Learning Tools and Resources

1. Online resources for Chinese Learning

http://www.mandarintools.com/

Tools to help people learning and using Chinese, including: a romanization converter, character writing instruction, dictionaries, a Chinese encoding converter, a western-Chinese calendar converter, an East Asian currency converter, units of measure, and much more.

http://zhongwen.com

Rick Harbaugh's Searchable Chinese character dictionary with zipu or "character genealogies"; Chinese dictionary Web; online readings; vocabularies; FAQ & other tools & links for learning Chinese characters

http://zhongwen.com/

Rick Harbaugh's searchable Chinese character dictionary with character genealogies.

http://www.dictionaryhk.com/

Translates words from English to traditional and simplified Chinese characters and to Japanese.

http://www.clavisinica.com/

Commercial software "Combining a versatile Chinese text reader with a comprehensive & richly cross-referenced Chinese dictionary"

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm

Website dedicated to learning Chinese On-Line.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/cel/cel.htm

CEL(Chinese-English Lookup) is a Chinese-English dictionary search utility that is designed to help Chinese language learners to read Chinese electronic texts in other applications such as Web browsers and word processors.

http://www.csulb.edu/%7Etxie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm

Unicode pinyin fonts

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2. Media in China

http://www.xinhua.org

China 's largest news agency, Xinhua has offices around the world.

http://www.people.com.cn

The People's Daily is the newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Anyone who wants or needs to keep a finger on China's political pulse reads this paper.

http://zqb.cyol.com

China Youth Daily created the first commercialized national mainstream media website in China .

http://bjyouth.ynet.com

Beijing Youth has a comprehensive website covering news, entertainment and business.

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3. People's Republic of China Ministry of Education

http://www.moe.gov.cn/

It introduces an authoritative educational organization in China , which helps us understand how Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China functions for all sorts of universities in China.

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4. Universities in China

http://www.pku.edu.cn/

Peking University is a comprehensive and National key university. T he university has made an effective combination of the research on important scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization. It strives not only for the  simultaneous improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of  interaction and mutual promotion among various subjects.

http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tsinghua University is a most famous university in China , which was built in 1911. It is changed from “Cradle of Engineer” to a comprehensive university experienced by a prosperous development.

http://www.nju.edu.cn

Nanjing University , one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China , is located in Nanjing , a beautiful city known for being China 's capital of six ancient dynasties and having a rich cultural heritage. Nanjing University is a key comprehensive university directly under the State Education Commission.

http://www.ustc.edu.cn

The University of Science and Technology of China is one of the prestigious universities in China , which is a new type of university established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences after the founding of New China. The establishment of the University is aimed at fostering high-level personnel of science and technology absolutely necessary for the development of the national economy, national defense construction, and education in science and technology.

http://www.bfsu.edu.cn

Beijing Foreign Studies University is a key university under the Ministry of Education (MOE). BFSU has long enjoyed a good reputation in the qualities of her language teaching programs and has witnessed rapid development in teaching and research activities over the past two decades.

http://www.ruc.edu.cn

Renmin University of China (RUC) is a comprehensive research-intensive university in China . It focuses on humanities, social sciences, and the science of management, with natural sciences, information science and environmental science as supplements.

http://www.fudan.edu.cn/

Fudan University was a national key university established in 1905, initially named Fudan Public School . Its name “Fudan” was given by the distinguished educator in modern Chinese history, Ma Xiangbo, from the Confucian Classics ----- “Itinerant as the twilight, sun glows and moon luminesces” ----- means unremitting effort that embodied the patriotic fervor of Chinese intelligentsia of that age.

http://www.tongji.edu.cn

Tongji University is one of the leading universities directly under the State Ministry of Education in China . Tongji University is renowned for the size and quality of its libraries and laboratories, the scope of its research, and the distinction of its faculty and students.

http://www.shisu.edu.cn

Shanghai International Studies University , founded in December 1949, is a key University in China , and one of the universities of Project 211 (the Chinese government's endeavor aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century). Having a long tradition of conscientious teaching and learning, SISU enjoys a good reputation home and abroad.

http://www.sdu.edu.cn

Shandong University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China , it is also one of the universities of Project 211 (Chinese government's endeavor aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century).

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5. Chinese Culture

Travel sites:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_east_asia/china/

The website for the must-have guide for English-speaking China travelers. Information on everything from getting around to sites to see.

http://newtravel.chinavista.com/handbook_detail.php?hbid=79

A handbook for travel in China , with topics ranging from ethnic customs to snack food.

History:

http://culture.china.com/zh_cn/zhuanti/worldchinese

A website about Chinese literature, history, geography, traditional culture, language and travel destinations.

Architecture:

http://www.naic.org.cn/

Information on architecture in ancient and modern China , UN World Cultural Heritage sites, and architectural preservation policies.

Fashion in China :

http://www.efu.com.cn

Fashion information from market and business news to design and fashion shows.

http://www.cnga.org.cn

The China National Garment Association plays a key role in the analysis and forecasting of trends in the fashion industry.

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6. Science and Technology

Http://www.chinainfo.gov.cn/index.html

Government reports on science and technology, including policies, planning, research, management and technological achievements.

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7. Corporate China

http://www.lenovo.com

The Lenovo Group is China 's top computer manufacturer and has recently signed to acquire IBM's Personal Computing division.

http://www.haier.com

Founded in 1984, Haier Group began as a Sino-German joint venture producing a single model of refrigerator. Since then, it has become an international home appliance powerhouse, exporting to 160 countries and manufacturing in Qingdao and South Carolina.

http://www.cosco.com.cn/cn/index.jsp

COSCO is an international shipping and logistics company that also offers services in the ship-building industry, wharf management, finance, real estate and information technology.

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