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Internet Resources on China
A Art, Culture & Education
C Cross-Curricular Lesson Plans
D Dragons
E Economics
E Ethnic Groups
F Festivals & Holidays
G Geography
G Government
H History
I Issues
K Kites
L Languages
L Lesson Plans and Class Activities
L Literature
M Maps - China and Asia
M Math, Science & Technology
N Newspapers
R Religions and Beliefs
S Science & Technology
S Silkworm
A Art, Culture & Education
Dragonkids by China Daily
http://dragonkids.chinadaily.com.cn/
China the Beautiful
Offers a general introduction to China's cultural heritage. Learn about Chinese poetry, history,
literature, philosophy and classical art.
http://www.chinapage.com/
The Splendors of Imperial China:
Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
http://www.asianart.com/splendors/index.html
Tales from the Land of Dragons, Boston MFA
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=651
Music in Ancient China
http://www.crystalinks.com/chinamusic.html
China: Classical Instrumental Music
http://www.medieval.org/music/world/china.html
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Ancient Chinese Guqin Playing - How to play the ancient Chinese guqin.
Including fingering and how to read guqin music. With pictures and sound clips
http://www.tcfb.com/guqin/
San Francisco Guzheng Music Society - Our Society is dedicated in promoting guzheng, a Chinese
table harp - plucked string instrument, and Chinese culture & music to people of all ages and
nationality
http://www.guzheng.org/
Chinese Musical Instruments
http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/instruments/
Musical Instruments of China with Sound
http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/china
The Beauty of the Zither
http://www.chinakongzi.net/2550/eng/tradition13.html
Chinese Folk Music with MP3s
http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_China_Deborah.asp
Destiny, the Culture of China - Traditional Chinese Music
Traditional Chinese Music. ... Around 3,000 years ago, when European music was just ... musical
theory and sophisticated musical instruments began appearing in China.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/traditional_music.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0724
Let’s Learn Some Chinese – Chinese Phonetics
http://www.chinesetapes.com/chinese_phonetics.htm
Lesson about Chinese Language
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/chinapeopleandplaces/
Origins of Writing and Aesthetics in China
http://eng.joy.com.tw/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=22
Chinese Calligraphy example
http://www.philmultic.com/calligraphy/
The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection
The Metropolitan Museum
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B94111B2E-776E-11D49395-00902786BF44%7D
Chinese Calligraphy example
http://www.philmultic.com/calligraphy/
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Chinese Calligraphy Set
http://www.startunzflutes.com/calligraphy.html
Calligraphy of the Masters
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html#dqc
Chinese Calligraphy Activities
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MWH/11042_5.html
Chinese Zodiac
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=344
Get a Chinese Name
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
http://www.mandarintools.com/calconv_old.html
The Solar Terms and the Chinese Calendar
http://www.friesian.com/chinacal.htm
Chinese Foot Binding
http://www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
Children’s Literature, Art, Cooking, Travel (Chinese culture)
http://www.china-on-site.com/index.php3
Destiny: The Culture of China
http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/culture.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0617
Chinese Tea
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/tea/index.htm
Chinese Cuisine -- Eight Regional Variations
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/cuisine/eight_cuisines.htm
Chopsticks
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/cuisine/chopsticks.htm
Lesson Plan –Chop Sticks
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/china/virtual/lesson/chopstks.htm
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How to Use Chop Sticks
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/abc/c.htm
http://east.portland.ne.jp/~k_tok/life01.htm
http://www.chinatownconnection.com/how-to-use-chopsticks.htm
Food Culture – Table manners and food symbolism
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine.htm
Traditional Chinese Paper Arts – cutting and folding
http://www.wgn.net/~nienhuis/chinese.html
Chinese Papercuts/examples
http://www.isaacnet.com/culture/papercut.htm
Paper Cutting
http://www.chinavista.com/culture/art/folkart/papercutting.html
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/paper_cut.htm
Chinese Knotting
http://www.chineseknotting.org/
http://www.knottingartist.com/
http://www.ezlearnchinese.com/knotting.html
Umbrellas
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/umbrella/umbrella.html
Development of Education in China
http://www.moe.edu.cn/english/basic_b.htm
China’s Globalization Challenge
http://www.strategicforesight.com/chinasglobalisationchallenge.htm
The History of the Educational System in China - Site hosts an extensive essay on the history of
the Chinese education system. Of the five chapters, only one covers the entire pre-Opium War era;
the paper is of most interest to modern China scholars.
