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Useful Chinese resources Links for your benefits
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Firefox ChinesePera-Kun Extension
I literally just learn how to do this from a coworker.
If your friend uses Firefox as the webbrowser, he can download the
ChinesePera-Kun extension. Once it is enabled, he/she can move the
mouse pointer over a Chinese character and a pop up will come up with
the English meaning and also the pingyin for it. It is great for
people like me who wants to learn pingyin
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3349/
Chinese
General Links
• Encarta Resources (Encyclopedia, Dictionary, and World Atlas)
http://encarta.msn.com/
• College Board http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/
• International Baccalaureate Program http://www.ibo.org/
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers Literature Online
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
Online Literature
• A story on entitled "Eyewitness Account: Arrest of a Criminal
Suspect" is presented with pre and post activities which move the
student through various levels of comprehension and production.
Authentic Chinese Text:
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/chou/crd/
• Links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
http://www.sinologic.com/clas/index.html
• Links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information
for Chinese software, literature, Hua Xia Wen Zhai, a Chinese magazine
on the internet, and MORE! China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• A new translation by Prof. Patrick Moran; Chinese text with English
translation Dao De Jing - by Lao Zi
http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/
• Dr. Pei Minglong's page; in Chinese and English Chinese Classics
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
• Dr. Pei's page; in Chinese and English translation Chinese Classical
Poetry
http://www.chinapage.com/poetry.html
• Dr. Pei's page; English translatio Classical Chinese Novels
http://www.chinapage.com/novels.html
• Classic Novels and Poems Classic Novels and poems
http://www.cnd.org/Classics/
• Confucius, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu Classical Chinese Literature in English
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/classlit.html
• Pinyin, writing system, old texts, each character links to a
separate page Zhongwen.com
http://zhongwen.com/
• An Archive of Chinese Philosophical writings Chinese Philisophical
Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/index.html
Textbooks Online
WebRings and Lesson Plan Bank
• Teachers.Net www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/posts.html&
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Language
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edles.html
• AskERIC Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/
• Internet Tasks for Second Language Students www.ProficiencyPress.com/
Good resources for all themes, uses supplementary texts.
Online Tutorials
• Sentences in English and Pinyin, with sound files in .au
format)Audio Tutorial of Survival Chinese
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/ctutor.html
• The Ocrat Chinese pages are a tutorial for writing and pronunciation
focus on Chinese for English speakers.
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/
• provides tools for helping people learn and use the Chinese
language. Online Chinese Tools
http://www.mandarintools.com/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
• If you need some practice with Mandarin, here's the place to go. You
will find transcriptions of the Voice of America reports in Mandarin
and sound clips for those with real audio installed. Mandarin Chinese
using VOA :
http://www.webcom.com/ocrat/voa/
• Large directory for online resources Learning Chinese Online
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
• Learn playing http://www.funbrain.com/
• APEX Learning (Free diagnostic tests)
http://www.apexlearning.com/offerings/aper/default.asp
• Internet activities
http://www.clta.net/lessons/index.html
• Pinyin, writing system, old texts, each character links to a
separate page Zhongwen.com
• A story on entitled "Eyewitness Account: Arrest of a Criminal
Suspect" is presented with pre and post activities which move the
student through various levels of comprehension and production.
Authentic Chinese Text
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/chou/crd/
• Dedicated to materials for language learning, this site includes
culture, literature, pronunciation, links to practice materials in all
four modalities, and much more. Online Resources-Chinese
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html
Welcome to Chinese Class
• How to study a foreign language http://employees.oneonta.edu/smalle/howto.html
• Reader's Digest http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed276305.html
Personal Benefits of Foreign Language Study
• Telling time http://www.dannynicholson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/flashclock.html.
School
Clothing
Country Information
• Discovering China Discovering China
http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/index2.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0607
• Large GIF file: 331k Map of China
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/china.gif
Culture and Holidays
• Your one-stop shop for information on Chinese culture. About.com's
Chinese Culture Page
http://chineseculture.about.com
• A comprehensive page on many aspects of Chinese culture. China the
Beautiful
http://www.chinapage.com/china-rm.html
• The China the Beautiful : Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy,
Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy.
