Library Political Science 208 / ASLC-208

You can use these questions to set directions for your research:

• What is the scope of this problem?
• Is this issue new to China, or has it been a problem for some time? When did it start?
• Is this problem common to other nations? Which ones?
• Who are the relevant actors? Who is being affected?
• What is/are the status quo policies related to this problem?

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Catalog

Subject Terms by rough topic area:

Censorship/media control
Censorship -- China

Corruption issues
Political corruption - China
Corruption - China

Environmental issues
Air quality -- China
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- China
Renewable energy sources -- China

Economic issues
Capital movements -- Developing countries
Monetary policy -- China
Privatization -- China
Exports -- China
Women -- Employment -- China
Industrial policy -- China

Education issues
Education -- China

Ethnic & autonomy issues
China - ethnic relations - political aspects
Uighur (Turkic people) -- Civil rights -- China
Uighur (Turkic people) -- Ethnic identity
Ethnicity -- China
Minorities -- China -- social conditions
China -- Relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Political persecution -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Relations -- China

Food safety issues
Food -- Safety measures -- Government policy -- China

Foreign relation issues
China -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North)

Healthcare issues
Medical care -- China
Organ trafficking -- China
Public health -- China

Legal issues
Crime -- China
Justice, Administration of -- China
Law -- China

Military issues
China -- Military policy
China -- Military policy -- 21st Century
China -- Population policy

Social mobility/class issues
Social mobility -- China
Social stratification -- China
Social classes -- China

Rural issues
China -- Rural conditions

Technology issues
Digital divide -- China
Information technology -- Government policy

Urbanization issues
Migration, Internal - China
Urbanization -- China
Rural-urban migration -- China
Rural urban migration -- Social aspects -- China
Rural development -- government policy -- China

Look here for case studies and analyses of social policy issues, from a variety of disciplines.

For Chinese-language readers:

China Academic Journals (1994 to present)
Full-text articles from 7,200 journals in mainland China, including core journals and specialty journals. Amherst has a full-text subscription to the Humanities portion. (Chinese interface)

Additional news in English include:

Xinhua Net -- An English language news source by the Xinhua News Agency

China Daily -- English-language news source that targets an international audience

People's Daily -- English version, heavily focused on government policy and used as an indicator of internal politics

Shanghai Daily -- English-language newspaper with a focus on expats, foreign business people, and tourists

South China Morning Post -- English-language newspaper based in Hong Kong, claims to be independent

Beijing Review -- English-language national weekly news magazine

Explore these resources for data and regulations on social, political, and economic issues.

Other sources of data:

National Bureau of Statistics of China - online portal to datasets; requires a free account to be able to download them

WorldBank Data -- data series from the World Bank (group of 188 countries, including China, focused on ending extreme poverty and sharing prosperity).

WorldBank's Gender Data portal -- statistics on economic opportunity, health, education, and other factors

World Health Organization Data Repository -- main health statistics repository for the global health organization

OECD Data -- data bank from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, including economic and social indicators

Policy Briefs

Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy

Paulson Institute Policy Memoranda

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online (1991 to present)

China Brief -- journal of policy analysis and information related to Chinese politics and society

Think Tank/Institutional/NGO Research

East-West Center -- independent nonprofit, providing information and analysis related to the Asia-Pacific region, including policy studies

Council on Foreign Relations -- independent, nonpartisan think tank, issues backgrounders and other reports on global and country-specific policy issues.

Center for Internet and Society -- public interest technology law and policy program at Stanford Law School

Amnesty International -- NGO focused on global human rights issues, issues annual reports on China

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, China Program -- private organization seeking to become leading expert on the study of land policy worldwide

Law Library of Congress -- issues legal reports on country-specific and global topics, including land rights and police forces

Transparency International -- nonprofit NGO focused on issues of corruption worldwide

Reporters Without Borders -- World Press Freedom Index

Chinese Government Information

White papers

Policy Briefings from the State Council

National People's Congress

Government work reports

Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (translation)

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) -- statistical reports on Internet development; self-regulation pledge for Chinese Internet companies

Plenary Session reports

Plenary Sessions overview

Third Plenary Session

Seventh Plenary Session summary

NPC 2017 Reports

19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China