Main group 1

• Chen, Ping, Modern Chinese: history and sociolinguistics, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, cop. 1999
• Creel, Herrlee Glessner, Chinese thought from Confucius to Mao Tsê Tung, Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1953
• Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, The Cambridge illustrated history of China., 1. paperback ed., Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007
• Hägerdal, Hans, Kinas historia, Lund, Historiska media, 2008
• Kjellgren, Björn, Kinakunskap, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 2000
• Lindqvist, Cecilia, Tecknens rike: en berättelse om kineserna och deras skrivtecken, Stockholm, Bonnier, 1989Compulsory*

Main group 2

• Enwall, Joakim, Kinesisk grammatik, Stockholm, 1995
• T'ung, Ping-cheng; Pollard, David E., Colloquial Chinese, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982
• T'ung, Ping-cheng; Pollard, David E., Colloquial Chinese: character text for Colloquial Chinese: simplified character version, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983

Main group 3

• Hanyu Kouyu Jiaocheng: Chuji Azhongben, Beijing, Beijing Language and Culture University PressCompulsory*
• Hanyu Tingli Jiacheng: Chuji Azhongben, BeijingCompulsory*

* Compulsory