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
• Dedicated to materials for language learning, this site includes
culture, literature, pronunciation, links to practice materials in all
four modalities, and much more. Online Resources-Chinese:
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
• Find your animal sign Chinese Zodiac
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/zzodiac.html
• A fun zodiac page Sabrina Liao's Chinese Astrology Page
http://found.cs.nyu.edu/liaos/horoscope.html
• In San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade
http://www.chineseparade.com/
• In San Francisco Chinese New Year Events
http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/events/cny/
• Chinese New Year for Kids. Chinese New Year
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
• Chinese New Year from Chinatown Online (UK)
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/index.html
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/
• Chinese New Year from the Taiwanese Government Chinese New Year
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/newyear/
Educaton
Family
Food
• Restaurants in the US http://www.opentable.com/home.asp
• links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
http://www.sinologic.com/clas/index.html
• Chinese recipes Taste of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/cfood.html
Home
Health and Fitness
• Good source for all Chinese medicine Acupuncture in the U.S.
http://www.acupuncture.com/
• The Joural of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Qi Journal
http://qi-journal.com/
• Wu Style Taiji Quan - Shadow Boxing Tai Chi
http://www.wfdesign.com/tc
Environment
Film, Drama, Music and Radio
• Guqin performer/scholar John Thompson's excellent site on this
ancient and most important Chinese musical instrument.Guqin (7-string
zither)
http://www.silkqin.com/
• Large collection of Chinese music files Music Sound Files
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/
• Audio samples of Chinese music Music of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/cmusic.html
• China's central TV station. CCTV.com (Chinese)
http://www.cctv.com/
• from Hong Kong. BBC World Service (Real Audio) in Cantonese -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cantonese/ram/cw16_7.ram
• Links to Radio Television Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, TV and Radio News on the Internet. See and hear the latest from
Hong Kong. RHTK on the Internet:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• Broadcasts in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. AM1320 CHMB in
Vancouver B.C., Canada
http://www.am1320.com/
• Teaching with movies http://www.filmarobics.com/
• Listen to Chinese, download language software or text files, or link
to the Chinese featured site of the week. Much of the info is in
English but links to Chinese magazine articles that can be read if you
have the appropriate fonts installed. Chinese Language Related
Information Page :
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
• A variety of live radio, news, and television programs in RealVideo.
Radio Television Hong Kong
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• If you need some practice with Mandarin, here's the place to go. You
will find transcriptions of the Voice of America reports in Mandarin
and sound clips for those with real audio installed.Mandarin Chinese
using VOA :
http://www.webcom.com/ocrat/voa/
• links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
• A top 20 music program on line using RealAudio. Radio FM 93.3 in
Singapore
http://www.mediacorpradio.com/933/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
Philosophy and Religion
• Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page
http://mars.superLInk.net/user/fsu/philo.html
• A new translation by Prof. Patrick Moran; Chinese text with English
translation Dao De Jing - by Lao Zi
http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/
• By a professor at H.K. University Chad Hansen's Daoism Page
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/
• Books and tapes by the late Alan Watts Alan Watts Electronic
University
http://www.alanwatts.com/
• Translations of early Chinese historical and philosophical texts by
Gary Arbuckle Early Canons in Translation
http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/arbgary/canons.html
• Chinese Philosophical Texts Chinese Philisophical Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/index.html
Travel
• (Travlang's Currency Exchange Rates) Currency exchange rates
http://www.travlang.com/money.
• (World Wide Metric Converter) Use for metric conversions for
distance, quantity and volume. http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm
• Great pictures of the top ten scenic sites in China. The land of
beauty:
http://scenery.cnd.org/Scenery/index.html
• Destinations, hostel reviews, travel services, etc. China Outdoors
http://www.chinaoutdoors.com/
• Panoramic shots of Chinese tourist spots On the Road in China
http://www.zama.com/ontheroad/pa_main.html
• Book flights, hotels, or tour packages online China Travel.com
http://www.chinaetravel.com/default.html
• Your entrance to China on the Net. Carefully annotated. Provided by
Dept. of Chinese Studies, Vienna University. Internet Guide for China
Studies
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
• Great way to explore China on the Net. A mainland site. China Window
http://china-window.com/window.html
• Beijing University BeijingUniversity Homepage
http://www.pku.edu.cn/
• CIA World Factbook World Factbook - China
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/ch.html
• Government, news, tourism, business, art... Beijing Window
http://china-window.com/beijing/beijing.html
• A primitive virtual tour of the Former Palace The Forbidden City -
Palace Museum
http://china-window.com/beijing/tour/zijin/index.html
• Tourism, business, real estate... Shanghai Window
http://china-window.com/shanghai/index.html
• Taiwan Government Information Office Taiwan Government Information
Office
http://www.gio.gov.tw/
• A must for anyone traveling to Hong Kong rec.travel Guide to Hong
Kong
http://www.math.toronto.edu/~joel/hongkong.html
• The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Homepage
http://www.hku.hk/
Art
• China News Digest InfoBase Scenery Pictures of China
http://www.cnd.org/Scenery/
• 2 dozen pictures from the Time publication A Day in the Life of
China
http://www.cnd.org/Scenery/a-day.html
• Some pictures of famous places Scenery of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/scenery.html
• One of China's oldest art forms. Peking Opera
http://www.chinapages.com/culture/jj_home.htm
• Knot tying art. Chinese Macrame
http://www.houstoncul.org/culdir/macr/macr.htm
• The land of beauty: great pictures of the top ten scenic sites in
China.
