• china.org.cn - China's Official Gateway to News & Information

  • China Through A Lens

Newspapers:

• China Daily

Shanghai:

• Walking tour

Chinese Language

• Learn some Chinese   Learn some useful phrases
• lesson plans

General Information

• Chinasite.com/  The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites
• China.com : Everything you want to know about China, news, travel, culture, etc.
• China web guide China.com listing directory for China
• Yahoo travel guide : Yahoo guide provided by Lonely Planet.
• Corbis photo gallery of China : Over 2000 photographs of China
• Education in China : A survey of Chinese education. Includes links to many universities and some high schools.
• Education in China : Yahoo directory of education in China
• www.chinapage.com : China the beautiful: Classical Chinese Art, Caligraphy, Poetry, History Literature, Painting and Philosophy.
• Virtual China  Lots of picutures and links

China Debate: An interactive guide from Newsweek

Newsweek article on Tiananmen Square suicides

Mid Autumn Festival...

• Enjoying the Wind and Moon Together - explains the traditions and legends behind this holiday.
• Harvest Moon Festival - learn about the legend of the festival and the role of lanterns and moon cakes.
• Mid-Autumn Festival - occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
• Mid-Autumn Festival, The - learn about the legend, lanterns, and get a recipe for moon cakes.
• Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
• Mid-Autumn Festival in London  How the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in London, England
• Moon Festival :   Legends and stories surrounding the Moon Festival
• Mid Autumn Festival...legends, poems, festival greeting cards
• Mid Autumn Festival: what the festival is like in Taiwan
• Mid Autumn Festival: legends, all about mooncakes, mooncake recipes

Xian and the Terracotta Army

• Tomb of 1st Emperor of Qin  Photographs of the the tomb and soldiers.

Religion

• Confucius site All about Confucius

Art

• National Museum of Taiwan Visit the National Palace Museum in Taipei

• Sept. 25, 2000: How old is Chinese civilization?
• Sept. 26, 2000: Was China's first emperor friendly?
• Sept. 27, 2000: Who worked on China's Great Wall?
• Sept. 28, 2000: Whose calendar used moonbeams?
• Sept. 29, 2000: What was Chinese writing like?

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