Chinese Legal Research

Print Guides:

Chinese law and legal research / by Wei Luo. Morris Call Number: LES KNQ47 .L86 2005

Chinese law: Context and transformation / Jianfu Chen. Morris Call Number: LES KNQ68 .C3638X 2016

Chinese legal research / Paul Kossof. Morris Call Number: LES KNQ47 .K67X 2014

Hong Kong legal research : methods and skills / John Bahrij. Morris Call Number: LES   KNQ47 .B34 2007

The Hong Kong legal system / Stefan H. C. Lo, Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng, Wing Hong Chui. Morris Call Number: LES KNQ9308 .L627X 2020

Legal System, History of the Party, Legal Tradition and History

Baum, R.,Burying Mao (1996)*

Buhi, J., Global constitutional narratives of autonomous regions : the constitutional history of Macau (2021)

Chen, A., An introduction to the legal system of the People's Republic of China (2011)*

Chen, A., The changing legal orders in Hong Kong and mainland China : essays on "One Country, Two Systems" (2021)

Cohen, Edwards, and Chen, ed., Essays on China's legal tradition (1980)

Lieberthal, K., Governing China (2004)*

O'Brien, K., Reform without liberalization, china's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change (2008)*

Shambaugh, D., China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation (2008)*

Wang, L., Self-determination and minority rights in China / by Linzhu Wang (2019)

Overview, Rule of Law and Legal Reform

Balme, S. & Dowdle, ed., Building Constitutionalism in China (2009)*

Chen, J., Chinese Law: Towards an Understanding of Chinese Law, its Nature and Development (1999)

Chen, J., Chinese Law: Context and Transformation (2008)*

Chen, J., Chinese Law: Context and Transformation (2016)

Clarke, D., China's Legal System: New Developments, New Challenges (2008)*

Fu, H., Transparency challenges facing China / edited by Fu Hualing, Michael Palmer, and Zhang Xianchu (2019)

Goldman, M., From Comrade to Citizen: The Struggle for Political Rights in China (2005)*

Liu, Chenglin, Chinese law in context (2020)

O' Brien, K. Reform Without Liberalization, China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change (2008)*

Peerenboom, R., China's Long March Toward the Rule of Law (2002)*

Yu, K., Democracy and the rule of law in China (2010)

Zhao, Y., Chinese legal reform and the global legal order : adoption and adaptation (2018)

Constitutional Law and Procedure

Balme, S. & Dowdle, ed., Building Constitutionalism in China (2009)*

Su, L.,The constitution of ancient China / Su Li (2018)

Administrative Law and Procedure

Ginsburg, T. and Chen, A., ed., Administrative law and governance in Asia : comparative perspectives (2009)*

Peerenboom, R., Administrative Law and Governance in Asia (2009)*

Woo, M. & Gallagher, M., ed., Chinese Justice Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China (2011)*

Civil Law and Procedure

The draft civil code of the People's Republic of China : English translation (2010)

Chen, J., From administrative authorisation to private law : a comparative perspective of the developing civil law in the People's Republic of China (1995)

Towards a Chinese civil code : comparative and historical perspectives / edited by Lei Chen & C.H. (Remco) van Rhee

Criminal Law and Procedure

Liu, Y., Origins of Chinese law : penal and administrative law in its early development (1998)

Luo, W., The amended criminal procedure law and the criminal court rules of the People's Republic of China : with English translation, introduction, and annotation. (2000)

Luo, W., The amended and annotated Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China with official interpretations. 2d ed. (2012)

Luo, W., The amended and annotated Criminal procedure law of the People's Republic of China with official interpretations. (2018)

McConville, M., Criminal Justice in China: An Empirical Inquiry (2011)*

Mulhahn, K., Criminal Justice in China: A History (2009)*

Sapio, F., Sovereign power and the law in China (2010)

Anti-Monopoly/Antitrust Law

Competition law and intellectual property in China / edited by Ioannis Kokkoris, Spyros Maniatis, Xiaoye Wang ; associated editor, Cristina Volpin. (2019)