http://scenery.cnd.org/Scenery/index.html
• An indescribable Chinese avant-garde Web art site. Where else can
you find Chinese concrete poetry/virtual music/conceptual art/
experimental Buddhist art using the Web as a medium and incorporating
new technologies such as Shockwave and animated GIFs? Miao Miao Miao
http://www.sinologic.com/webart
• The Art of China Page illustrates arts, crafts, music, etc.
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html
• The China the Beautiful : Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy,
Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy.
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture. Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
• A brief introduction Traditional Chinese Painting
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture/
• Pictures and links Classical Chinese Painting
http://www.chinapage.com/paint1.html
• Picture of Chinese art objects Arts of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/art.html
• Good introduction to the unique art of Chinese calligraphy Chinese
Calligraphy
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
• The online journal for the study and exhibition of Asian arts Asian
Arts
Business
• Especially good on trade and industry ROC Online
http://www.roc.com/
• Many business leads for this Special Economic Zone Shenzhen Window
http://china-window.com/Shenzhen_w/shenzhen.html
• English directory for businesses in China. China Big Yellow Pages
http://www.chinabig.com/en/srch/
• Job listing/search service. Wang & Li Business Recruitment
http://www.wang-li.com/
• A newsletter of the Chinese Finance Association TCFA Update
http://www.aimhi.com/VC/tcfa/
Politics and Government
• History of foreign relations between the two countries. China and
the United States -
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/china-us/index.html
• The Government of Tibet in exile The Government of Tibet in Exile
http://www.tibet.com/
• Inner Mongolia Peoples Party Inner Mongolia People's Party
http://members.aol.com/imppsite/indexeng.htm
• Government Information Office of the Republic of China Government
Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
http://www.gio.gov.tw/
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China -
Includes a page of links to government (PRC) websites, consulates,
embassies, and press.
• National Science Council of the Republic of China National Science
Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
http://www.nsc.gov.tw/
• Information about the People's Republic of China by the PRC
government. Welcome to China
http://www.china.org.cn/
History
• Rick Harbaugh's excellent and immensely useful Chinese character
etymology dictionary. Learning the interconnections between characters
is the best way to really get to know the characters. You can search
by Pinyin, Zhuyin (BoPoMoFo), Radical (just as in a traditional
dictionary), stroke count, English, and root pictographs. Includes
over 4000 characters. Also has hyperlinked online text for reading.
Requires Chinese system with traditional Chinese font Chinese
Character Genealogy - An Etymological Chinese-English Dictionary:
Zhongwen Zipu
http://zhongwen.com/
• History of Taiwan Taiwanese History
http://taiwanresources.com/info/history/index.htm
• History of China History of China
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html
• By dynasty with descriptions History Timeline
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
• A photo essay archive Fifty Years Inside the Republic
http://www.AsiaSociety.org/arts/chinaphotos/
• Excellent source on modern China Fairbank Chinese History Virtual
Library
http://www.cnd.org/fairbank/
• By Prof. Benjamin Elman, UCLA. For advanced students of Chinese
history. Classical Historiography for Chinese History
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/
• An outline of the history of PRC from the Univ. of Maryland People's
Republic of China
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/prc.html
• A huge collection of misc. info on Chinese culture China the
Beautiful
http://www.chinapage.com
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
Teacher Tools
• The City College of San Francisco Language Lab Chinese Links is a
very nice collection of web links for students of Chinese.
http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Lab/chlinks.htm
• The Internet Guide for Chinese Studies from the Institute of Chinese
Studies, University of Heidelberg has detailed descriptions of
selected Internet sites for Chinese studies.
