Statistical Data

Statistical Data

Chinese Keywords/中国关键词

A set of sensitive Chinese keywords related to the Chinese Communist party, pornography, dissident material, violence/terrorism, censorship, etc. These keywords may be helpful to researchers who are searching for sensitive content in Chinese or testing for network interference. Data is largely collected from social media like Tencent, Weibo, LINE, etc.

Owner
Jason Q. Ng, University of Toronto
Access
Open access
Language
English
Data Type
Source

The Asian Barometer Survey (ABS)

National probability sample surveys conducted on East Asian democratization in around twenty East and South Asian countries over four waves. Topics include political participation, electoral mobilization, democratic versus authoritarian values etc.

Owner
Center for East Asia Democratic Studies, National Taiwan University
Access
Application needed
Language
English/Chinese
Data Type
Source

Hong Kong Monetary Authority/香港金融管理局

Lists in table the GDP, labor market, price indices, government debt, government operations, interest rate, stock market, balance of payments, international reserves, merchandise trade, international investment position, external debt, exchange rate etc. The "more statistics" link provides either downloadable data or an external site to download and view more.

Access
Open access
Language
Chinese(Traditional/Simplified) English

People's Bank of China/中国人民银行

Provides downloadable data organized by year and category (Aggregate Financing to the Real Economy, Money and Banking Statistics, Sources And Uses of Credit Funds of Financial Institutions, Corporate Goods Price Indices etc. ).

Access
Open access
Language
Chinese English
Data Type

State Administration of Foreign Exchange/国家外汇管理局

Provides both online cross-tabulation query and downloadable data on many categories, including China's foreign change reserves, balance of payments, external debt, international investment, goods and services trade, foreign securities investment, external debt of China 's banking industry, bank settlement and sales, etc.

Access
Open access
Language
Chinese English

China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS)

A database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 221 BCE and 1911 CE. A base GIS platform for researchers to use in spatial analysis, temporal statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as digital maps.

Category
Owner
Harvard University
Access
Open access
Language
English

China Biographical Database Project (CBDB)/中国历代人物资料传记

The China Biographical Database is a freely accessible relational database with biographical information about approximately 360,000 individuals as of April 2015, primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. With both online and offline versions, the data is meant to be useful for statistical, social network, and spatial analysis as well as serving as a kind of biographical reference. The image below shows the spatial distribution of a cross dynastic subset of 190,000 people in CBDB by basic affiliations (籍貫).

Category
Owner
Harvard University
Access
Open access
Language
English/Chinese

China in Time and Space (CITAS)/中国时空

A project to create and maintain databases of spatially- and temporally-referenced data on China. It reconstructs Chinese administrative geography for specific historical dates, and allows for comparison of spatial data at two points in time, whether over years or over centuries.

Category
Owner
Joint Committee on Chinese Studies, Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
Access
Application required
Language
English