http://www.math.ksu.edu/~dbski/publication/history.html
Globalization- Love, American Style
Examining American Pop Cultural Influence Around the World (June 12, 2002, NYT)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020612wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_l
essons
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Living and Teaching in China
Former teacher presents a guide for foreigners teaching in China. Includes photos, related links and
publications, and Q&A articles.
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lumabner/china.htm
ExecutivePlanet - Culture and Etiquette in China
Find helpful suggestions for conducting meetings in China. Learn why it is preferred to have
business cards printed in gold lettering. http://www.executiveplanet.com/index.php?title=China
Art Scene China
Contemporary Chinese art with a wide variety of artworks from throughout China. The gallery
features some of China's leading artists as well as younger, up and coming artists, in Hong Kong.
http://artscenechina.com/
C Cross-Curricular Lesson Plans
Fifth Grade Studies China
http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ls/5th/China/chplan.htm
Ancient Civilization slide shows
A third grade class at Cora Kelly School for Math, Science, and Technology in Alexanria, VA
created Power Point slide shows on the five ancient civilizations: Egypt, China, Rome, Greece, and
Mali.
http://www.acps.k12.va.us/kelly/feltman/civ.html
D Dragons
Dragons – How to Make a Dragon
http://www.crystalinks.com/chinadragons.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/dragon.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/chdragoneasy.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lion/
E Economics
Economics and Geography Lessons on The Silk Road
http://www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
The Silk Road Big Map Project
http://www.silkroadproject.org/teachers/index.html
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The China Business Review
This online magazine is published six times a year informing you of the business trends in China.
Subscribe for the online version or browse through the many free articles available. Back issues
available.
http://www.chinabusinessreview.com
China Economy
Outlines China's move towards a more market oriented economy and provides statistics about the
labor force, unemployment and trade.
http://www.photius.com/wfb/wfb1999/china/china_economy.html
Business Beijing
A monthly online magazine from China. Lots of articles and feature stories from China and around
the world. Check out the calendar of events to find out about business events and seminars.
http://www.cbw.com/busbj
Can China Feed Itself?
Examines factors in China's food equation, such as population growth, agricultural production and
land area. See charts and read the findings.
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/index_m.htm
China Dimensions
China data and GIS information
http://sedac.ciesin.org/china/
Take A Walking Tour Through China's Farmer's Markets
http://www.saturdaymarket.com/chinaveg/
ABC Country Book of China Economy
Peruse an overview of China's economy highlighting the changes introduced since 1978. Get
economic facts.
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/china_economy.html
Economics and Geography Lessons on The Silk Road
http://www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
E Ethnic Groups
China's Population Mix
http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/mix.htm
Ethnic Minorities in China
http://www.index-china.com/minority/minority-english.htm
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/minority/minority.html
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Brief Intro of Chinese Minority Ethnic Groups, TravelChinaGuide.com
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/nationality/index.htm
China to Step up Education for Ethnic Groups
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200208/20/eng20020820_101735.shtml
F Festivals & Holidays
Calendar Listing
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/festival.html
Traditional Chinese Festivals
http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/china/sampler.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78131.htm
Chinese New Year
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/story/0,6260,418281,00.html
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/chinese.html
Chinese Zodiac
http://www.rainfall.com/horoscop/chinese.htm
Moon Festival
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/moon/moon.html
Lantern Festival
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/quan/lantern.html
G Geography
The World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
China Internet Information Center
http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm
A Brief Introduction to China
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/china.htm
Geographical Regions and Natural Barriers
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/geography/index.htm
Climate
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/climate.htm
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Earth Observatory – NASA- Taklimakan Desert
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5254
Tibetan Plateau, Sante Fe Institute Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 1.