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/iglang.htm
• List of all languages/dialects spoken in China. Everyone should take
a look Ethnologue Database: China
http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Ethnologue/eth.cgi/China/
• You type in or paste in Chinese characters, and you see Pinyin
spelled out - no sounds. Limited database. Requires Chinese system and
browsers that support Java and frames. This is a powerful tool when
combined with the above English-Chinese dictionary. Also supports
Cantonese pronunciation. Chinese Character Pronunciation
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/reaf/
• Erik Peterson's wonderful new suite of tools for Chinese learners -
English-Chinese dictionary; character flashcards; a Big-5 <-> GB code
converter; a converter for various romanization systems; and an
amazing module that adds Pinyin to any Chinese Web page Chinese Online
Tools
http://www.mandarintools.com/
• Wenlin is perhaps the most powerful online Chinese dictionary
available. You can access it whenever you're reading Chinese text,
either online or off-line. For both Macintosh & PC. Recommended for
all intermediate and advanced students of Chinese Wenlin Institute
http://www.wenlin.com
• listen to Chinese, download language software or text files, or link
to the Chinese featured site of the week. Much of the info is in
English but links to Chinese magazine articles that can be read if you
have the appropriate fonts installed. Chinese Language Related
Information Page :
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
• News in Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the
vocabulary lessons to learn idiomatic expressions Voice of America -
News
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/
• Free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic
journal articles to any researcher in the United States Gateway
Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
http://www.library.pitt.edu/gateway/
• Chinese-English Dictionaries Links to English-Chinese, Chinese-
English Dictionaries
http://www.chinapage.com/dictionary/dictionary.html
• Large directory for online resources Learning Chinese Online
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
• Puzzle Maker A useful puzzle-making tool with several types of
puzzles www.puzzlemaker.com
• Corbis Find pictures on any theme http://store.corbis.com/search
• PowerPoint Presentations A variety of topics taught through
PowerPoint presentations. http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html
• The Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
• Printable pictures http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/spanish.shtml
• Rubrics http://www.rubrics.com/rubricator/index.html
• Internet activities http://www.clta.net/lessons/index.html
• Game Ideas http://iteslj.org/games/
• Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/spanish/index.html
• Citation Machine http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
• Citation Guide http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
• Dictionary http://www.diccionarios.com/
• Word Reference http://www.wordreference.com/
• Tips for Power Points in the classroom http://www.actden.com/pp/
• How to teach with movies http://www.teachwithmovies.com/index.html
• Teaching with movies http://www.filmarobics.com/
• Webquests http://webquest.org/
• Microsoft Clipart http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
• More Webquests http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
• Integrating Technology for Educators http://www.luc.edu/libraries/mallinckrodt/webquest.html
• How to search the internet http://searchenginewatch.com/
• Web Style Guide http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/
Professional Development and Programs
• The China Education and Research Network.
• MCPS Office of Staff Development http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/dsd/
• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning http://www.mcrel.org/about/index.asp
• American Council on the Teaching of a Foreign Language http://www.actfl.org/
• Maryland Foreign Language Association http://www.mflamd.org/
Newspapers, Magazines and Current Events
• Newspapers, Magazines, Radio from around the world
http://www.barnews.com/new/index.html
• China's biggest English newspaper. China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/home/index.html
• China's biggest newspaper. People's Daily (Chinese)
http://www.snweb.com.cn/
• China's central TV station. CCTV.com (Chinese)
http://www.cctv.com/
• Links to Radio Television Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, TV and Radio News on the Internet. See and hear the latest from
Hong Kong. RTHK on Internet
http://www.rthk.org.hk
• Broadcasts in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. AM1320 CHMB in
Vancouver B.C., Canada
http://www.am1320.com/
• Free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic
journal articles to any researcher in the United States Gateway
Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
http://www.library.pitt.edu/gateway/
• The Radio Television Hong Kong presents a variety of live radio,
news, and television programs in RealVideo.
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• The Welcome to the World of Chinese Magazines! at the University of
Regina.
http://www.cathay.net/chn-mag.shtml
• News of the world from the BBC in Cantonese - Includes sound files
in RealAudio format. Download RealPlayer here. BBC World Service -
Cantonese
• News of the world from the BBC in Mandarin - Includes sound files in
RealAudio format BBC World Service- Mandarin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mandarin/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
• Links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information
for Chinese software, literature, Hua Xia Wen Zhai, a Chinese magazine
on the internet, and MORE! China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• From Taiwan China Times Newspaper
http://www.chinatimes.com.tw/
• From the PRC (in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Japanese,
Russian, and Arabic) People's Daily
http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/
• In Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the vocabulary
lessons to learn idiomatic expressions Voice of America - News
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/
• China News Diges China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• English version, published 3 times a week China News Digest - Global
http://www.cnd.org/CND-Global/
http://www.amazon.com/Mandarin-Chin...t/dp/B000AXFSW2
Firefox ChinesePera-Kun Extension
I literally just learn how to do this from a coworker.
