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China Studies Centre: History

Key Databases

Foreign Office files for China, 1949-1976.

These documents combine eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports and analyses with a synthesis of newspaper articles and conference reports, economic assessments and synopses on key events, leading personalities and all major new developments relating to China during the period.

Visual Resources

Primary Sources Databases

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