www.santafe.edu/research/publications/bulletin/winter2002v17n1.pdf
The Himalayan Mountain Range
http://www.himalaya2000.com/himalayan-facts/himalaya-mountain-range.html
The Great 'Gobi' Desert of Legendary Mongolia, Copyright by Shirchin Baatar, Ph.D.
http://www.bluepeak.net/mongolia/gobi.html
The Gobi Desert Story
http://www.new-millennium-ride.org/gobistory.htm
The Pacific Ocean – World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
http://severe.worldweather.org/tc/wnp/
Rivers and Lakes
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38090.htm
Highways
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38227.htm
Harbors
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38226.htm
Railroads
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38224.htm
Civil Aviation
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38223.htm
Background Notes: China
Reads like a giant flash card. The '.S. State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
publishes China's vital statistics including history, language, social conditions and much more.
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/china_1097_bgn.html
ABC Country Book China
Guide to this country includes data on its government, economy, geography, climate,
communications, population and society.
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/china_geography.html
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The Great Wall of China
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/index.htm
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/greatwall.htm
Walk the Great Wall
http://www.walkthewall.com/ (Multimedia)
Forbidden City
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/forbidden.htm
Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/
Tian'anmen Square (Gate of Heavenly Peace)
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/beijing/tianan.htm
Beijing
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing.htm
Virtual Tour Of China's Most Famous Scenic Attractions
http://www.chinavista.com/travel/virtualtours.html
Eastern Russia - Merriam-Webster Atlas
Highlights the eastern domains of the old Soviet Union, with China and Mongolia on its borders.
With country facts, a flag icon and an overview.
http://www.m-w.com/maps/russia2.html
Hong Kong - Merriam-Webster Atlas
Detailed color map of this predominantly Buddhist island now under China's administration. With
facts and figures, and a historical summary.
http://www.m-w.com/maps/hong_kong.html
Travel videos and Posters
http://www.maps2anywhere.com/Travel_Videos/China_video_travel.htm
http://www.vpw.com/partner/lionsclub/poster.htm
G Government
General Intro to the Establishment
Embassy of the People's Republic of China presents a document describing the establishment of
the legal system in China.
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/china/chinalegal.html
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Governments on the WWW China (People's Republic)
Find an overview of the government of China and learn about Chinas system of provincial
governments. Get demographic data and links to agencies.
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cn.html
Chinese Dynasties
http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/dynasty.htm
Dynasties of China
http://sites.lps.org/wq12/stories/storyReader$6
China’s Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi
Describes the life of Tzu Hsi (or Cixi), who rose from concubine to become the all powerful
empress of China.
http://www.royalty.nu/Asia/China/TzuHsi.html
Think Quest/ The Asian Century: Paths to Power in the 20th Century
http://library.thinkquest.org/26638/framesindex.html
China and Marxism
http://www.marxist.com/china.asp
H History
Ancient and Modern China
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/K12east.html#CHINA
Zoom School China (Enchanted Learning) Elementary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/China/
Treaty Ports and Extraterritoriality in China
Discussion of the curious way China has handled foreign contact, and extraterritoriality -- the
principle that treaty nations were subject to their home laws rather than those of China. Lists treaty
port concessions and settlements in China in 1921-22.
http://www.geocities.com/treatyport01/TREATY01.html
The First Emperor of China
With links to primary sources, learn about the First Emperor of China who began the Great Wall
and ordered thousands of terra cotta soldiers to be buried near him.
http://www.click2biography.com/emperor_china/emperor_china_ch1.htm
OTN Explores China - Opium Wars 1839-42
Details the conflicts that led to the opening of China to European trade and colonialism.
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/AncientChina.html#Opium
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The Nanking Atrocities (Nanjing Massacre)
http://www.nankingatrocities.net/index.htm
The Qin Empire
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557160/Qing_Dynasty.html
China 1977: End of the Revolutionary Mao Era [Sam Marcy]
http://www.workers.org/marcy/china/index.html
The American Experience: Nixon's China Game
The story behind President Richard Nixon's trip to Beijing for an historic encounter with Chairman
Mao Tsetung in February 1972.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/
Chinese History for Beginners
http://condensedchina.com/
Leon Trotsky on China: Collection of essays written by Trotsky between 1925 and 1940.
http://www.zhongguo.org/trotsky/revbetrayed/images/China/
People's Republic of China -- A Brief History
The University of Maryland provides an historical overview of the PRC from its founding to the
present. Come here to learn the broad details of the rise of Mao and China's Treaty of Alliance
with the Soviet 'nion.
