese
Scholar -- University of Pennsylvania Museum Online Exhibition
Concise introduction to the exhibition and a nice collection of
images.
Bibliographies/Syllabi
Bibliography -
Collections of Resources
Univ. of Maine at Farmington
Many large files, including dictionary links and impressive lists of
works on China (e.g. "China and the West").
China
Studies Bibliography
Twentieth-century Chinese language reference works, compiled and
annotated by Vickie Doll, Chinese studies bibliographer at the University of Kansas
library.
Chinese Bibliography
Shinshu University, Japan
Available in Jis, Big5 and GB Code. (These are means by which
Japanese and Chinese characters are coded for importation into browsers, word processors,
and the like. Big5---http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/blist5.html
GB-----http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/blistg.html
Also, a bibliography on Chinese art: (http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/alistj.html)
Online
Bibliography of Modern Chinese Literature and Film
Ohio State University's Kirk Denton maintains this rich
bibliography.
UC
San Diego Chinese History Bibliography
This bibliography includes reference works in Chinese and English.
Bookstores
Cheng and Tsui
Boston-based Cheng & Tsui has an extensive catalog of films,
music, computer software, and books.
Computing
For Web radio and television
To listen to web radio broadcasts or to watch web television
broadcasts, you need a piece of software known as a player. You can download a player
without charge from the Real Networks website. Some
sites have Quicktime movies available. Download the Quicktime viewer from Apple. Of course, much of
the text on these sites is in Chinese, Japanese or Korean. Download the NJWin viewer for a free trial to permit you to do this.
Demography
Economics/Business
China External
Trade Development Council (CETRA)
This government and industry sponsored site is bilingual, fast, and
relatively easy to use, offering information about specific companies, product lines, and
trade regulations. The site also offers a wealth of trade statistics.
Economic
History Bibliography
Compiled by Michael Turton of the Fooyin Institute of Technology,
Taliao, Taiwan, the bibliography looks primarily at small business and political economic
history. At present, the alphabetical bookmarks do not work, but the list is quite
extensive and could be searched using the find function under "Edit" on your
browser menu.
Market Indicators
Taiwan Weighted (from
CBS Marketwatch)
Taiwan Stock Exchange (English)
Monthly market statistics, news abstracts, and more.
Film
Cheng and Tsui
Boston-based Cheng & Tsui has an extensive catalog of films,
music, computer software, and books.
Online
Bibliography on Chinese Film
Maintained by Kirk Denton at Ohio State University.
General
Calendar Conversion Help
Traditionally, Chinese noted the year by the reign title of the
emperor and the year of the reign. Beginning with the founding of the Republic of China in
1912, the ROC used the same system with the word republic ("minguo")
preceeding the year. This system remains in use in Taiwan. Click here to visit a handy
conversion table for the period 1860-the present.
China the
Beautiful (Chinapage.com)
Ming L. Pei's site focuses on Chinese literature and the arts,
including pages devoted to calligraphy, poetry, opera, philosophical works and more. It is
well-illustrated and easy to use, ranking among the best bilingual sites
around.
Government
Executive Yuan
Chinese language website offers official announcements, plans,
executive orders, information on administrative reform, a map showing the location of the
EY in Taipei, and a search function. Special sections are devoted to the 921 (Sept. 21,
1999) earthquake recovery program and to breaking news.
Office of the President
This bilingual site offers information about the office's
organization, speeches, background on the president and vice-president, and photos of the
offices and state visits. A couple of sound clips are available.
Republic of China Government Information Office
Taiwan site
USA site
Europe site
Japan site
Central Election Commission
This Chinese language site offers information on the electoral
reforms that have occured in Taiwan since 1986-87 which include the transition to a
popularly elected president. Information about upcoming elections is also available.
Ministry of Economic
Affairs (English)
A fast, well-organized site with many graphs to illustrate points
about economic development and trade.
Industrial Development Bureau
(English)
Small and Medium Enterprise
Administration (English)
Ministry of Education
(Chinese only)
Poorly structured, this site does offer information on educational
policy and enrollments as well as links to many of Taiwan's elementary and secondary
schools and colleges.
Ministry of Finance
(English)
Introduction to the ministry, information on business in Taiwan, and
statistics. Included under measures of economic development are statistics on tariff rate
reductions and tax reductions.
