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Radio station	From...	Description	Required software	Click to listen!
East Radio Shanghai Story		Stories from Shanghai	WinMedia	Listen
Nanjing Radio		Six channels can be accessed from this site: Nanjing news, Nanjing sport, Nanjing business, Nanjing music, Beijing news, East Classics.	WinMedia	Click on the tick boxes at the side of the page to open them all and click on “Go”, you can then switch from channel to channel by simply clicking on the small windows that appear
Radio Shanghai		Documentaries, news, drama, culture	WinMedia	Listen: follow link and then select individual stories
RSI (Radio Singapore International)		News station from Singapore.	WinMedia	Listen
CRI (China Radio International)		News/Information/Music	WinMedia	Listen
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Newspaper/Magazine	From...	Description
China Times		Taiwanese quality paper. Features news, politics, finance, education, lifestyle and sport pages.
China Youth Daily		Chinese paper aimed at young people. Sections include news, music, lifestyle, film, education and health.
Keji (Science and Technology) Daily		Daily newspaper from China focussing on science and technology news.
Nanfang (Southern) Daily		News, economics, cars, economics, entertainment from southern China.
Renmin Ribao (People’s Daily)		Official newspaper of the PRC. National and international news, politics, economics, culture and environment sections
Singtao Daily		Chinese news, Overseas Chinese news, finance, entertainment from China.
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TV broadcaster/channel	From...	Description
CCTV 4		News channel. Links to articles on Chinese food, news and the Beijing Olympics can be found on the homepage: http://www.cctv-4.com/2007/
NBA.com China		Basketball site in Chinese. Click on headlines to see highlights of recent games.
Da Ai TV (Taiwan)		Commercial news and entertainment channel.
Qiche TV (Car TV)		Private channel focussed on cars.
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Games
Interesting audio visual introduction to Chinese characters.
Fun articles on topical vocabulary, new words in Chinese, pop lyrics, slang and more.
Hangman, rags to riches and other games testing basic vocabulary (pinyin input).
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Joke/humor site	From...
Chinese and foreign jokes.
Jokes, cartoons and funny photos. Jokes grouped by subject matter.
Numerous links to jokes and short stories. Warning some content may offend.
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Travel link	From...
China National Tourism Organisation
China Embassy
Taiwan.net
Visit Singapore
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Literature link	From...
Article on the life of Lu Xun, one of China's first greats of modern literature.
All of the poems in the "300 Tang Poems" collection can be viewed in the Chinese. By clicking on individual characters a translation of that character will appear on the right hand section of the page. The English links are currently not working, but translations of all poems under the Chinese originals can be found on: http://etext.virginia.edu/chinese/tangeng.html
Links to Chinese short stories and essays, which can be read online. Translations of international classics also available.
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Recipe link	From...
Cooking terminology in Chinese with English translations. Click on the other links at the left of the page to see other food related vocabulary and restaurant dialogues.
Hong Kong site with recipes grouped by course/recipe type and country of origin.
Recipes that can be searched with a number of different keywords relating to main ingredient, style of cooking, who the dish is suitable for and how healthy the dish is.
Site offering pages on cookery from most of China's provinces and from around the world. This page has Cantonese food but to see other regional recipes just click on the links at the left of the page.
Taiwanese recipe site, with recipes grouped by main ingredient. Includes sections on dimsum dishes and recipes using frog!
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History link	From...
Overview of Chinese history, featuring dynastic history.
Site with descriptions of great personalities in China's history.
Taiwanese post war history.
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Exercise link	From...
Chinese conversation program aimed at foreign learners. Features English and Chinese character subtitles and subjects covered aim to explain aspects of Chinese culture.
Explanations and slide shows on basic Chinese grammar
Question and answer format to explain the structure and significance of Chinese characters.
Test the level of your Chinese with this multiple choice test.
The 3000 most frequently used characters in Chinese writing with explanations.
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General interest web site/article	From...
Articles on issues affecting the Chinese economy, including foreign trade, taxation, foreign exchange.
Guides to the top Chinese tourist attractions with guides to walking routes and history.
Numerous articles on Chinese traditional medicine.
Site on all aspects of the Chinese martial arts.
Site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Features on the preparations and Chinese medal hopefuls.
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Etiquette link	From...
Foreign Affairs Ministry of the People’s Republic of China: Etiquette for meetings in Chinese. Official government site in the PRC, written with Chinese involved in international trade/relations in mind
Foreign Affairs Ministry of the People’s Republic of China: Numerous articles on protocol and etiquette
Foreign Affairs Ministry of the People’s Republic of China: Series of detailed e-books in English, covering Chinese arts and culture; including Chinese food, Chinese calligraphy, Peking Opera, Chinese gardens etc. Available to download for free in PDF format.
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Basic words & expressions link	From...
All Info About Chinese Language: Short course for beginners in Mandarin Chinese. Links to articles on Chinese grammar, phrases and vocabulary.
BBC: Introductory course in ten themed lessons with a short video for each.
Daily Chinese Lesson.com: Learn a phrase a day. It is free to receive phrases each day by subscribing with your name and email address.
Putonghua for beginners. Greetings, telling the time, talking about the weather, dates and numbers and shopping.
Transparent Language: Hear recordings of basic Chinese phrases.
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