Access Chinese Data via Public APIs and Curated Datasets
ChinAPIs: Access Chinese Data via APIs and Curated Datasets
Get Under-5 Mortality Rate in China from World Bank
Get China's Consumer Price Index from World Bank
Get China's Energy Use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) from World Ba...
Get China's GDP (Current US$) from World Bank
Get Official Public Holidays in China for a Given Year
Get Hospital Beds per 1,000 People in China from World Bank
Get China's Life Expectancy at Birth from World Bank
Get China's Literacy Rate (Age 15+) from World Bank
Get China's Total Population from World Bank
Get China's Unemployment Rate from World Bank
Get Key Country Information About China from the REST Countries API
View Available Datasets in ChinAPIs
Provides functions to access data from public RESTful APIs including 'Nager.Date', 'World Bank API', and 'REST Countries API', retrieving real-time or historical data related to China, such as holidays, economic indicators, and international demographic and geopolitical indicators. Additionally, the package includes one of the largest curated collections of open datasets focused on China and Hong Kong, covering topics such as air quality, demographics, input-output tables, epidemiology, political structure, names, and social indicators. The package supports reproducible research and teaching by integrating reliable international APIs and structured datasets from public, academic, and government sources. For more information on the APIs, see: 'Nager.Date' <https://date.nager.at/Api>, 'World Bank API' <https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/889392>, and 'REST Countries API' <https://restcountries.com/>.
Useful links