Jin, S. and Luo, W., Competition law in China (2002)

Harris, S., Anti-monopoly law and practice in China (2011)

Shan, H., The protection of trade secrets in China (2008)

Wang, X. and Su, J., Competition law in China (2012)

Williams, M., Competition policy and law in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (2005)

Business/Commercial Law

China business law guide

Chen, J. and Ke, S., ed., China master business law guide : commentary & analysis (2009)

Fu, J., Corporate disclosure and corporate governance in China (2010)

Moser, M., Managing business disputes in today's China : duelling with dragons (2007)

Roos, M., Chinese commercial law : a practical guide (2010)

Zimmerman, J.K., China law deskbook : a legal guide for foreign-invested enterprises (2010)

Intellectual Property

Alford, W., To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense (1997)*

Chow, Daniel C.K., A primer on foreign investment enterprises and protection of intellectual property inChina (2003)

Clark, D., Patent litigation in China (2011)

Devonshire-Ellis, C., Scott A., and Woollard S., ed., Intellectual property rights in China (2011)

Dimitrov, M.K., Piracy and the state : the politics of intellectual property rights in China (2011)

Hu, R., Guide to China copyright law studies (2000)

Hu, R., Research guide to Chinese copyright law (2016)

Hu, R., Research guide to Chinese patent law and practice (2002)

Hu, R., Research guide to Chinese trademark law and practice (2009)

Kossof, P. Chinese trademark law : the New Chinese Trademark Law of 2014 (2014)

Lin, Zhou, ed., China court cases on intellectual property rights (2011)

Luo, D., Landmark copyright cases in China : an in-depth analysis / Luo Dongchuan ; translated by He Jiong (2019)

Mertha, A.C., The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China (2005)*

Tan, L., Pirates in the Middle Kingdom : the ensuing trademark battle (2007)

Wang, Z., Landmark trademark cases in China : an in-depth analysis (2017)

Family Law

Keller, P., ed., Obligations and property rights in China

Richards, Chen and del Pezzo, Practical global family law : United States, China, and Italy (2011)

Labor and Employment Law

Brown R.C., Understanding labor and employment law in China (2010)

Hunter, C., et al., Employment law in China(2008)

Lauffs, A., Employment law & practice in China (2008)

Lu, H., The right to work in China : Chinese labor legislation in the light of the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights (2011)

Neal, A. (ed.), Cross-currents in modern Chinese labour law (2014)

Environmental Law

Bennett, J. et al., ed., Environmental protection in China : land-use management (2011)

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks. Environment. Monographic Series. (2007-)

Elgar Research Handbook of Chinese Environmental Law (2015)

McElwee, C., Environmental law in China : managing risk and ensuring compliance (2011)

Rooij, B., Regulating land and pollution in China : lawmaking, compliance, and enforcement : theory and cases (2006)

Stalley, P., Foreign firms, investment, and environmental regulation in the People's Republic of China (2010)

Sun, X., et al., eds., Water resources management in the People's Republic of China (2010)

Zeng, K. and Eastin, J., Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment (2011)

Zhou, Chen, Legal barriers to technology transfer under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change : the example of China (2019)

Property Rights, Land Tenure/Use

Ho, P., Institutions in transition : land ownership, property rights, and social conflict in China (2005)

Keller, P., ed., Obligations and property rights in China (2011)

Zelin, M., Ocko, J., and Gardella, R., ed., Contract and property in early modern China (2004)

Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Resolution

Chen, D., International arbitration in the People's Republic of China : commentary, cases and materials(2000)

Chen, H., Predictability of 'public policy' in article V of the New York Convention under mainland China's judicial practice (2017)

Cohen, J. et al., ed., Arbitration in China : a practical guide (2004)

Ho, V., Labor dispute resolution in China : implications for labor rights and legal reform (2003)

Mo, J., Arbitration law in China (2001)