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/prc.html
Fairbank Chinese History Library
Get access to sources on China beginning from the Qing Dynasty to the People's Republic of
China. Includes pictures of Chinese leaders.
http://www.cnd.org/fairbank/
Political History of China
Offers an overview of Chinese history eras beginning with the Shang Dynasty and ending with
post Mao China. With profiles of historical figures.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinhist.html
Japanese Army's Atrocities -- Nanjing
From the China News Digest, this site houses an archive for historical documents and photographs
related to the Nanjing Massacre and other atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China
during World War II.
http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre
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Shang Oracle Bone
View a rare image of a recovered oracle bone from the Shang Dynasty of China (16-11 century
BC), the second dynasty of China. An illustration accompanies the image to show what it would
have looked like when in use.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/shnagbon.jpg
China’s Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi
Describes the life of Tzu Hsi (or Cixi), who rose from concubine to become the all powerful
empress of China.
http://www.royalty.nu/Asia/China/TzuHsi.html
Ninth Infantry in China
Offers photographs of the Ninth Infantry in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
http://www.manchu.org/history/index2.htm
CNN: Visions of China
Exploration of five decades of Communist rule of China.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/flash.html
Sports History of China
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm
Find Benny Josef Peiser's research thesis titled, Western Theories about the Origins of Sport in
Ancient China.
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/china-culture.html
History of the Great Wall of China
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/tourist-Great-Wall-history.html
China and Marxism
http://www.marxist.com/china.asp
Ancient China.
The site, developed by Don Donn, provides middle school teachers with a wide selection of lesson
plans, activities, and projects for teaching about Ancient China.
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/index.html#CHINA
LOST CITIES OF THE SILK ROAD
A SPACE-AGE SEARCH FOR RELICS OF EURASIA'S DISTANT PAST
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/silkroad/index.html
The Silk Route – Economics and Geography Lesson
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade3/Silk_Route.html
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China - A Trip Along the Silk Road
http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/china1.html
Understanding Primary Sources: Marco Polo and China
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/7/unit/act4.1.html
Silk Road sites
http://www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
http://www.international.ucla.edu/shenzhen/2002ncta/brittenham/silkroad.html
http://www.silk-road.com/toc/index.html
http://www.silkroadproject.org/
http://chinapage.com/silksite.html (Silk Road and Dun Grottoes)
http://www.dunhuangcaves.com/index_flash.html
If you were Kubla Khan…How Shall We Rule China? Role Play
http://www.askasia.org/teachers/lessons/plan.php?no=61
Economics and Geography Lessons on The Silk Road
http://www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
Marco Polo
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/10/marcopolo.html
Silk worm sources
http://www.reptiledepot.com/dragons.html
http://www.surnames.org/cucs2.htm
Silk Origin and Processing Science Project
http://www.light-science.com/silkwormproject.html
I Issues
The New York Times Learning Network Archival search
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.htm
One China for All? (New York Times)
Understanding 20th Century Relations Among Taiwan, China and the United States
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990714wednesday.html
Dissidents Delicately Democratize
Challenging Communism in China: A Global History Lesson Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19980930wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_l
essons
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Riot, Revolution and Reform
Revisiting the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the Global History Classroom
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990602wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_l
essons
Do You Dread the Spread? Investigating the SARS Epidemic
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030423wednesday.html?searchpv=learning_l
essons
K Kites
Great Kite Sites
Kite Making
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spring/kites/making.htm
Smithsonian Kite Festival
http://kitefestival.org/
Look at Chinese Kites Images
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_flying
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1911/gallery.htm
http://www.gzintlinc.com/generic36.html
http://www.gzintlinc.com/generic10.html
http://www.chinakite.com/maindoc/en/htm/chanpin/chuantong.htm
http://asiarecipe.com/chikite.html
http://www.clippershipdistribution.com/shop/kites.asp
http://www.chinatownkite.com/chinesekites.html
Kite Resource List
Soar Into Spring With Kites!
