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USA Embassy in China
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info : http://guangzhou.usconsulate.gov/
The Information Resource Center (IRC) is a reference
service providing up-to-date information, to Chinese government
officials, academics and journalists as well as U.S. Mission staff,
on the United States, its people and its policies. The subject
emphasis is on American politics and government, economics and
trade, foreign affairs, education and culture.
Staffed by professional documentation and reference specialists
and equipped with modern information retrieval technologies such
as CD-ROMs, on-line databases and the Internet, the IRC is available
to help users on most topics concerning the United States. |
The IRC is free and open to Chinese audiences
during business hours.
Hours: 9:00 am -
12:00 am, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Monday - Friday)
Tel: ( 86 20) 8335
4269 ext. 33
Fax: (86 20) 8335
4764
E-mail: ircgz@state.gov
(For reference only)
Address: R/F, Garden
Hotel, 368 Huan Shi Dong Lu, Guangzhou, 510064
Visits: You are
welcome to visit the IRC for personal assistance with your
research. We recommend you make an appointment in advance.
(We are closed on American and Chinese holidays.)
*Please note that the Information
Resource Center does not answer or discuss visa questions.
All visa queries should be directed to the Immigrant Visa
or Non-Immigrant Visa Section. |
Services & Resources USA Embassy in China
- Research/Reference Service:
Information provided upon request about most topics concerning
the United States via phone calls, fax, mail, e-mail,
and visits by appointment. You may also contact the IRC
with research questions about the United States.
- Periodical Holdings:
About 40 American periodicals including: Newsweek, Time,
The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, the Oprah Magazine
and so on.
- Reference Books & CD-ROMs:
A collection of over 300 reference volumes, focused primarily
on American studies.
- Educational Material:
Up-to-date materials for students who wish to
study in the U.S.
- Alert: Designed
to keep the IRC users abreast of issues and concerns in
the U.S., ALERT brings to your attention current articles
selected by the Information Resource Center at the American
Center for Educational Exchange Beijing. We bring it to
you for your research or reference purposes. Single copies
of individual articles are available to you upon request.
- Electronic Bulletins:
The IRC e-mails a menu of articles in English and Chinese
about current issues in the United States. These materials,
mostly from U.S. publications and by U.S. authors, highlight
significant issues in six major areas of U.S. domestic
affairs, Economics & Trade, Politics & International Relations,
Contemporary Society, Information & Technology and Environment.
Click here to subscribe Electronic Bulletins.
- Washington File: Produced
by the Department of State's Office of International Information
Programs, the Washington File is a valuable source of
current information about the U. S. Government and its
policies and is available to the general public. Transcripts
of policy speeches by U. S. officials, articles on American
life and institutions, and backgrounders on a variety
of topics regularly appear in the Washington File. Now
we have the Washington File in Chinese Meiguo Cankao .
- Electronic Journals:
The Department of State publishes five electronic journals
(Economic Perspectives, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, U.S.
Society & Values, Global Issues, and Issues of Democracy)
on an irregular, rotating cycle, with a new journal appearing
every three weeks. Full texts from the Department of State
"Washington File" and "Electronic Journals" are available
in our Information Resource Center, as well as on the
Internet.
- Free Publications: We
also keep a number of free publications about the US on
hand.
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