Tang, J., A historical, philosophical, and legal analysis of Chinese mediation (1999)

Tao, J., Arbitration law and practice in China (2012)

Woo, M. & Gallagher, M., ed., Chinese Justice Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China (2011)*

Zhu, S., Securities dispute resolution in China (2011)

Martime Law

Chen, X., Limitation of liability for maritime claims : a study of U.S. law, Chinese law and international conventions (2001)

Zou, K., China's marine legal system and the law of the sea (2005)

Taxation

Chao, J., The regulatory environment of Chinese taxation (2005)

International Law

Pittman, P. Assessing treaty performance in China : trade and human rights (2014)

Xue, Hanquin, Chinese contemporary perspectives on international law : history, culture and international law (2012)

International Economic Law

Wang, Guiguo, International Investment law: a Chinese Perspective (2015)

Chaisse, Julien, China's international investment strategy: bilateral, regional and global law and policy (2019)

Scholarship and Reference Tools

Zhang, Nongji, Legal scholars and scholarship in the People's Republic of China : the first generation (1949-1992).

Recommended reading for Spring 2012 Reading Group on Chinese law*.

AsianLII: Laws of the People's Republic of China

The website contains an A to Z list of laws of the PRC derived mainly from government websites ChinaLaw (Information Centre for Legislative Affairs Office of the PRC State Council) and ChinaCourt (Supreme Peoples' Court).

AsianLII: Laws of the People's Republic of China(link is external)

National Database of Laws and Regulations (国家法律法规数据库)

Official database of laws and regulations launched February 2021. Currently in Chinese only and contains: Constitution, Laws, Administrative Regulations, Local Regulations, Judicial Interpretations. See additional information (link is external) about the scope of coverage of the database.

National Database of Laws and Regulations (link is external)

China Court (中国法院网)

Official website of the Supreme People's Court and People's Court Newspaper

China Court 中国法院网(link is external)

China Law Translate

Interactive, crowd-sourced, English-Chinese translation website for legal materials and news. Created and maintained by Jeremy Daum at the China Center, Yale Law School.

China Law Translate(link is external)

China Local Gazetteers Database (新方志 )

Contains approximately 25,000 volumes of Chinese gazetteers published after 1949, covering 31 provinces and autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China; in addition, provides detailed geographic and historical records of provinces, prefectures, cities, and smaller district/administrative units.

China Local Gazetteers Database(link is external)

China Media Law Database

The open-source database provides a collection of English-language translations of Chinese media policy laws and regulations, including those related to copyright. The latest updates are from 2015.

China Media Law Database(link is external)

Database of the National People's Congress (历届全国人大资料信息)

A collection of reports on the National People's Congresses, primarily by People's Daily and People's Daily Online. It includes agendas, lists of deputies, proposals, documents, resolutions, press conferences and news reports, including photos and video.

Database of the National People's Congress

Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

A bilingual website including gazettes issued by the State Council 2000-current.

Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China(link is external)

Law-Lib.com Free Database (法律图书馆)

A free comprehensive database of PRC laws and regulations at both the national and local levels. Secondary sources including theses and dissertations, directories, book abstracts are also covered.

Law-Lib.com Free Database 法律图书馆(link is external)

Laws of the People's Republic of China

A looseleaf publication of English translation of major laws compiled by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (1987-2003 ceased publication). It has good English translation and indices arranged by subject and date of promulgation of legislation.

Morris Call Number: LES KNQ12 .C484

Lexis China (律商网)

Comprehensive bilingual database including legislation, case law, administrative decisions, national standards, journals and practice notes.

Lexis China

Ministry of Justice of the PRC (中国政府法律信息网 - 行政法规库)

With up-to-date administrative regulations.

MOJ Administrative Regulations

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina (北大法宝)

Also known as ChinaLawInfo (Chinese platform) and InfoLawChina (English platform). A comprehensive bilingual database for searching PRC laws and regulations (since 1949), cases, journal articles, and gazettes.