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson056.shtml
How to make a kite
http://www.aloha.net/~bigwind/20kidskites.html
http://www.youth.net/cec/cecmisc/cecmisc.48.txt
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spring/kites/
http://www.kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/kidspage.htm
http://www.kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/software.htm
http://www.kites.org/tmr/index.html
http://www.kites.org/zoo/class.html
http://family.go.com/crafts/buildmodel/feature/famf199703_kite1/famf199703_kite4.html
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_kites_1.htm
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Kite History
http://www.chinakite.com/maindoc/en/htm/jiaoshi.htm
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/kites.htm
http://www.warriortours.com/intro/crafts_kite.htm
http://www.zianet.com/katgraham/kites/history.html
http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/folk/kite.htm
http://kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/TOC.htm
How to Fly a Kite
http://www.gombergkites.com/howgen.html
http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Showcase/Student_Projects/China/Kites/kites.html
Kite lesson plans
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson056.shtml
http://www.zianet.com/katgraham/kites/eddylesson.html#anchorprocess
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Ben/Lesson5.html
L Languages
Spoken and Written Languages
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/38105.htm
Eternity The Language of China
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=20443&url=20443/language.h
tml
Lesson Plans and Class Activities
Teaching Themes for China
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/chdragoneasy.html
Let’s Learn About China! (Elementary)
http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Showcase/Student_Projects/China/china.html
A Collection of China Activities: A Subject Sampler
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/sampler.html
L Literature
Classic Chinese Poetry
http://www.chinapage.com/poetry9.html
Chinese Myths & Fantasies
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/myth/myth.html
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/story/story.html
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Chinese Folk Tales
http://www.interlog.com/~fccs/culture.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html
Ancient Chinese Fables
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/fable/fable1.html
Chinese Literature Classics
http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
M Maps - China and Asia
China logo shows a view of China taken from a satellite located 35,785 km directly above China at
the latitude of 47 N, and longitude 117 E.
http://www.chinapage.com/map/map.html
Maps and General Information
UT Library On-Line - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/china.html
China The Beautiful – Maps of China and South East Asia
http://www.chinapage.com/map/map.html
Special feature maps of China
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/map/china_map.htm
China - Jordan's Simple Maps of China
Provides simple outline maps of China and Taiwan, and includes the names of Chinese provinces
and of Taiwan counties.
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbmapchina-u.html
Asia - ReliefWeb East Asia Maps
Find regional maps of the Korean peninsula and the northwest Pacific, and browse through
geographic and thematic maps of China and Korea.
http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc/asi_east/index.html
China - Clickable Maps
Clickable map provides regional breakdowns by city. Links also provide details on transportation
and accommodations.
http://www.tiglion.com/travel/region/chinamap.htm
China - University of Texas Library
Explore China with country, regional, city, historical and thematic maps. View 1933 Shanghai and
a breakdown of the country's linguistic groups.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/china.html
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China - China the Beautiful Maps
Features regional, country and historical maps of China. Includes Silk Road maps and satellite
images.
http://www.chinapage.org/map.html
N Newspapers
Apple Daily
China newspaper.( Chinese language)
http://www.appledaily.com.hk/
EINnews.com - EIN provides you access to breaking news that is organized within 260+ country,
regional, U.S. States and specialized topic
sections.http://www.insidechina.com/china/special/tianan/tianan1.html
China News http://www.chinatopnews.com/
China News Digest (Has an English version)
China News Digest (CND) is a voluntary non-profit organization aiming at providing news and
other information services
http://www.cnd.org/
China News Digest
Offers a compendium of links to government, entertainment, and cultural information. Includes
history and news links.
http://www.cnd.org/China/
China Online
Daily paper provides China business news, industry updates and commentary. Includes resource
links and a contact form.