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (English)
Bilingual site with policy statements, speeches, a yearbook, and
more.
Ministry of
National Defense (Chinese only)
Announcements from the minister, organization of the military,
personnel data, service objectives and more are available.
History
Classical
Chinese Historiography
Compiled by UCLA history professor Ben Elman to aid in the training
of graduate students, this is a rich collection of annotated lists of research aids.
Features exercises designed to expose students to a wide variety of essential reference
tools. Highly recommended.
Fairbank Chinese History
Virtual Library
Includes outline histories, maps, timelines, audio files, and
documents.
Historical Geography
Bibliography
Maintained by Thomas H. Hahn, Institute for Chinese Studies,
University of Heidelberg.
History of
China
(from China Commercial Net)
Simple and illustrated description of Chinese history since Qin
Shihuang. Offers a distilled PRC interpretation of modern Chinese history.
The
History of Silk
Silk-Road.com offers a short, well-illustrated history of this
important textile.
Nanjing
Massacre
Maintained by China News Digest.
Taiwan Documents Project
An impressive collection of documents in English pertaining to Taiwan's
history. Materials range from the 17th to the 20th century.
UC
San Diego Chinese History Bibliography
This bibliography includes reference works in Chinese and English.
Human
Rights
Images
Click
here
to go to CEAS's list of sites with photographs and other images of China
and Taiwan.
Language
Chinese-English dictionary
In Big-5 code, the dictionary shows the creation of over 4000
characters from about 200 simple ideographs and pictographs. A printed edition was
published in August 1996. This site does not require special software and allows newcomers
to the language a quick look at how Chinese characters are constructed. Highly recommended
for newcomers to the language or for browsers.
Chinese
language teaching/study
This is a much improved site. It now includes links to a variety of
study aids, including sites where sound files may be downloaded. A list of shortwave
sources of news in Chinese is also provided.
An operation named Ocrat
has created a website which uses VOA Mandarin broadcasts as part of a language teaching
program. It is not affiliated with the VOA, but is well worth a visit. The Ocrat home page offers a variety of other
resources, including animated character instruction.
Learning
Chinese Online
Includes a rich set of links. Xie Tianwen's site is particularly
interesting.
Linguistics
Ethnolinguistic areas
(1983 map)
Linguistic
areas (1990 map)
Law
Libraries
Center for
Chinese Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Includes links to other Chinese studies resources.
China
Papers - C.P. Fitzgerald (1902-1992)
National Library of Australia, Australia
The papers of the eminent China scholar Charles Patrick Fitzgerald
(1902-1992), Professor of Far Eastern History at the Australian National University from
1953-67.
China
Papers - N. Jose (1952- )
National Library of Australia, Australia
Papers of the Australian author and former Cultural Counsellor in
China Nicholas Jose (1952-)
US Library of Congress
Information on the LOC Chinese collection.
Bibliographies concerning the LOC Chinese collection.
Literature/E-Texts
Ancient
Chinese Fables
This is a large bilingual collection of fables, drawn from a wide
variety of sources including early Chinese philosophers.
China the
Beautiful (Chinapage.com)
Ming L. Pei's site focuses on Chinese literature and the arts,
including pages devoted to calligraphy, poetry, opera, philosophical works and more.
Poetry pages include sound files as well as the texts. It is well-illustrated and easy to
use, ranking among the best bilingual sites around.
Chinese
Buddhist Texts
Christian Wittern has created a database of Chinese Buddhist texts.
One can access the database via the web and read the texts using a couple of scripts
(Big-5 and Japanese for now, Unicode in the future).
Chinese novels (in Chinese using Big5 mapping)
telnet: gopher.ntu.edu.tw
Hanquan
Database of Ancient Texts
Chen Yufu, Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
This is a searchable database providing access to a large number of
essential Chinese texts, including the 13 Classics, works of pre-Qin dynasty philosophers,
Tang poetry as well as works from other eras, the guide to the 4 Treasuries, and the 25
dynastic histories.
Online
Bibliography of Modern Chinese Literature and Film
Ohio State University's Kirk Denton maintains this rich
bibliography.
Selected
Myths and Fables
Chinavista.com offers an extensive list and description of
well-known Chinese stories. These include "The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver."
University of
Virgina E-Text Library
The
Shijing (Book of Odes), one of the earliest of the Chinese classics. The Chinese texts
and James Legge's English translations are provided.
