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China Related Internet Resources Center
A cataloged list of links maintained by China News Digest

The Ancient Dynasties
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition

Chinese Culture and the Arts
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties GIF image from China
the Beautiful web pages by Dr. Ming L. Pei

Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners
Author, Paul Frankenstein: "This is more like "Chinese History:
the Cliff Notes version" or "Chinese History's Greatest Hits"
than a full-fledged history."

Historical Setting of China
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition

History of China
A recoding of the Army Area Handbook on Chinese
history in HTML format by Leon Poon, Graduate Student,
Department of Physics, Institute for Plasma Research.
Includes a search engine.

History Timeline
Hyperlinked timeline repared by Leon Poon, Graduate
Student, Department of Physics, Institute for Plasma
Research

The Imperial Era
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition

Portraits of Chinese Emperors
Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages

The Silk Road
A well-written, accurate, large single document history
by Oliver Wild, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge

Traditional Society and Culture
United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted
Gopher electronic edition


Confucius, The Analects 
Gopher text (poorly formatted) at the University of Vermont
Gopher archive 

The Doctrine of the Mean (Zhong yong) 
Gopher text (poorly formatted) at the University of Vermont
Gopher archive

The Great Learning
Poorly formatted edition

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Sun Tzu, On the Art of War 

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages

The Chinese Philosophy Page
Texts, bibliographies and lists; Steven A. Brown, Monash
University, Australia

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages
Tao, a Synthesis of Taoist Philosophy
Taoism Information Page


Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas, The Arts of Asia
From the collection at the Brooklyn Museum Asian Art
Standing Buddha (Northern Wei Dynasty) from the collection
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chinese Art and Culture Chinese Art and Literature
Dr. Ming L. Pei; a reading room of links, texts, and artwork
as part of the China the Beautiful web pages

Chinese Culture and the Arts
United States Army

The Chinese Rotunda
No GRAPHICS but excellent text on representational
meaning of horses and lions from University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Two or three examples of Chinese art

Chinese Art and Literature
Dr. Ming L. Pei; a reading room of links, texts, and artwork
as part of the China the Beautiful web pages

Chinese Poetry by Various Authors

Wang Wei, Tu Fu, Li Po, Han Yü, Po chü-i, T'ao Chi'ien,
Tsao Chih, miscellaneous authors: archive prepared by
Richard Parsie, University of California, Davis

The Legend of the White Snake,
from Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages
Ma Zhiyuan (14th century),

Autumnal Thoughts
Translated by Linda Wang, PhD; from the Phoenix Teahouse
pages Po chü-i (772-846),

Passing T'ien Men Street & The Charcoal Seller
From Reading About the World, ed. by Paul Brians, Professor
of English, Washington State University

Poetry of the Dynasties: Selections of Poems from Different
Dynasties
Very large and well-selected collection from Wind, Flower,
Snow, Moon: A Taste of Chinese Poetry; represented are
poets from the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties 

Chinese Poetry
Short, high-school level discussion of the Book of Odes by
Ben Jacobs-Swearingen, high schools sophomore; a good
short and engaged introduction

Classic Chinese Novels
Excerpts (some in Chinese, some in English) and some
summaries of three Chinese novels, Shui-hu chuan
("Tale of the Water Margin"), Hsi-yu chi ("Journey to
the West"), and Hung-lo meng ("Dream of the Red Chamber").
Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages

The Earliest Literary Traditions Government Information Office,
R.O.C., Taiwan

History: The Birth of Shi, Ci, and Qu (shi, ci and qu are
poetry genres) From Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon: A Taste
of Chinese Poetry

History of Chinese Mathematics Timeline

The Chinese Language Related Information Page
Links to WWW sites for learning Chinese and links to texts
in Chinese; Carlos McEvilly

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages

soc.culture.china
soc.religion.eastern


Also see:

home - Chinese Names Project
http://library.thinkquest.org/C003580/home(1).html


From the Linda Bee Country Collection of Resources
From the Linda Bee Culture Collection of Resources
From the Linda Bee Art Collection of Resources
From the Linda Bee History Collection of Resources
From the Linda Bee Reference Collection of Resources

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invented custard.
- Spike Milligan


Hunan Beef

Ingredients:

2 cups broccoli florets
2 tbsps. cooking oil
2 tsp. minced garlic
4 small dried red chilies
1 tsp. cornstarch dissolved in 2 tsp. water

Marinade

2 tbsps. soy sauce
2 tsp. cornstarch
1 tbsp. Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
3/4 lb. flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain

Sauce:

3 tbsps. Chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. chili garlic sauce
1 tsp. sesame oil

Directions:

Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add beef and stir
to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.

Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl.

Place broccoli in a large pot with 1 inch of boiling water. Boil
until tender and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes; drain.

Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat
sides. Add garlic and chilies and cook, stirring, until fragrant,
about 10 seconds. Add beef and stir fry until no longer pink,
1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

Add broccoli and sauce to wok; bring to a boil. Add cornstarch
mixture and cook, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens.

Serve with rice.

Source:   Chinese Food Recipes
http://www.chinesefood-recipes.com/chinese_beef_lamb_recipes/hunan_beef_recipe.php

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