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Books & documents
- With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations — G. A. Henty Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Indiscreet Letters From Peking — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Contos Phantasticos (Portuguese) — Teófilo Braga Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp83b00551r000200150031-8: MORE HONG KONG PRESS WARNINGS ON TAIWAN (1981) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87-01104r000100130004-4: MONTHLY REPORT -- PARAGUAY BUREAU -- SEPTEMBER 1986 (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- I am China = Zui wei lan di hai (2014) — Guo, Xiaolu, 1973- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Wo bu yao ni si yu yi shi wu cheng : Gei nü er de 17 feng gao bie xin = Letters to my daughters (2012) — Koofi, Fawzia, 1975- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89g00720r000900080003-1: AMATEURISM IN THE WHITE HOUSE (1987) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp97-00770r000100030001-9: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC & ENERGY WEEKLY (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90t00114r000200570001-4: CHINA: DENG UNDER PRESSURE (1987) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- China unmasked : an inside look into this century's biggest story = [Zhui zong Zhongguo : she hui re dian] (2011) — Zhongguo xin wen zhou kan. Ying wen bu Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp91b01306r001400100001-5: LETTER TO LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. FROM WILLIAM H. WEBSTER (1989) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp91b01306r000400110001-5: RECENT SPEECHES BY THE DCI (1989) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp99-01448r000401570011-0: IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS (2012) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The frog rider : folk tales from China (first series) (1980) — various Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Little Chicken And Her Friends (Chinese Fairy Tales) (1985) — Zhan Tong Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Famous temple in Beijing, Yonghe Gong (1995) — Yonghegong guanlichu Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00850r000100030030-4: JPRS ID: 8327 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00850r000200020048-5: JPRS ID: 8946 JAPAN REPORT (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84t00926r000200060003-4: LOGJAMS IN THE SOVIET TIMBER INDUSTRY (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp11s00229r000301450001-6: SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS (1988) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87t01145r000100070002-8: USSR REVIEW - IN THIS ISSUE: THE USSR AND CHINA JULY-AUGUST 1986 (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80t00250a000100800001-6: MODIFICATION OF MISSILE TEST TOWER BEIJING GUIDED MISSILE PLANT NANYUAN, PRC (1979) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The story of Chinese books (1985) — Liu, Guojun Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Scattered sand : the story of China's rural migrants (2012) — Pai, Hsiao-Hung Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- We the media : grassroots journalism by the people, for the people (2006) — Gillmor, Dan Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Indiscreet letters from Peking : being the notes of an eye-witness, which set forth in some detail, from day to day, the real story of the siege and sack of a distressed capital in 1900, the year of great tribulation (1906) — Putnam Weale, B. L., 1877-1930 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Born a Crime (2016) — Trevor Noah Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- My Beijing (2018) — Nie Jun Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Runaway (2004) — Alice Munro Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A comrade lost and found (2009) — Jan Wong Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beethoven in Beijing (2022) — Jennifer Lin, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Careless People (2025) — Sarah Wynn-Williams Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beijing bastard (2014) — Val Wang Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beijing from Below (2020) — Harriet Evans Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beijing Women (2014) — Wang, Yuan, Colin S. C. Hawes, Shuyu Kong, Colin S. Hawes, Wang Yuan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Sights with stories in old Beijing (1990) — Collectif Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Last Days of Old Beijing (2008) — Michael Meyer, Michael J. Meyer Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Grand Pursuit (2011) — Sylvia Nasar Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A China story (2013) — James Bausch Hendry Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beijing Heart (1999) — Larry Hanbrook Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Beijing diary (1989) — Bess Spero Li Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- 北京西郊故事集 (2020) — 徐则臣 Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Sights with Stories in Old Beijing (2004) — Xiong Zhenru Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Love in Beijing and other stories (1988) — William Goede Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Cong Beijing dao Dongying (2002) — Bai Lin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Razing Beijing (2012) — Elston, Sidney, 3rd, Emily Bestler, Juli Watson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Youth Web Radio in Beijing (2021) — Shana Roberts Colburn Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Sights with Stories (1994) — BEN SHE.YI MING Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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