Maps
Tourist Bureau Maps
It takes a couple of steps to retrieve each map from this government
website, but they are colorful and useful. Click on shopping maps to see Taipei.
Unfortunately, no complete island map is included.
Military
Taiwanese
"Nuclear Intentions," 1966-1976
This report and supporting materials were prepared by William Burr
for the US National Security Archive.
Minorities
Museums
National Palace Museum,
Taipei, Taiwan
This museum is known as having the world's finest collection of
Chinese art. The website (with pages in Chinese and in English) offers photos of many
objects, details about current exhibitions, including those of contemporary artists, and
more.
Music
Music
You may download a variety of music files from this site. The
selection includes Beijing Opera and Teresa Teng's pop hits.
News and Opinion
Broadcasting Corporation of
China (English)
An official arm of the government of Taiwan, the BCC website offers
several channels of live audio and a couple of "on demand" services as well. The
BCC broadcasts "the voice of free China" in English via shortwave, but not via
the web.
China
News Agency -- articles on Washington, Taipei, and Beijing relations
This page lists recent articles from Taiwan's official government
news agency on Taiwan-US-China affairs.
China News Digest
Copyright worries and time have lessened this source of information
about China, but it remains a useful digest of news concerning China. The all volunteer
crew at CND also publishes digests aimed primarily at Chinese living in particular places
(e.g. North America) and maintains an excellent website. You can look into the CND
archives and visit virtual exhibits. Coverage of Taiwan has improved in recent years,
though remains weak compared to the coverage of the mainland.
China Television Service
(CTS)
Chinese news and entertainment source, with several video clips
available upon demand. Includes a vibrant English language teaching and "World
Family" sections (free registration required). Be sure to visit the "Chinese
television history" portion of the site.
China Times (English)
Influential and comprehensive print source, now available via the
internet.
Chinese
Communications: Ph.D. dissertations
A list of dissertations mass communication and on China-foreign
cross-cultural communication.
Inside China Today
This is a remarkable compendium of news and photos culled from
Chinese and foreign reports. It is updated daily. This site also provides a great deal of
background information about governmental structure (for China and for Taiwan), religion,
education, and more. Highly useful.
Sina.com
Fast, well-organized, and not requiring any special software,
Sina.com has a wealth of news and other resources available in Chinese.
SinaWeb
This site's news links page offers access to a wide variety of news
sources in Chinese and English.
Taipei Times
A well-constructed English language daily that includes Chinese
characters for the names of individuals and organizations. Back issues (from August 1999)
are available at the site which offers an AltaVista-like search engine.
Taiwan Today News Network
This is a fast and well-organized Chinese language news service.
Stories are rendered as graphics, so special software is not required.
Personalities
Confucius || | Marco
Polo || Matteo Ricci ||
Confucius
Biography
of Confucius -- read over the web
Download a free copy of the Real Audio Player, follow
the installation directions and then visit Broadcast.com, a site which includes a selection of audiobooks you can
listen to for free (after hearing and seeing a 15-second advertisement for an audiobook
company). Hook up a cassette recorder and you can make tapes for jogging or for the car.
Marco Polo
"The Worlds of Marco Polo" from Jonathan D. Spence's
The Chan's of China: China in Western Minds
This is an excerpt from Spence's 1998 work available at the W.W.
Norton website.
Philosophy
Biography
of Confucius -- read over the web
Download a free copy of the Real Audio Player, follow
the installation directions and then visit Broadcast.com, a site which includes a selection of audiobooks you can
listen to for free (after hearing and seeing a 15-second advertisement for an audiobook
company). Hook up a cassette recorder and you can make tapes for jogging or for the car.
Chad Hansen's
Chinese Philosophy Page
Hansen notes that his pages reflect a Daoist orientation. He is a
professor at the University of Hong Kong.
The Classical
Chinese Philosophy Page
Maintained by University of Miami professor John Knoblock, this site
features interesting graphics, primary source selections, suggested readings, and more.
Essential
Readings in Chinese Philosophy
This is an annotated list of secondary sources. It was compiled by
Bryan W. Van Norden at Vassar.
The
Four Books
The Great Learning, The Golden Mean, The Confucian
Analects and The Mencius -- four works from Zhou era China which became part of
the canon for civil service examination candidates in China -- can be found at a
University of Kentucky site.