http://www.chinaonline.com/
China Inside China Today
Readers pick up daily news and business coverage with topic sections for press review, indepth
features, opinion, discussion and classifieds.
http://www.insidechina.com/
Ming Pao Daily News
China newspaper.
http://srd.yahoo.com/drst/169609/*http://www.mingpao.com/newspaper/
Singtao Times China newspaper.
http://srd.yahoo.com/drst/180925/*http://www.singtao.com/
China Has World's Tightest Internet Censorship,
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20021205thursday.html
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R Religions and Beliefs
Brief Introduction to Chinese Religion and Beliefs
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/index.htm
Chinese Buddhism
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/buddhism/index.htm
Han Buddhism
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/buddhism/han.htm
Tibetan Buddhism
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/buddhism/tibetan.htm
Southern Buddhism
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/religion/buddhism/southern.htm
S Science, Mathematics & Technology
Abacus
Abacus/Ask Eric
http://askeric.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Anthropology/ANT0200.html
The Abacus: Index
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
Chinese Numbers
http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Showcase/Student_Projects/China/Chinese_Numbers/chinese_numbers.ht
ml
Marco Polo - the first Western record of porcelain, coal, gunpowder, printing, paper money, and
silk; Polo wrote "Book of Ser Marco Polo" around 1298.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/polo.shtml
Nova Builds a Rain bow Bridge (math/technology)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/builds.html
The Geometry of Bridge Construction
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm
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Bridge Building
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/bruecken/e_brueck.htm
Math related lessons - Tangram Puzzle
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/tangram/
Nova/ China's Age of Invention
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/age.html
Chinese Inventions
http://www.central.k12.ca.us/akers/inventions.html
Chinese Inventions worksheet
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Inventions.Lesson.html
Chinese Inventions And "Gifts To The West/Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/webcourse/chinaworkbook/Lesson_Plan/Chinese_Inventions.ht
m
Medieval Chinese Inventions and Innovations
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/chinin/chinintg.htm
Chinese Inventions/Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/inventions.html
Chinese Crafts – Ceramics, Bronze, Weaving
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/crafts.html
Amazing Chinese Accomplishments
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-PAGE.html
Chinese Innovation and Invention
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=15618&url=15618/
Early Asian Civilizations/ source list for inventions
http://www.beaufort.k12.sc.us/learning/bms/lmc/res-Asia-Anc.htm
China Minnesota Ventures
http://www.makingconnections.state.mn.us/current/china/
Who Invented It? An Introductory Activity
http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000019.htm
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S Silkworms
Silk Origin and Processing Science Project
http://www.light-science.com/silkwormproject.html
http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Showcase/Student_Projects/China/silkworms/silkworms.html
Silk worm sources
http://www.reptiledepot.com/dragons.html
http://www.surnames.org/cucs2.htm
W Web Quests on China
Think Quest/ The Asian Century: Paths to Power in the 20th
Centuryhttp://library.thinkquest.org/26638/framesindex.html
China Today
WebQuest grades 6-12
http://www.ualberta.ca/~ams7/WebQuest
Discovering China
This is a WebQuest about China and it's people and culture. In this WebQuest students have the
task to write a letter to a penpal in Harbin, China as well as discover China's vast physical...
http://www.furman.edu/~jpatters/portfolio/home.htm
Discovering China - Discovering China: The Middle Kingdom
contemporary look into China's cities, leaders, history, and contributions to mankind with pictures,
videos, and other information.
http://library.advanced.org/26469
Six Paths to China: Six Strategies for Using the Web for Learning
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/
Searching for China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html
Chinese History Web Quest
http://tepadmin.ucsd.edu/tep180/clien/web_quest.htm
China Quest: A Newspaper Project
http://www.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/Asia/student_page.html
Does the Tiger Eat His Cubs – A Web Quest on Children And China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/childquest.html
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Dynasties of China
http://sites.lps.org/wq12/stories/storyReader$6
Climb it! (the Himalaya)
(Mary Ann Montgomery and Anne Krutulis)
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq16/page12.htm
Ancient and Medieval China
http://members.aol.com/gretchenle/chinawebquest2.html#Webquest