CIA - The World Factbook: China - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
Chinese Culture - About.com guide to travel, arts, history, games, food and traditions. Includes chat, forum, news and weekly articles. - http://chineseculture.about.com/
US Department of State - China - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, Country Study, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Industry Market Reports. - http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ch/
China Development Gateway - Information about the country from the Chinese government and the World Bank, focusing on the economy and administration. - http://www.chinagate.com.cn/
ChinaOutdoors - Information on travel in general and outdoor activities in particular. Includes discussion boards and screensavers. - http://chinaoutdoors.com/
Mere China - Recipes, texts of literary classics, travel information and a forum. - http://www.merechina.com/
Yutopian - Portal site with information on Chinese culture, directory and shopping centre. - http://www.yutopian.com/
Eastday - Shanghai-based portal with news and entertainment and travel information. - http://english.eastday.com/
China on Internet - Information on the country's culture, plus directories of companies and their products. - http://www.chinaoninternet.com/
US Library of Congress - Country Study: China - July 1987 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security. - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html
Internet Guide for China Studies - Annotated list of academic sites dealing with the Greater China area. - http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/index.html
Muzi Net - Bilingual portal with directory, forums and entertainment information. - http://www.muzi.net/
China-Kontor - Portal site with news, information, shopping stores, forum, mailing list and links. - http://www.chinakontor.de/
Chinasite - Link collection organised by topic, some with annotations. Categories in Chinese and English. - http://www.chinasite.com/
China - Provides more than five link pages on education and research, history and culture, economy and politics, nature and mankind, tours and entertainment. From Texas University. - http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/china/
Asianinfo.org: China - Information on various aspects of the country and its culture, with links organised by category and to news stories. - http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/about_china.htm