This survey of the field of Chinese language computational linguistics was prepared as a background study for the Chinese Linguistics Project at Princeton. Since the authors' main purpose was "critical reconnaissance," quantitative emphasis is on systems with which they are most familiar. The complexity of the Chinese writing system has presented a great challenge to computational linguists. Surveys by the Chinese Linguistics Project show that enough aspects of the problem have been tackeled and solved by various people so that computer analysis of Chinese texts may be considered feasible. In fact, it is being approached in varying ways at several places. This survey is organized into sections on--(1) Input (Form of Code, Mechanics of Coding); (2) In-Machine Manipulation (Phonological Analysis, Inventory and Statistics); (3) Output (Form and Purpose, Mechanics); (4) Notes on this survey; (5) Illustrations of Selected Computer-Used or -Generated Calligraphy; and (6) a Bibliography. More than 30 projects are discussed, ranging from very early attempts to deal with the problem (Standard Chinese Telegraph Code), to on-going research projects in the United States and abroad. (JD)