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REVOLUTIONARY
MOVEMENTS IN MODERN CHINA
INTERNET WEB SITES
Numerous sites dealing with China have sprung up on the Internet; many provide useful information, especially on contemporary affairs.
Three particularly worthwhile indexes that consider historical issues, personalities and events are listed below -- great sites at which to begin your "surfing" experiences!
- The
Fairbank Chinese Virtual Library
- The Council on East Asian Libraries' People's
Republic of China site
- The Internet Guide for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
A great specialized site on Chinese geography, simply entitled GEOGRAPHY, has been developed by Ronald G. Knapp (PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1968), chairman of the Department of Geography at SUNY New Paltz -- it's well worth a look!
Professor Knapp teaches Understanding China, Physical Geography, and Contemporary China. His field-based research, too, focuses on China and involves a study of Chinese vernacular architecture. His two newest books-- China's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols and Household Ornamentation and China's Old Dwellings--were published by the University of Hawaii Press in 1999 and 2000.