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina)

China International Commercial Court (最高人民法院任命国际商事法庭)

Bilingual website with information on judges profiles, laws and legislation, judicial interpretation, representative cases, and selections of articles.

China International Commercial Court 最高人民法院任命国际商事法庭(link is external)

China Maritime Trial (中国海事审判)

China Maritime Trial (English)(link is external)

Court Case Related to the Basic Law Database

Court Case Related to the Basic Law Database (link is external)

Law-Lib.com Free Database (法律图书馆)

A free comprehensive database of PRC laws and regulations at both the national and local levels. Secondary sources including theses and dissertations, directories, book abstracts are also covered.

Law-Lib.com Free Database 法律图书馆(link is external)

Lexis China (律商网)

Comprehensive bilingual database including legislation, case law, administrative decisions, national standards, journals and practice notes.

Lexis China

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina (北大法宝)

Also known as ChinaLawInfo (Chinese platform) and InfoLawChina (English platform). A comprehensive bilingual database for searching PRC laws and regulations (since 1949), cases, journal articles, and gazettes.

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina)

Supreme People's Courts Case Database (人民法院案例库)

Supreme People's Courts Case Database (人民法院案例库)

Provides a collection of edited cases (not original judgments)

Stanford Law School China Guiding Cases Project (中国指导性案例项目)

An initiative launched by Stanford Law School to make a searchable database of “guiding cases” from China’s Supreme People’s Court available in Chinese and English translation. The website's Wex-like feature allows legal experts from around the world to provide commentaries on the decisions. Website closed 2021.

Stanford Law School Guiding Cases Project(link is external)

Zhongguo shen pan an li yao lan (中国审判案例要览)

The print collection of notable cases 1993- published by Renmin University (人民大学); also in PKUlaw case law database.

MORRIS

Library of Congress: Global Legal Monitor: China: Supreme People’s Court Issues Guidance on Similar-Case Searches (September 2020) (Link is external)

Supreme Court Monitor blog post: Supreme People's Court issues guidance on cross-border commercial and procedural legal issues (January 2021) 

Supreme Court Monitor blog post: The Supreme People's Court's new case database (March 6 2024)

Supreme Court Monitor blog post: The Supreme People's Court and its English language websites (June 10 2024)

Supreme Court Monitor blog post: Guide to Finding Supreme People's Court Materials: Journals of the Supreme People's Court (Oct. 2024)

Select Journals and Journal Portals:

The China Journal

Contemporary China Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University - 1995-present (UES)

Morris Call Number: DS701 .A93

The China Quarterly

University of London, 1961-present - UES, L1. Also available online.

Morris Call Number: DS701 .C472

The China Quarterly (Online)

Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (Online)

Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (Online)

Chinese Journal of International Law

Chinese Journal of International Law

World Academy Press, 2002-present - UES

Morris Call Number: K3. H636, Online

China Law and Practice

The online newsletter has new business law an regulations updates and law archive. In English. The library has print subscription 1989-2012 (UES). The library does not subscribe to the resource. Selective content is available here.

Morris Call Number: K3 .H57

China Law Reporter

China Committee, under Section of International Law of the American Bar Association - 1980-1991/93 at LSF, 1980-1999 online. As of June 2018, publication resumed (Volume 7 Issue 1).

Morris Call Number: K3 .H6, China Law Reporter (ABA International Law Section. China Committee)(link is external)

HeinOnline(link is external)

China Review

Chinese University Press, 2001-present - UES.

Morris Call Number: DS701 .C486

China Rights Forum

Human Rights in China, Inc. (1996-present) - UES.

Morris Call Number: JC599.C6 C47

Online(link is external)

Columbia Journal of Asian Law

Columbia University Law School, 1996-present (UES). Also available in electronic form at EBSCO, WilsonWeb, HeinOnline, and Westlaw.

Morris Call Number: K3 .O4 ; Online

2002-present - UES

Morris Call Number: K6 .A2183

Frontiers of law in China : Selected publications from Chinese universities.

