FBIS Daily Reports (1941-1996) consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the world. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English and issued by the U.S. Government.
The electronic version of the National Index to Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals was first created in 1993. Now, it has become a super index database covering information for over one and a half centuries from 1833 to the present. It lists about 40,000 kinds of newspapers and periodicals published in China. The database contains over 40 million entries, with a yearly update of 3.5 million entries.