This guide is an in-depth listing of Chinese Studies resources available to students and faculty at the University of Minnesota.
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Historical Newspaper
- Central Daily News (1928-1965)The Central Daily News 中央日報 was the official newspaper of the Kuomintang and is one of the world's oldest Chinese-language newspapers, having been in circulation since 1928. You can search, view and download the full text of the newspaper published between 1928-1965.
- Chinese Periodicals Full-text, 1833-1949This database is available for 1 simultaneous user only.
Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1833-1949) includes the following modules:
Late Qing Dynasty Periodical Full-text Database 晚清期刊全文数据库 (1833-1911)
Republic of China Periodicals Full-text Database 民国时期期刊全文数据库 (1911-1949)
The Tabloids 中国近代中文报纸全文数据库-小报 (1897-1949)
Chinese and English Newspaper of Modern China – Comprehensive Collection 中国近代中文报纸全文数据库-综合专辑 - Global Perspectives: Propaganda and the Chinese Press (FBIS)Articles from the official news agency of the Peoples Republic of China, translated into English and digitized.
- Hytung Chinese Old Periodicals DatabaseAs of the end of 2017, this database offers about 200 full-text searchable journals and newspaper. About 5,000 journals and newspaper are title searchable. This database can be used independently, or it can be integrated with the Hytung Ancient Book Database. Limited to two simultaneous users.
- Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers (1912-1949)Key newspapers published in China during the transition from imperial rule to the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China (1912-1949).
- People's DailyAccess is limited for 2 simultaneous users.
People's Daily is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China. It is the official voice of the central government of the People's Republic of China for the last 71 years, the People's Daily has published daily issues that provide the single location where the central government and the Communist Party of China announce their respective policies and disseminate governmental, political, and economic messages to the public and the world. - South China Morning Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowIt offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes the following titles: Southchina morning post (1903-1941), South China morning post (1946-2001), South China morning post & the Hongkong telegraph (1945-1946), South China Sunday morning post (1985-2000), South China Sunday post (1950-1950), South China Sunday post-herald (1950-1972), Sunday morning post (2000-2001), and Sunday post-herald (1972-1974).
Open access online resources
- Early Chinese Periodicals OnlineECPO joins together several important digital collections of the early Chinese press and puts them into a single overarching framework. So far, the ECPO project has focused on a body of rich but heretofore undervalued materials—women’s and entertainment magazines.
- East Asian Newspapers and Periodicals 1850-1950The collections here include a range of East Asian (plus Singapore) newspapers, journals, and magazines published in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese languages from 1850-1950.
- Historic newspapers published in China available Open Access onlineBibliography, with links, to open access online historical newspapers.
- Hong Kong Early Tabloid Newspapers 早期香港小报By the CUHK Library.
- Index to the Periodicals Published during the Late Qing and Republican ErasIt's a geographic discovery tool for the historical Chinese newspapers and journals on the Internet Archive by Yan He from George Washington University.
- Man Sing Times 民聲報(1993-present)New Zealand’s first Chinese language newspaper. Published in Wellington by the New Zealand branch of the Chinese Nationalist League, the Kuomintang.
- Mingpao 明報Founded in 1993, Ming Pao Daily News (Canada Edition) is a Chinese language newspaper published daily in Toronto (Eastern Edition) and Vancouver (Western Edition). UBC Asian Library has collaborated with Ming Pao and a family foundation in 2008 to develop a free online database of Vancouver’s Chinese community news. Date and keyword search are currently available from January 1, 1997 to June 23, 1998, and from year 2000 onward. The use of materials is limited to educational and non-profit purpose.
- Modern local newspaper database of Changzhi 长治图书馆近代地方报纸全文影像库A database of most of the histoical local newspaper in Changzhi, including 长治报, 长治市报, 汉中日报1970, 晋东南报1980年代, 新太行报1970, 潞安矿报1950, 文化周刊1950, 冀中导报1948, 邯郸日报(1949,1969), 沈阳日报1969, 工农兵1969, 太行邮报1949, 湖北农民报196, 红色社员报1976.
- Nan Yang Shang Bao 南洋商报A newspaper published in Singapore in Chinese.