Morris Call Number: KNQ68 .F76, Online

Journal of Contemporary China

Online

Law Yearbook of China 中国法律年鉴

1989-1998 - LES. Also available online in ChinaLawInfo/LawInfoChina.

Morris Call Number: KNQ440 .A13 C48

Law Yearbook of China

Peking University Transnational Law Review

Peking University Transnational Law Review (Online)

Tsinghua China law review

Tsinghua China law review (Online)

Portals:

China National Social Sciences Database

A government-sponsored database of journals and dissertations published and/or funded by the PRC Government.

China National Social Sciences Database(link is external)

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina (北大法宝)

Also known as ChinaLawInfo (Chinese platform) and InfoLawChina (English platform). A comprehensive bilingual database for searching PRC laws and regulations (since 1949), cases, journal articles, and gazettes.

PKUlaw (ChinaLawInfo/InfoLawChina

Duxiu (读秀)

Duxiu 读秀, also known as Chinese Google Scholar, is a huge content-based database consisting of 800,000,000 full text pages, with very flexible searches (full-text, books, journal and newspaper articles, theses, conference proceedings, etc.). Particularly, it provides information about and, in many cases, full-text searching and/or limited previews (up to about 20 pages) of 2,600,000 Chinese books. You can then use the “图书馆文献传递” function to email to yourself 50 pages or 1/5th of the book (whichever is less) at a time. Duxiu is a useful reference tool for discovering bibliographic information; locating particular search terms within a text; and for getting a preview of a text. Results vary by the text. IE recommended.

Duxiu(link is external)

East View Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据

Subscription covers usage of the full text Chinese Academic Journals Database (1994- ), Century Journals Project (1955-1993), China Master/Doctoral full-text Database (2000- ) and the Chinese Core Newspapers full-text Database (2000-). Offers easy cross-database searching. Bilingual search platform, bibliographic citations and abstracts but full-text contents in Chinese only.

East View Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据库(link is external)

Wan Fang China Online Journals - COJ (万方数字化期刊 ）

Selective coverage of minor Chinese legal journals.

Wan Fang Chinese Online Journals (COJ)

SSRN Asian Law eJournal

Online. (Link is external) Portal for scholarly working papers.

Research Guides:

•  GlobaLex  Macau Special Administrative Region of People’s Republic of China Jurisdiction (2021)

• Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Macau

The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.

Laws and Legislation

• Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress at its First Session on 31 March 1993.  Unofficial Translation, For Reference Only.

• Macau Government Printing Bureau

The Macau Government information portal includes the official gazettes, national and regional legislation, text of treaties and agreements of which Macau is a party, as well as government agency information.  The official languages of Macau, a Chinese Special Administrative Region, are Chinese and Portuguese. English translations of legislative texts are not readily available.  Legislation is searchable by topic and source (government agency).

Judicial Decisions

•  Tribunals da RAEM 澳門特別行政區法院; Search platform for judgments

In Chinese and Portuguese. PDFs available.

Secondary Sources

Treatises:

• Macau Business Law and Legal System / Jorge A. F. Godinho. 2007.  
• Anotação e comentario ao Código penal de Macau : legislação complementar, jurisprudência : parte geral = 澳門刑法典註釋及評述 : 補充法例, 司法見解 : 總論 / Manuel Leal-Henriques; Formador do Centro de Formação Juridica e Judiciária; Juiz Conselheiro Jubilado do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça de Portugal. 2014.
•  Anotação e comentário ao código de processo penal de Macau / Manuel Leal-Henriques. 2013 -
•  One country, two systems, three legal orders : perspectives of evolution : essays on Macau's autonomy after the resumption of sovereignty by China / Jorge Costa Oliveira, Paulo Cardinal, editors. Springer. 2009.

