United States-China
Policy
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Books and
Articles
Connect to MIRLYN
for books within the University of
Michigan Library system
debaters)
Background Information on China
- Background
Notes: China (U.S. State Dept.)
- Lengthy summary of Chinese history, politics, and economics
- Chinese foreign policy
- CIA
World Factbook, 1997
- Brief description and statistics on China
- See paper copy located in Documents Center and UGL: G 122.U56
- China Web
Sites (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing)
- Excellent connect to web sites, primarily at Chinese academic
institutions
- Most web sites are in English
- Chinascape
- Government, law, military, and political web sites as available for
Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
- Cultural, news, travel, and business information
- State
Department Travel Advisory
Economics
- Country
Economic Policy and Trade Practices (U.S. State Department)
- Basic economic statistics for past few years and trade policy
- National Trade Data Bank
- Numerous reports on foreign trade and business opportunities with China
- Available on CD-ROM in Documents Center
Human Rights
- Human
Rights in China (State Department Country Report)
- Review of criminal, civil, and political rights in China over
the previous year
- Includes numerous statistics
Law in China
News Sources
- China News Digest
- Finding
News on China
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- Indexes U.S. translations of Chinese radio broadcasts
- CD-ROM indexes located in the Documents Center; paper indexes
located in Graduate Library Index Room
- Paper and microfiche translations located in Graduate Library
Serials/Microforms Room
- Guide
to FBIS
- MIRLYN
United Nations
- United Nations Web
Site
- Press releases and conference reports
- UN resolutions and documents available but no index
- United Nations
System (Official Index)
- Locates UN information by alphabetic, subject, and UN classification
of agencies
- Links to frequently-requested information and related
international information
- United Nations
System
- Includes the texts AND indexes of UN resolutions
- Ppress releases from international conferences
- Considerable information on developing countries
- United Nations publications
- Official Records are the speeches in the General Assembly,
Economic and Social Council and Security Council as well as
resolutions and annual reports
- Mimeographed documents are letters submitted by countries,
draft resolutions, and draft reports
- Text and indexes located in Graduate Library Documents
Center
United States Foreign Policy
- Executive Branch
- Dept. of State
Foreign Affairs Network (UIC)
- State Department speeches and foreign policy
- Use the index located at the bottom of the home page
- White
House Electronic Publications [Web]
- Press releases, speeches and documents beginning January 1993 and
updated daily
- Browse by date or broad subject category
- There is no keyword searching but publications
can be identified using a form and specifying date, broad subject, type
of publication, and principal speaker
- White
House Press Releases (Texas A&M)
[Web]
- Arranged by year and topic
- Keyword searching by year or 1992 to August
1995
- Legislative
Branch
- Congressional Hearings
- Testimony before Congressional committees, including testimony by the
Executive Branch, experts, and lobby groups on foreign policy
- Numerous hearings have been selected for the Undergraduate Library's Reserve Service
- Consult the Graduate Library's Documents Center for additional hearings and indexes
- Guide to
Congressional Information Service Index
- LEGI-SLATE
Gopher
- Indexes Congressional bills beginning 1993 and provides information
on legislative status
- Alternative instructions for UMICH users unable to access LEGI-SLATE from this web site:
- Telnet to una.hh.lib.umich.edu
- Login: gopher
- Authenticate University of Michigan status
- Follow the News and Government Information/LEGI-SLATE menu
- THOMAS
- Full text of speeches by Representatives and Senators on the floor
of Congress as well as Congressional bills
- Indexes by subject, person, and date
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