China@SLNgeog

The 7-11 China Guide

If you disagree with this list, then propose another site yourself and we will add the link.

These compliment the Geophotoenquiries on China which will appear soon

I am not altogether happy with these links so if anyone has better please let me know.

1.Country profiles - the best is probably the BBC but always check alternatives; news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1287798.stm www.nationmaster.com/country/ch/Geography

A good map can be found at www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/view/chinam.html

2.China Images -Jeroen Neele a Dutch photographer offers some excellent images www.home.zonnet.nl/jneele/china/ especially Yunnan and Chengdu

Peter Langer is a commercial photographer who has excellent images of Beijing www.peterlanger.com/Countries/Asia/China/

3. China's population statistics www.demographia.com/dbx-china.htm

Its growth is animated at and a discussion of the aging issue www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/data/anim/pop_ani.htm

and a report from the BBC about how the population is slowing http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1246731.stm

4.Beijing - daily news and images are accessible from www.beijingportal.com.cn/index.htm and the offical site of the city government is www.ebeijing.gov.cn/

Beijing 2008 www.beijing-2008.org is developing a site about the Olympic Games in the city in 2008

It is one of the megacities predicted www.wri.org/wri/trends/citygrow.html and this report summarizes urbanisation in China http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ville-en-mouvement/articles/lu_huapu03.pdf

5.Yunnan is in SW China

6.Szechuan is in Central China

7.The Yangtse River is the longest in China and one of the longest in the world. Compare it with other rivers including the Yellow River or Huang He www.rev.net/~aloe/river/

The Three Gorges Dam now built provoked controversy worldwide. www.irn.org/programs/threeg/

8.China Daily is an English language paper www.chinadaily.com.cn and there is also an English language version of the People's daily http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/home.shtml

9.China Geomorphology from Space from NASA http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/asiatxt.html

10.Chinasite If you wish to find something then this general site may be of help www.chinasite.com

11.Can you recommend one?

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This page last updated 29 April 2004

This page was last updated 29/04/04