Open-access sources:

• The Macau Penal Code and Other Penal Laws in English Unofficial Translation  / Jorge A.F. Gordinho. 2020.
• The Macau Commercial Code: an English unofficial translation / [translated from Portuguese by Jorge A.F. Gordinho]. 2013.
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• The Macau Civil Code - A Partial English Translation / Jorge A. F. Godinho. 2019.

Resources on US/UK-China Foreign Relations

Below is a list of resources useful for conducting research in U.S. and U.K. - China Foreign Relations.

U.S. – China Relations

Primary Sources:

•  China and the United States: from hostility to engagement, 1960-1998

Part of Digital National Security Archive, this collection pulls together more than 2,000 documents concerning the relationship between the United States and China, with an emphasis on the 1969-1998 time period. The documents include memos, cables, and studies concerning U.S. diplomatic relations with China, records concerning the U.S.-PRC security relationship, documents related to the economic and scientific association with the PRC, and intelligence estimates and studies concerning the PRC’s foreign policy objectives, military capabilities, and internal situation.

• Records of the National Council for United States-China Trade 1973-1983

Reproduction from the originals from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, this collection documents the formation of the National Council for United States-China Trade, its role in the development of U.S.-China trade, and the Council’s library holdings relating to China’s trade and economy.

•  Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China relations, 1989-1993

Reproduction of the originals from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, this digital collection reviews U.S.-China relations in the post-Cold War Era, and analyzes the significance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, China’s human rights issues, and resumption of World Bank loans to China in July 1990.

• U.S. intelligence and China: collection, analysis, and covert action / National Security Archive

This compilation of declassified documents concerning U.S. intelligence activities directed at both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China includes more than 2,300 documents.

• Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers

The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. 

• FRUS-Congressional Serials Set correlation list
• Congressional Serials Set

U.K. – China Foreign Relations

• U.K. National Archives, Kew.  Foreign Office files for China, 1919-1980

The six parts of this collection make available all British Foreign Office files on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980:

1919-1929: Kuomintang, CCP and the Third International

1930-1937: The Long March, civil war in China and the Manchurian Crisis

1938-1948: Open Door, Japanese war and the seeds of communist victory

1949-1956: The Communist revolution

1957-1966: The Great Leap Forward

1967-1980: The Cultural Revolution

The complete FO 371 and FCO 21 files from the National Archives, Kew include eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports, newspaper articles, conference reports, economic assessments and synopses on key events, leading personalities and all major new developments relating to China during the period.

• China: trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980

The collection “China : trade, politics & culture, 1793-1980 : sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London” contains a wide range of materials documenting western interaction with China from the first embassy by Lord MaCartney to trade negotiations in the 1970s. 

• China Diplomatic History/Foreign Relations Primary Sources Guide at Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives

Secondary Sources

• Encyclopedia of Chinese-American relations
• Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

·         PAIS International

The PAIS International database contains references to more than 460,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.

Open-Access Resources:

• U.S. Department of State : Office of the Historian- The office maintains a Guide To The United States’ History Of Recognition, Diplomatic, And Consular Relations, By Country, Since 1776: China
• Congressional-Executive Commission on China
  • Hearings; also available in Proquest Congressional
  • Roundtables
• U.S.-China Security Review Commission. Annual Report (Print); Annual Report (Online); Hearings (Online)
• CRS Reports: U. North Texas; EveryCRSreport.com; Federation of American Scientists CRS reports; Archive-it; USC-US-China Institute; Congress.gov
• Council on Foreign Relations : Publications

Newspaper Sources 

• Proquest Historical Newspapers
• Proquest News and Newspapers
• Factiva
• The Wire China
• World News Connection (archive of daily press dispatches released internationally from November 1995 through December 2013 and translated into English by the U.S. Government)
• Quan guo bao kan suo yin 全国报刊索引 
• China Core Newspapers 中国重要报纸全文数据库
• South China Morning Post: Online; SCMP.com; Historical

Subject Headings for searching in Morris, Orbis, QuickSearch and WorldCat:

China—Foreign Relations—United States

United States—Foreign Relations–China