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In addition:
The photographs in back issues of National Geographic give glimpses of premodern times beyond the Great Wall. Look for April 1925; October 1930; November 1932; and June 1933.
Steppe. Published in England, the magazine focuses on Central Asia.
Helpful websites:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com
The Oriental-List: www.members.shaw.ca/pnhpublic/china.html
For the Chinese government’s view of its people, see “China in Brief”: www.china.org.cn/e-china/population