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Guide picks
Includes ancient examination system, bound feet, Korean war, and more.

Ancient Chinese Examination system
The strength and weakness of the civil service examination system in ancient Chinese history.

Chinese Alliance for Commemoration of the Sino-Japanese War Victims, Hong Kong
Information about the alliance.

Chinese Exclusion Act
An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese.

Chinese kites
Chinese kite history and Chinese kite shop.

Directory of Discussion Lists for Historians
A list of Internet special interest lists (also called "forums") broadly related to the study of history.

Korean War FAQ
This FAQ is authored and Copyrighted by Dongxiao Yue.

Christian Missionaries and the Boxer Uprising
Many Christians were killed in China. No one disputes that. But were they saints or sinners?

Sayings of Chairman Mao
About 90 quotations in the "little red book" waved by Red Guard fanatics during the Cultural Revolution.

Tiananmen, April-June 1989
With some pictures.

Treaty Ports & Extraterritoriality
Discussion of treaty ports and extraterritoriality in 1920s.

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