If your friend uses Firefox as the webbrowser, he can download the
ChinesePera-Kun extension. Once it is enabled, he/she can move the
mouse pointer over a Chinese character and a pop up will come up with
the English meaning and also the pingyin for it. It is great for
people like me who wants to learn pingyin
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3349/
Chinese
General Links
• Encarta Resources (Encyclopedia, Dictionary, and World Atlas)
http://encarta.msn.com/
• College Board http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/
• International Baccalaureate Program http://www.ibo.org/
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers Literature Online
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
Online Literature
• A story on entitled "Eyewitness Account: Arrest of a Criminal
Suspect" is presented with pre and post activities which move the
student through various levels of comprehension and production.
Authentic Chinese Text:
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/chou/crd/
• Links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
http://www.sinologic.com/clas/index.html
• Links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information
for Chinese software, literature, Hua Xia Wen Zhai, a Chinese magazine
on the internet, and MORE! China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• A new translation by Prof. Patrick Moran; Chinese text with English
translation Dao De Jing - by Lao Zi
http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/
• Dr. Pei Minglong's page; in Chinese and English Chinese Classics
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
• Dr. Pei's page; in Chinese and English translation Chinese Classical
Poetry
http://www.chinapage.com/poetry.html
• Dr. Pei's page; English translatio Classical Chinese Novels
http://www.chinapage.com/novels.html
• Classic Novels and Poems Classic Novels and poems
http://www.cnd.org/Classics/
• Confucius, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu Classical Chinese Literature in English
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/classlit.html
• Pinyin, writing system, old texts, each character links to a
separate page Zhongwen.com
http://zhongwen.com/
• An Archive of Chinese Philosophical writings Chinese Philisophical
Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/index.html
Textbooks Online
WebRings and Lesson Plan Bank
• Teachers.Net www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/posts.html&
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Language
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edles.html
• AskERIC Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/
• Internet Tasks for Second Language Students www.ProficiencyPress.com/
Good resources for all themes, uses supplementary texts.
Online Tutorials
• Sentences in English and Pinyin, with sound files in .au
format)Audio Tutorial of Survival Chinese
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/ctutor.html
• The Ocrat Chinese pages are a tutorial for writing and pronunciation
focus on Chinese for English speakers.
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/
• provides tools for helping people learn and use the Chinese
language. Online Chinese Tools
http://www.mandarintools.com/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
• If you need some practice with Mandarin, here's the place to go. You
will find transcriptions of the Voice of America reports in Mandarin
and sound clips for those with real audio installed. Mandarin Chinese
using VOA :
http://www.webcom.com/ocrat/voa/
• Large directory for online resources Learning Chinese Online
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
• Learn playing http://www.funbrain.com/
• APEX Learning (Free diagnostic tests)
http://www.apexlearning.com/offerings/aper/default.asp
• Internet activities
http://www.clta.net/lessons/index.html
• Pinyin, writing system, old texts, each character links to a
separate page Zhongwen.com
• A story on entitled "Eyewitness Account: Arrest of a Criminal
Suspect" is presented with pre and post activities which move the
student through various levels of comprehension and production.
Authentic Chinese Text
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/chou/crd/
• Dedicated to materials for language learning, this site includes
culture, literature, pronunciation, links to practice materials in all
four modalities, and much more. Online Resources-Chinese
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html
Welcome to Chinese Class
• How to study a foreign language http://employees.oneonta.edu/smalle/howto.html
• Reader's Digest http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed276305.html
Personal Benefits of Foreign Language Study
• Telling time http://www.dannynicholson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/flashclock.html.
School
Clothing
Country Information
• Discovering China Discovering China
http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/index2.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0607
• Large GIF file: 331k Map of China
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/china.gif
Culture and Holidays
• Your one-stop shop for information on Chinese culture. About.com's
Chinese Culture Page
http://chineseculture.about.com
• A comprehensive page on many aspects of Chinese culture. China the
Beautiful
http://www.chinapage.com/china-rm.html
• The China the Beautiful : Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy,
Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy.
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
• Dedicated to materials for language learning, this site includes
culture, literature, pronunciation, links to practice materials in all
four modalities, and much more. Online Resources-Chinese:
http://eleaston.com/chinese.html
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
• Find your animal sign Chinese Zodiac
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/zzodiac.html
• A fun zodiac page Sabrina Liao's Chinese Astrology Page
http://found.cs.nyu.edu/liaos/horoscope.html
• In San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade
http://www.chineseparade.com/
• In San Francisco Chinese New Year Events
http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/events/cny/
• Chinese New Year for Kids. Chinese New Year
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
• Chinese New Year from Chinatown Online (UK)
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/index.html
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/
• Chinese New Year from the Taiwanese Government Chinese New Year
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/newyear/
Educaton
Family
Food
• Restaurants in the US http://www.opentable.com/home.asp
• links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
http://www.sinologic.com/clas/index.html
• Chinese recipes Taste of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/cfood.html
Home
Health and Fitness
• Good source for all Chinese medicine Acupuncture in the U.S.
