Chinese

Resources in this category:

About.com: Chinese Cuisine
http://chinesefood.about.com/

An Internet guide to the food of the people of China, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include cooking basics, chefs, breakfast, restaurants, recipes, and Szechuan, Cantonese and Peking cuisines.

About.com: Chinese Culture
http://chineseculture.about.com/

An Internet guide for the culture of the people of China, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include architecture, calligraphy, food, folk arts, games, history, language, myths, religion, and martial arts.

Chi Med: The History of Chinese Medicine Webpage
http://www.albion.edu/history/chimed/

"The ChiMed web site is managed by an international group of scholars who study the history of medicine in China". Resources available here include a directory of scholars, bibliographies, online and electronic resources, institutions, and libraries.

The China WWW Virtual Library - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

A comprehensive guide with links to resources and academic material on China, Chinese culture, Chinese society, Chinese history, and other subjects, with a table of contents modeled after Library of Congress classification schedules, maintained by the University of Heidelberg (the site is in English).

China: Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html

Detailed profile of China, including its languages, religions, economy, social systems, geography, history, agriculture, and more.

Chinese Myths and Fantasies
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/myth/myth.html

This site is an introduction to Chinese culture through the country's rich mythology. Links include more on modern culture, art and festivals.

Discovering China
http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/

A site dedicated to China, created for ThinkQuest. "It's an interesting site, filled with profiles of important people, histories, city scapes, and an introduction to the Cultural Revolution. The site was put together by three students: one in Cape Town, South Africa; one in Fresno, California; the third in Yokohama, Japan."

Frequency and Stroke Counts of Chinese Characters
http://technology.chtsai.org/charfreq/

"This is a list of frequency of usage and number of strokes of the 13,060 Chinese characters defined in the BIG-5 coding scheme." With links to other Chinese language and Chinese computing websites.

The Great Empire of China: The Internet Chinese Music Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/

A vast collection of audio resources. Genres represented include children’s songs, traditional, popular, and ceremonial genres. The site is available in both Chinese and English.

Inside China Today
http://www.einnews.com/china/

Comprehensive News site for China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, updated daily. "In addition to daily news, the site offers a news review, travel section and political and historical resources."