Main group 1

• Creel, Herrlee Glessner, Chinese thought from Confucius to Mao Tsê Tung, Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1953Compulsory*
• Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, The Cambridge illustrated history of China, 1. paperback ed., Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999Compulsory*
• Hägerdal, Hans, Kinas historia, Lund, Historiska media, 2008Compulsory*
• Kjellgren, Björn, Kinakunskap, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2000Compulsory*
• Lindqvist, Cecilia, Tecknens rike: en berättelse om kineserna och deras skrivtecken, Stockholm, Bonnier, 1989Compulsory*

Main group 2

• Chen, Ping, Modern Chinese: history and sociolinguistics, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, cop. 1999

* Compulsory