http://www.acupuncture.com/
• The Joural of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness Qi Journal
http://qi-journal.com/
• Wu Style Taiji Quan - Shadow Boxing Tai Chi
http://www.wfdesign.com/tc
Environment
Film, Drama, Music and Radio
• Guqin performer/scholar John Thompson's excellent site on this
ancient and most important Chinese musical instrument.Guqin (7-string
zither)
http://www.silkqin.com/
• Large collection of Chinese music files Music Sound Files
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/
• Audio samples of Chinese music Music of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/cmusic.html
• China's central TV station. CCTV.com (Chinese)
http://www.cctv.com/
• from Hong Kong. BBC World Service (Real Audio) in Cantonese -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cantonese/ram/cw16_7.ram
• Links to Radio Television Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, TV and Radio News on the Internet. See and hear the latest from
Hong Kong. RHTK on the Internet:
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• Broadcasts in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. AM1320 CHMB in
Vancouver B.C., Canada
http://www.am1320.com/
• Teaching with movies http://www.filmarobics.com/
• Listen to Chinese, download language software or text files, or link
to the Chinese featured site of the week. Much of the info is in
English but links to Chinese magazine articles that can be read if you
have the appropriate fonts installed. Chinese Language Related
Information Page :
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
• A variety of live radio, news, and television programs in RealVideo.
Radio Television Hong Kong
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• If you need some practice with Mandarin, here's the place to go. You
will find transcriptions of the Voice of America reports in Mandarin
and sound clips for those with real audio installed.Mandarin Chinese
using VOA :
http://www.webcom.com/ocrat/voa/
• links to language, movies, literature, food, and other practical
info for learners of Chinese. Chinese Learner's Alternative Page :
• A top 20 music program on line using RealAudio. Radio FM 93.3 in
Singapore
http://www.mediacorpradio.com/933/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
Philosophy and Religion
• Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page
http://mars.superLInk.net/user/fsu/philo.html
• A new translation by Prof. Patrick Moran; Chinese text with English
translation Dao De Jing - by Lao Zi
http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/
• By a professor at H.K. University Chad Hansen's Daoism Page
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/
• Books and tapes by the late Alan Watts Alan Watts Electronic
University
http://www.alanwatts.com/
• Translations of early Chinese historical and philosophical texts by
Gary Arbuckle Early Canons in Translation
http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/arbgary/canons.html
• Chinese Philosophical Texts Chinese Philisophical Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/index.html
Travel
• (Travlang's Currency Exchange Rates) Currency exchange rates
http://www.travlang.com/money.
• (World Wide Metric Converter) Use for metric conversions for
distance, quantity and volume. http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm
• Great pictures of the top ten scenic sites in China. The land of
beauty:
http://scenery.cnd.org/Scenery/index.html
• Destinations, hostel reviews, travel services, etc. China Outdoors
http://www.chinaoutdoors.com/
• Panoramic shots of Chinese tourist spots On the Road in China
http://www.zama.com/ontheroad/pa_main.html
• Book flights, hotels, or tour packages online China Travel.com
http://www.chinaetravel.com/default.html
• Your entrance to China on the Net. Carefully annotated. Provided by
Dept. of Chinese Studies, Vienna University. Internet Guide for China
Studies
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
• Great way to explore China on the Net. A mainland site. China Window
http://china-window.com/window.html
• Beijing University BeijingUniversity Homepage
http://www.pku.edu.cn/
• CIA World Factbook World Factbook - China
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/ch.html
• Government, news, tourism, business, art... Beijing Window
http://china-window.com/beijing/beijing.html
• A primitive virtual tour of the Former Palace The Forbidden City -
Palace Museum
http://china-window.com/beijing/tour/zijin/index.html
• Tourism, business, real estate... Shanghai Window
http://china-window.com/shanghai/index.html
• Taiwan Government Information Office Taiwan Government Information
Office
http://www.gio.gov.tw/
• A must for anyone traveling to Hong Kong rec.travel Guide to Hong
Kong
http://www.math.toronto.edu/~joel/hongkong.html
• The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Homepage
http://www.hku.hk/
Art
• China News Digest InfoBase Scenery Pictures of China
http://www.cnd.org/Scenery/
• 2 dozen pictures from the Time publication A Day in the Life of
China
http://www.cnd.org/Scenery/a-day.html
• Some pictures of famous places Scenery of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/scenery.html
• One of China's oldest art forms. Peking Opera
http://www.chinapages.com/culture/jj_home.htm
• Knot tying art. Chinese Macrame
http://www.houstoncul.org/culdir/macr/macr.htm
• The land of beauty: great pictures of the top ten scenic sites in
China.