- National Central Library Gazette Online 政府公報資訊網The Government Gazette as a collection of major national decrees & regulations. Its purpose is to archive original military & political measures, acts & proclamations, personnel assignments & removals, minutes of meetings, etc. that are of value to researchers of modern history. National Central Library Gazette Online (NCLGO) contains over 80 gazettes published since 1912, of which 18 gazettes from ministries and commissions under the Executive Yuan have been integrated into Executive Yuan Gazette since January 2005. To date, over 6.4 million pages of scanned image and over 1.3 million metadata records had been provided on NCLGO.
- The New Zealand Auckland Council Libraries Journal CollectionThe Man Sing Times 民聲報 (1921–1922) New Zealand’s first Chinese language newspaper.
The New Zealand Chinese Weekly News 中国大事周报(1937–1946) Published in Wellington by the New Zealand Chinese Association, as part of the New Zealand Chinese community’s response to the Sino-Japanese War.
The New Zealand Chinese Growers Monthly Journal 僑農月刊 (1949–1972) - North-China Daily NewsFacsimile reproductions of the Shanghai-published English language newspaper North-China Daily News, from 1881 to 1937. Digitized by the Center for Research Libraries.
- Old Hong Kong NewspapersThe Old Hong Kong Newspapers Collection is a selective collection of major old Hong Kong Newspapers published from early Hong Kong to nowadays, aiming at preserving historical news reporting of Hong Kong for reference and research.
- Translations of the Peking Gazette OnlineTranslations of the Peking Gazette Online is a comprehensive database of approximately 8,500 pages of English-language renderings of official edicts and memorials from the Qing dynasty that cover China’s long nineteenth century from the Macartney Mission in 1793 to the abdication of the last emperor in 1912. As the mouthpiece of the government, the Peking Gazette is the authoritative source for information about the Manchu state and its Han subjects as they collectively grappled with imperial decline, re-engaged with the wider world, and began mapping the path to China’s contemporary rise.
- Xiao Bao 小報This database focuses on a special type of newspaper known as the xiaobao or entertainment newspaper. It first appeared in China in the 1890s and was inspired by Western entertainment tabloids. The centre of publication was Shanghai, and from the time of its creation, it became one of the most popular media for the daily publication of entertainment news, serialized fiction, short stories, social and political commentary, and cartoon drawing.
- 抗日战争与近代中日关系文献数据平台A platform covers resources on the Anti-Japanese War and modern China-Japan relations. It includes books, archives, periodicals, newspapers, audios, videos, etc.
Current News
- Access World NewsFull-text news from over 9,000 news sources in the U.S. and international newspapers, major wire services, and hundreds of local broadcasting outlets and blogs. There are over 100 Minnesota sources. Mostly English language news coverage with some 200 titles in Spanish, French, Afrikaans and other languages.
- FactivaSearch millions of newspapers, business magazines, and newswires with international and foreign language coverage with all editions of the Wall Street Journal. Financial information for publicly traded companies, stocks, funds, currencies, and common market indexes. Limited to 7 simultaneous users.
- ForeignAffairs.comForeign Affairs is a leading magazine & website covering American foreign policy & international relations. It is relevant for assignments & research projects about policy, political science, economics, public health, & other global issues.
- International Newsstream This link opens in a new windowInternational news from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format. Over 800 of the world's top news sources.
- World News ConnectionA service bringing news from around the world, translated into English, between 1995 and 2013. The information is obtained from newspaper articles, television and radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, and non-classified reports.
- World News DigestSearch newspapers and news stories from major newspapers, news magazines, and online news outlets of the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Useful for background research on current topics, major events in history, and people in the news.
- China Digital Times 中国数字时代 (USA)China Digital Times (CDT) is an independent, bilingual media organization that brings uncensored news and online voices from China to the world. CDT is based in Berkeley, CA.
Mainland China
- Xinhua Net 新华网The official state press media of the People's Republic of China.
- 历年光明日报数据库The Guangming ribao database includes the newspaper published after 1998.
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Last Updated: Aug 23, 2024 12:11 PM
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