Chinese Art and Culture Websites
Everything about the Chinese
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/index2.html
Provides information about all aspects of China, including the Chinese community in the UK, Chinese businesses and businesses trading with China. English and Chinese language options.
http://chineseculture.about.com
http://www.chinapage.com/main2.html
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/sstudies/geog/china.html
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html The Art of China - detailed presentation of different aspects of Chinese culture with relevant images.
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC030285/index.html
The Tang Dynasty in China
Everything about Chinese New Year
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub1.htm
List of Chinese New Year websites
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
Introduction to Chinese New Year in English.
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese
http://www.chinatownweb.com/newyorkcity/holidays/chinesenewyear/tradition.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/features/chinesenewyear/index.shtml
http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/holidays/hanae.html
Children’s Activities and Readings for Chinese New Year
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.htm
About Chinese New Year and links to resources
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
Kids Domain Family Resource > Holiday Fun > Chinese New Year, with linked sites for different activities, such as paper cutting, and food and customs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear
Crafts for Kids > Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_nursery_rhymes.htm
Crafts and activities.
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown
Countdown to Chinese New Year
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/CNY
Chinese New Year for kids and teachers
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/china
Chinese New Year and general Chinese crafts
http://www.edhelper.com/ChineseNewYear.htm
Arts and crafts, printables and worksheets
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/chinese.html
A lesson plan on Chinese New Year
http://www.underfives.co.uk/chnsenyr.html
Printable worksheets and links to books about Chinese New Year
http://www.kidspartyfun.com/pages/themes/chinesenewyear.html
Party ideas
Food and Recipes
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/food.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_chinesenewyear.shtml
Chinese New Year Art
http://library.ust.hk/info/exhibit/newyear/ny-eng.html
New Year Prints. Some exhibits from this exhibition at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library in 1999-2000.
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W5088729/A5215752.html
New Year’s wood block paintings
http://www.chinapage.com/newyr.html
Chinese New Year graphics
Chinese Classic Literature
http://www.chinapage.com/story/story.html
Classic Chinese stories / parables in both Chinese and English
http://museums.cnd.org/Classics
A full-text collection of classic literature mainly in Chinese
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese/index.html
University of Virginia Library, Chinese Text Initiative.Chinese and English
http://afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=intro
Wengu Zhixin. A collection of Chinese literature in Chinese, English and French
http://zhongwen.com/tangshi.htm
Chinese characters and culture with dictionary and texts of Chinese classic literature in Chinese and English
Overseas Chinese Studies
http://coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/site/relsite.htm
Links to sites that facilitate Overseas Chinese Studies.
http://www.cibf.co.uk/pages/english/index.html
Chinese in Britain Forum website. Current issues in discussion among Chinese in the UK. Chinese and English options.
http://www.gbcc.org.uk/links.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/right.htm#TOC
Classical historiography for Chinese history, compiled by Professor Benjamin Elman of Princeton University.
http://www.gbcc.org.uk/index.htm
Great Britain and China Centre. Leading organisation for the promotion of non-governmental, academic, professional and cultural relations between Britain and China.
Chinese Newspaper and Magazines
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~flan/chinese/documents/newspaper.htm
Major online Chinese newspapers and magazines, including titles from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas.
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/news/newspaper/china.htm
Links to newspapers in China (including Hong Kong) in English and in Chinese. Also links to other areas of interest concerning China and a map of China
http://www.creaders.net/navigator/newspaper.html
Chinese national and local newspapers. Use ‘Translate this page' function to read an English version.
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/chinese.html
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/CN
Internet Public Library links to Chinese newspapers in Chinese, English and other languages
http://www.lingualearn.co.uk/learners/ch/newspapers.htm
Links to newspaper sites that help language learners. Some of the sites carry audio broadcasts
Local Chinese groups in the East Midlands
East England Chinese Association
146 Mansfield Road
Nottingham NG1 3HW
Contact Richard Man 0115 928 7788
Nottingham Chinese Church
St. Nicholas' Church
Maid Marian Way
Nottingham
Contact Mr Chung 0115 854 0695
Nottinghamshire Chinese Community Association
Old Basford Community Centre
Bramble Close
Off David's Lane
Nottingham NG6 0DG
Contact Iris Yu 07817 467938
Nottingham Chinese School
Beeston Youth and Community Centre
West End
Beeston
NG9 1GL
Contact Dr Nan Huang 0115 925 1041
Nottingham Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
Mr Ruibin Bai
President, School of Computer Science and I.T.
The University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham NG8 1BB
Nottinghamshire Chinese Welfare Association
61B Mansfield Road
Nottingham NG1 3FN
Contact Mrs Liz Hampton 0115 950 7888
http://www.nottinghamchinese.org.uk
Advice and information, housing assistance, raising the profile of the Chinese community, promoting Chinese culture, leisure activites, home visiting schemes.
Nottingham Chinese Women's Association
Mrs Choy Lin Man
8 Edingale Court
Coventry Lane
Bramcote
Nottingham
NG9 3LY
Other information
http://www.newcastlechinatown.co.uk Newcastle's Chinatown
http://www.gbcc.org.uk/index.htm
Great Britain and China Centre. Leading organisation for the promotion of non-governmental, academic, professional and cultural relations between Britain and China.
http://www.chinatown.org.uk
Long established trading company to promote business with the Chinese community in Europe, especially the United Kingdom.
Minority Enterprises East Midlands
Tim Haq
Regional Director
66 Carlton Road
Nottingham NG3 2AP
0115 950 8253
http://nelib.nottscc.gov.uk
Nottingham City Libraries' on-line catalogue, Nelib, includes books in Cantonese and books about China and Chinese culture.
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