Keeping up with Chinese politics:
These days, I spend as much time reading blogs as mainstream newspapers like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal. Good blogs in English include:
East South North West http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm
Danwei http://www.danwei.org/
China Digital Times http://www.chinaditigaltimes.net
Global Voices Online http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/east-asia/
Blog compiler http://www.chinalyst.net/
Learning more about environmental issues in China:
A couple of times a year, I get emails from friends and colleagues interested in reading more about environmental issues in China. Here is the selected reading list I’ve developed to send them in response (with a bias toward environmental activism because that’s what I follow most closely). Websites with additional information include:
All China Environment Association http://www.acef.com.cn/index.asp
Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims www.clapv.org/
China Environmental News (media) www.cenews.com.cn/
China Environmental News Digest http://china-environmental-news.blogspot.com/
China Environmental Law Blog http://www.chinaenvironmentallaw.com/
China Green at the Asia Society http://sites.asiasociety.org/chinagreen/
Ministry of Environmental Protection http://english.mep.gov.cn/
Natural Resource Defense Council www.greenlaw.org.cn/ch/
China Dialogue www.chinadialogue.net/
China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center http://tinyurl.com/ybs3wkn
Doing research in China:
For those just starting out doing research in China, here are a few websites I've found useful:
Online bookstore (delivers books to your house) http://home.dangdang.com/
Online travel agent (delivers plane tickets to your house) http://www.elong.com/
Daily air quality index (daily dose of despair) http://www.sepa.gov.cn/quality/air.php3