Chinese Resources

Resources at Colby

• Colby LRC: Chinese Resources
  including online course listening materials, online references and media links
• China (from East Asian Studies Subject Guide)
  from the Colby College Library

MetaSites

• Marjorie Chan’s China Links

General Culture

• ChinaKnowledge   “A universal guide for China Studies” from Germany
• International Dunhuang Project
• A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization

Religion and Philosophy

• The Cult of Confucius
• Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive
• Sacred Texts of Daoism
• Sino-Judaic Institute
• Segments from the Zhu Zi Yu-lei (Classified conversations of Master Zhu)
• Pre-Qin Philosophers
• Bibliography of Western Language Publications of Popular Chinese Religions
  

Art

• Antique Chinese Porcelain Collector's Help and Info Page
• China Art Networks (Contemporary exhibitions)
• Bibliography of Contemporary Chinese Art
• Sun Tzu on the Art of War
• Tibet Tour
  

Museums

• Museums of China (by province)
• Shanghai Museum
• Palace Museum, Beijing
• Virtual Museum of the Cultural Revolution
• The National Museum of China (Simplified Chinese)
• Nanjing Museum
• Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat Sen) - Nanyang Memorial Hall

China in Pictures and Maps

• Timelines and Maps of China from Ancient to Present
• The Land of Beauty - Photographs of China
• The Forbidden City: A Virtual Tour
• China Historical GIS
• Archaeological Discoveries

Government Websites 

• Peoples Republic Government Homepage
  
• Office of the President of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

CIA World Fact Book

• CIA World Fact Book (China)
• CIA World Fact Book (Taiwan)
  

News and Media

Mainland China

• CCTV
• Xinhua News 
• People's Daily (Chinese)
• Chinese Youth Daily
• Sina.com
• Sohu.com
• BBC Chinese News
• VOA Chinese
• Xinhuanet
• Beijing-China
• Beijing Scene
• Beijing Review
• China Daily
• China Top News
• China Internet Network Information Center 
• People’s Daily
• Central News Agency
  

Hongkong

• South China Morning Post
• Hong Kong Information Services (Govt.)

Macau

• Macau News

Taiwan

• China Times (Traditional Chinese)
• ETaiwan News

Chinese Language Learning and Dictionaries

• TING: Chinese English Center
• Online Chinese Tools
• Chinese Dictionary Web
• Zhongwen.com
• Guoyu Cidian
• Lin Yu-tang Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage

Literature

• CNpoet  (Database of poems, searchable by keyword. In Chinese only)
• Li Qingzhao – Other Women’s Voices
• Tang Poems
• Idioms and Stories
• Classical Chinese Novels
• Chinese Parables
• Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Center
• Kongming’s Archives – Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Selected Literature in Translation (University of Virginia)
• Lu Xun
  

Music

• John Thompson’s guqin (silk-string zither)
• The Internet Chinese Music Archive

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