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Asian Reading Room

The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress.

Portals in the Asian Division

Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.

The East Asian Collection

The East Asian Collection includes historical images that present a visual archive of 20th century East Asian cultural heritage. Currently, the collection consists of images that document early 20th century China including the the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945), a visual history of Buddhist practices and temples in China, and other images of daily life in both rural and urban China. The completed project will be a valuable resource for research into this region and its history. Collections include W. H. Dobson, early 20th Century missionary and physician in southern China, and Holmes Welch, renouned scholar in the field of Buddhist studies and Buddhism in China.