I Ching (Yijing
or Classic of Changes) resources
Translations (into several languages) and Chinese versions,
conventional commentary, unconventional commentary, divination on the Net, software,
general China/Chinese resources.
Religious
Tolerance.org Page on Confucianism
Short and clear description of key principles.
6th Graders Create Posters on Chinese Philosophy
6th graders at Urbana (Illinois, US) Middle School studied early
Chinese philosophy and created posters to convey key concepts.
Su
Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page
This page includes links to primary sources and bibliographies.
Taoism
(Daoism) Information Page
Maintained at the University of Florida, USA
English-language resources for study of Taoism (Daoism). Includes
links to translations.
Sun Zi
The Giles (1910) translation of Sun Zi's The Art of War.
Places
National Parks
Kenting
(Kending) (English) Located at
the southernmost tip of Taiwan, Kenting has a tropical climate.
Shei-Pa
(Xueba) (English)
(Extensive information on many subjects, including the impact of the Sept. 1999
earthquake.)
Taroko
(Tailüke) (English)
Established in 1986, home to many 3,000 meter tall mountains and the Taroko Gorge.
Yangmingyuan
(English) The smallest
of Taiwan's national parks.
Yushan (English) Yushan, located in central
Taiwan, is Northeastern Asia's tallest peak at 3,952 meters.
Politics
Note that works by ancient and contemporary
Chinese political figures can be found in the Personalities
and Philosophy sections of this page.
China
Strategic Institute
Washington based institute, promoting democracy and modernization in
China. Prominent mainland Chinese dissidents are honorary board members. Site includes
research articles and other information.
Religion
Chinese
Buddhist Texts
Christian Wittern has created a database of Chinese Buddhist texts.
One can access the database via the web and read the texts using a couple of scripts
(Big-5 and Japanese for now, Unicode in the future).
The Jesuits in China
This is a CEAS list of websites concerning Jesuit (and other
Catholic) efforts in China. It includes links to sites and documents about and by Matteo
Ricci.
Missionaries
(Christian) in China
Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College
Science
Publications by
Don Wagner
Wagner is a member of the Asian Studies Department of the University
of Copenhagen, Denmark. This website includes the names of books he has written or
contributed to as well as the full text of some of the articles he has published on
Chinese science and mathematics.
Travel/Exploration
See Places for
websites devoted to popular travel destinations in Taiwan.
Selection from The Travels
of Marco Polo
The Medieval Sourcebook, an electronic resource based at
Fordham University includes bits from chapters 44-47 of The Travels.
"The Worlds of Marco Polo" from Jonathan D. Spence's
The Chan's of China: China in Western Minds
This is an excerpt from Spence's 1998 work available at the W.W.
Norton website.
Tourism Bureau
(English)
Web surfers click on photographs to learn more about various tourist
sites and activities in Taiwan. The site includes many maps and other useful information.
Visitor's
Guide to Taiwan
Produced by the Tung Nan Junior College of Technology, this is a fast, well organized
site. The cuisine section includes sample menus.
Taiwan Documents Project
An impressive collection of documents in English pertaining to Taiwan's
history. Materials range from the 17th to the 20th century.
Taiwanese
"Nuclear Intentions," 1966-1976
This report and supporting materials were prepared by William Burr
for the US National Security Archive.
VOA Cantonese and Mandarin Broadcasts
The Voice of America, part of the United States government's United
States Information Agency, broadcasts in many languages. Some broadcasts are relatively
short, others go beyond news to include cultural programming. Click here to see a list of new programs
available for net-listening. Some VOA English broadcasts focus on Asian issues as
well.
Click here to
get access to this week's Chinese broadcast scripts.
Women
100
Celebrated Chinese Women
Lu Yanguang's illustrations are accompanied by brief
biographies of these women from Chinese history. Kate Foster handled the translations.
Women in the World History Curriculum, a project of Lyn Reese, has a
site advertising lesson plans and including biographies of a couple of women from Chinese
history:
Wu Zetian (ruled
during the Tang dynasty), Sorghaghtani Beki, (mother
of Khublai Khan)
Yahoo
-- Taiwan
A quick link to those sites the Yahoo staff has chosen to include in
its Taiwan list.
This page and the others in this Asia via the Web
series are maintained by Clayton Dube. Send
comments and suggestions to him at the UCLA Asia Institute (cdube@isop.ucla.edu).
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