~ Chinese Speaking Communities ~

The Chinese-speaking Communities – prescribed topics

• History and Culture

General sites

CRI News - a brilliant news/radio site that offers lots of useful and up-to-date info on life in China.  http://www.crienglish.com/news/

http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/culture/index.html

http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/culturecenter/index.htm?terms=chinese

Chinese Culture & Traditions http://gosouthasia.miningco.com/cs/culturetraditions/

Exploring Chinese culture (directory of links) http://www.chinavista.com/entravel/culture.php

• Traditions and beliefs

The Concept of Being Chinese http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/culture/beliefs.html
 

• Festivals and customs

http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/culture/festivals.html

Legends and fables

• Famous people

Famous Doctors of Chinese Medicine Contains illustrations and profiles of ancient China's noted physicians and traditional doctors.
http://www.itmonline.org/docs/famous.htm

Biography of Famous People in Chinese History
http://www.chinapage.com/biography/biography.html

List of famous Chinese people - Wikipedia
Other languages: Français. List of famous Chinese people. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... Famous Chinese or Chinese-speaking/writing people. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Chinese_people

Contributions and Achievements of Overseas Chinese
This page is dedicated to remember the contributions and achievements made by Overseas Chinese in various countries of their adoptions. Special effort will be spent on identifying those individuals whose contributions and achievements are measured beyond monetary terms.
http://www.huaren.org/contributions

• Schooling / School life — subjects, study habits, routine

School Life in China's Universities Chinese students generally live in school dormitories and eat in the school cafeteria. http://www.chinaembassy.org.np/study/general/school_life.htm

• Lifestyles

Expats In China.com LIFE IN CHINA Education Food Health Care Housing Religion Shopping Sports Transportation . http://www.expatsinchina.com/

Australia Daily Chinese Language News- ¿D¬w¤é³ø
Australia Daily Chinese Language News Service.. Daily Chinese Language.....about Australia; China Australia Current Affairs; Chinese Australian Cultural Exchange http://www.ausdaily.net.au/

• Leisure

China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature
Guide provides articles on Chinese art, calligraphy, history, literature, painting and philosophy. Link to related resources.  http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

• Sports

China Sports On Web(ÖйúÌåÓýÍòάÍø) (in chinese)
China Sports On Web (ÖйúÌåÓýÍòάÍø), the ultimate China sports center for Chinese sports fans.
http://www.sportschina.com/

ChinaSite.com: Sports
The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Sports Web Sites http://www.chinasite.com/Sports/Sports.html

Chinese sport http://www.cstudent.com/sport/csportlink.html

• Food types and cuisine

Food in Chinese Culture http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000044.htm

Chinese food and recipes http://chineseculture.about.com/msub52.htm

Chinese cuisine. An about.com.guide; use the left hand navigation to research regional cuisine etc. http://chinesefood.about.com/

• Media, film, TV

About.com guide http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=chinese%20film%20or%20media

• Geography

• Places of interest in China and the Chinese-speaking world

• Urban and rural life

Ethnic minorities in China http://chineseculture.about.com/library/china/ethnic/blsethnic.htm