Online resources

Research

Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS)

UK Database of Chinese Research Material

Digital Resources inChineseStudies http://chinaresource.org/

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
The Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. Has links to electronic bibliographies of reference works, history, religion and philosophy, art, medcine, dictionaries, women in Chinese history, education, inscriptions and oracle bones, etc.

Language learning

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese

Learn Mandarin Chinese quickly and easily!
40 online lessons with audio

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm

Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/

BBC learning Chinese

http://www.hanyu.com.cn

Learn Chinese online

http://ktmatu.com/chinese/practical-chinese-reader/

Practical Chinese Reader Vocabulary Lists

http://www.nciku.com/

More than a dictionary

http://www.zhongwen.com/

Learn Chinese characters

http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/new-practical-chinese-reader.php

Online Flashcards for New Practical Chinese Reader

http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/

Centre for teaching Chinese as a foreign language

http://www.chinesetesting.cn/gosimexam.do

HSK Chinese test

http://www.chinese.cn/

Confucius institute online

http://www.qq.com/

China's largest and most used Internet service portal

http://www.baidu.com/

Best Chinese language search

http://www.tudou.com/

Chinese movies and TV series

http://www.1ting.com

Chinese MTV, flash, games, chat, news…

China

CHINA - A Country Study

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html

General information

http://www.chinatoday.com/

http://www.gbcc.org.uk/

Business in China

http://www.business-china.com/

http://www.chinaonline.com/

News About China

http://chinanews.bfn.org/

Maps of China and Its Cities

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/china.html

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/

http://www.chinapage.com/poetry9.html
Classical Chinese Poetry:Presents Chinese texts and English translations of classical Chinese poems, with audio versions of some. Some require Chinese software, others do not. Includes Tang Shi San Bai Shou,complete poems of Li Bai and others. Also has selected Chinese translations of Longfellow and Shelley.

Modern Chinese Literature & Culture Resource Center
http://deall.osu.edu/
The Center, at Ohio State University, is associated with the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. Site has list of translations of modern Chinese literature, bibliographies of literary and media studies, visual arts, education, and music; lists of important journals in the field with links to their websites; links to Chinese e-texts. It also maintains a mailing list for news, information, and discussion on a wide range of topics related to contemporary China.

Centre of Research on Education in China
http://www.hku.hk/chinaed
Covers all aspects of education in contemporary China, including a weekly update (by subscription) on development of education in China.

Internet and Chinese Studies Resources
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/asian/Internet-ChiResources.html
Text of a paper that includes internet and Chinese studies resources, including tables showing features of Chinese search engines, links to libraries, etc.

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