http://scenery.cnd.org/Scenery/index.html
• An indescribable Chinese avant-garde Web art site. Where else can
you find Chinese concrete poetry/virtual music/conceptual art/
experimental Buddhist art using the Web as a medium and incorporating
new technologies such as Shockwave and animated GIFs? Miao Miao Miao
http://www.sinologic.com/webart
• The Art of China Page illustrates arts, crafts, music, etc.
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html
• The China the Beautiful : Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy,
Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and Philosophy.
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture. Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
• A brief introduction Traditional Chinese Painting
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture/
• Pictures and links Classical Chinese Painting
http://www.chinapage.com/paint1.html
• Picture of Chinese art objects Arts of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/art.html
• Good introduction to the unique art of Chinese calligraphy Chinese
Calligraphy
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
• The online journal for the study and exhibition of Asian arts Asian
Arts
Business
• Especially good on trade and industry ROC Online
http://www.roc.com/
• Many business leads for this Special Economic Zone Shenzhen Window
http://china-window.com/Shenzhen_w/shenzhen.html
• English directory for businesses in China. China Big Yellow Pages
http://www.chinabig.com/en/srch/
• Job listing/search service. Wang & Li Business Recruitment
http://www.wang-li.com/
• A newsletter of the Chinese Finance Association TCFA Update
http://www.aimhi.com/VC/tcfa/
Politics and Government
• History of foreign relations between the two countries. China and
the United States -
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/china-us/index.html
• The Government of Tibet in exile The Government of Tibet in Exile
http://www.tibet.com/
• Inner Mongolia Peoples Party Inner Mongolia People's Party
http://members.aol.com/imppsite/indexeng.htm
• Government Information Office of the Republic of China Government
Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
http://www.gio.gov.tw/
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China -
Includes a page of links to government (PRC) websites, consulates,
embassies, and press.
• National Science Council of the Republic of China National Science
Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
http://www.nsc.gov.tw/
• Information about the People's Republic of China by the PRC
government. Welcome to China
http://www.china.org.cn/
History
• Rick Harbaugh's excellent and immensely useful Chinese character
etymology dictionary. Learning the interconnections between characters
is the best way to really get to know the characters. You can search
by Pinyin, Zhuyin (BoPoMoFo), Radical (just as in a traditional
dictionary), stroke count, English, and root pictographs. Includes
over 4000 characters. Also has hyperlinked online text for reading.
Requires Chinese system with traditional Chinese font Chinese
Character Genealogy - An Etymological Chinese-English Dictionary:
Zhongwen Zipu
http://zhongwen.com/
• History of Taiwan Taiwanese History
http://taiwanresources.com/info/history/index.htm
• History of China History of China
http://www.chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html
• By dynasty with descriptions History Timeline
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
• A photo essay archive Fifty Years Inside the Republic
http://www.AsiaSociety.org/arts/chinaphotos/
• Excellent source on modern China Fairbank Chinese History Virtual
Library
http://www.cnd.org/fairbank/
• By Prof. Benjamin Elman, UCLA. For advanced students of Chinese
history. Classical Historiography for Chinese History
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/
• An outline of the history of PRC from the Univ. of Maryland People's
Republic of China
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/prc.html
• A huge collection of misc. info on Chinese culture China the
Beautiful
http://www.chinapage.com
• An extensive collection of pictures related to Chinese history and
culture Chinese Culture - Images
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images.html
Teacher Tools
• The City College of San Francisco Language Lab Chinese Links is a
very nice collection of web links for students of Chinese.
http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Lab/chlinks.htm
• The Internet Guide for Chinese Studies from the Institute of Chinese
Studies, University of Heidelberg has detailed descriptions of
selected Internet sites for Chinese studies.
