The U.S. Library of Congress, Reuters, and Sinocism on China. Websites of interest.

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Many of you may not know that website for the U.S. Library of Congress has a section called, “Legal Research Guide: China” and it can be found at:

http://www.loc.gov/law/help/china.php

.  This site features four topics:  Introduction to China’s legal system, Official sources of law, Print Sources and Web resources. To give you a taste of what kind of information is contained on this site, here is what you will see when you look at the “Web Resources” section of the site.


Web Resources



Online Databases

  • ChinaLawInfo (in

    Chinese

    and in

    English

    ) – affiliated with the Peking University Law School, this online legal database includes laws, regulations, journal articles, legal news.

  • iSinoLaw

    (in both Chinese and English) – launched in 2000 by isinolaw Limited and isinolaw Research Center in Hong Kong, containing comprehensive Chinese legal documents.

  • Ceilaw

    (in Chinese) – affiliated with the State Council, this database used to be available within Chinese government agencies via an internal government communication network.  The Web site was launched in 1997 and is available in Chinese only.


Official Government Resources


Web Sites in English

Take note of all the hotlinks to other useful websites contained in this section.  The Library of Congress maintains a Face Book page with a great deal of information on it, and an on-line free newsletter you can subscribe to called, “Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor Update” which highlights legal happenings around the world.

Another website pertaining to China that you may not yet be aware was recently launched by Reuters. The site is called, “Connected China” and can be found at:

http://connectedchina.reuters.com/

The home page is graphically very sharp looking and it features five topics of information to be found within the site; “China 101”,” Social Power”, “Institutional Power”, “Career Comparison”, and “Featured Stories”.  This site represents a new, fresh approach to presenting a great deal of information about China in an innovative series of news reports with excellent graphs and charts.  Check it out.

A third website related to China is one of my favorites and one you may well not know of.  It is called, “The Sinocism China Newsletter” and can be found at,

http://sinocism.com/

It is a free newsletter containing sections such as:  “Politics and Law”, Foreign and Defense Affairs, “Tech and Media” , “Foreign and Defense Affairs”, “Society and Art”, “Food” and many others. Under the topic headings are summaries of articles of interest and hotlinks to those articles so you can read them in their entirety.  If you want to get a finger on the pulse of China this website is a good one to follow.

Hawkeye in China

Lex Smith

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