Chinese business information sources: part 3

Abstract

Part 3 of an article describing a wide range of Chinese business information sources, publications and databases, published in Hong Kong and the Chinese People’s Republic, not included in earlier articles, including information sources now available on the Internet and World Wide Web. Lists and describes seven selected newsletters, five important reference books and five databases available on floppy disks and CD-ROM. A large section is devoted to Web sites highlighting the rapid growth in this area since Internet services began in late 1995. (For the introductory article and Parts 1 and 2 see Business Information Review, 11(4) April 1995, pp. 37–42; 12(2) October 1995, pp. 64–74; and 13(1) March 1996, pp. 17–25.)