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/iglang.htm
• List of all languages/dialects spoken in China. Everyone should take
a look Ethnologue Database: China
http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Ethnologue/eth.cgi/China/
• You type in or paste in Chinese characters, and you see Pinyin
spelled out - no sounds. Limited database. Requires Chinese system and
browsers that support Java and frames. This is a powerful tool when
combined with the above English-Chinese dictionary. Also supports
Cantonese pronunciation. Chinese Character Pronunciation
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/reaf/
• Erik Peterson's wonderful new suite of tools for Chinese learners -
English-Chinese dictionary; character flashcards; a Big-5 <-> GB code
converter; a converter for various romanization systems; and an
amazing module that adds Pinyin to any Chinese Web page Chinese Online
Tools
http://www.mandarintools.com/
• Wenlin is perhaps the most powerful online Chinese dictionary
available. You can access it whenever you're reading Chinese text,
either online or off-line. For both Macintosh & PC. Recommended for
all intermediate and advanced students of Chinese Wenlin Institute
http://www.wenlin.com
• listen to Chinese, download language software or text files, or link
to the Chinese featured site of the week. Much of the info is in
English but links to Chinese magazine articles that can be read if you
have the appropriate fonts installed. Chinese Language Related
Information Page :
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
• News in Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the
vocabulary lessons to learn idiomatic expressions Voice of America -
News
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/
• Free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic
journal articles to any researcher in the United States Gateway
Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
http://www.library.pitt.edu/gateway/
• Chinese-English Dictionaries Links to English-Chinese, Chinese-
English Dictionaries
http://www.chinapage.com/dictionary/dictionary.html
• Large directory for online resources Learning Chinese Online
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
• Puzzle Maker A useful puzzle-making tool with several types of
puzzles www.puzzlemaker.com
• Corbis Find pictures on any theme http://store.corbis.com/search
• PowerPoint Presentations A variety of topics taught through
PowerPoint presentations. http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html
• The Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
• Printable pictures http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/spanish.shtml
• Rubrics http://www.rubrics.com/rubricator/index.html
• Internet activities http://www.clta.net/lessons/index.html
• Game Ideas http://iteslj.org/games/
• Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/spanish/index.html
• Citation Machine http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
• Citation Guide http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
• Dictionary http://www.diccionarios.com/
• Word Reference http://www.wordreference.com/
• Tips for Power Points in the classroom http://www.actden.com/pp/
• How to teach with movies http://www.teachwithmovies.com/index.html
• Teaching with movies http://www.filmarobics.com/
• Webquests http://webquest.org/
• Microsoft Clipart http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
• More Webquests http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
• Integrating Technology for Educators http://www.luc.edu/libraries/mallinckrodt/webquest.html
• How to search the internet http://searchenginewatch.com/
• Web Style Guide http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/
Professional Development and Programs
• The China Education and Research Network.
• MCPS Office of Staff Development http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/dsd/
• Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning http://www.mcrel.org/about/index.asp
• American Council on the Teaching of a Foreign Language http://www.actfl.org/
• Maryland Foreign Language Association http://www.mflamd.org/
Newspapers, Magazines and Current Events
• Newspapers, Magazines, Radio from around the world
http://www.barnews.com/new/index.html
• China's biggest English newspaper. China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/home/index.html
• China's biggest newspaper. People's Daily (Chinese)
http://www.snweb.com.cn/
• China's central TV station. CCTV.com (Chinese)
http://www.cctv.com/
• Links to Radio Television Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, TV and Radio News on the Internet. See and hear the latest from
Hong Kong. RTHK on Internet
http://www.rthk.org.hk
• Broadcasts in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. AM1320 CHMB in
Vancouver B.C., Canada
http://www.am1320.com/
• Free delivery of full-text copies of Chinese-language academic
journal articles to any researcher in the United States Gateway
Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
http://www.library.pitt.edu/gateway/
• The Radio Television Hong Kong presents a variety of live radio,
news, and television programs in RealVideo.
http://www.rthk.org.hk/
• The Welcome to the World of Chinese Magazines! at the University of
Regina.
http://www.cathay.net/chn-mag.shtml
• News of the world from the BBC in Cantonese - Includes sound files
in RealAudio format. Download RealPlayer here. BBC World Service -
Cantonese
• News of the world from the BBC in Mandarin - Includes sound files in
RealAudio format BBC World Service- Mandarin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mandarin/
• Listen to RealAudio newscasts and download the accompanying text.
There are also exercises and discussion questions for teachers and
students. Chinese Insta-Class Page from SCOLA
http://www.scola.org/insta-class/chinese/index.html
• Links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information
for Chinese software, literature, Hua Xia Wen Zhai, a Chinese magazine
on the internet, and MORE! China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• From Taiwan China Times Newspaper
http://www.chinatimes.com.tw/
• From the PRC (in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Japanese,
Russian, and Arabic) People's Daily
http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/
• In Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the vocabulary
lessons to learn idiomatic expressions Voice of America - News
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/
• China News Diges China News Digest
http://www.cnd.org/
• English version, published 3 times a week China News Digest - Global
http://www.cnd.org/CND-Global/
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