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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: China— A comprehensive list of basic information about China from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html 

China: A country study— An online book on China from the Library of Congress.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/liberia_contents.htm 

Languages of China— An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of China by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CN

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Articles and Links: 

South China Morning Post— An online guide to up to date news in South China
http://www.scmp.com/ 

China Today: Culture & Tradition, News, and Education— A comprehensive information base for today’s China and beyond.   http://www.chinatoday.com/

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States— Overseas Chinese Affairs, Embassy Information, and Economy and Trade.http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/ 

Culture in China— Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History and more:
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

Inside China— News and Government from China El news
http://www.einnews.com/china/ 

Lonely Planet: China —An overview of China from Lonely Planet’s online magazine.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_east_asia/china/ 

World link Education— Find information on Chinese language programs including Mandarin Chinese programs
http://www.worldlinkedu.com/
?source=overture&OVRAW=Mandarin&OVKEY=mandarin&OVMTC=standard 

Mandarin Chinese— Mandarin Chinese from UCLA’s Linguistic Affiliation
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/profm02.htm 

Mandarin Chinese—Ethnologue: information on the Mandarin language
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cmn

Visit the Great Wall, which astronauts can see from outer space: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/china_great_wall/

Be amazed by the terracotta soldiers at Xi’an – and much more
http://china.travelphoto.net/xian-pictures.htm

A ‘condensed’ version of Chinese history:
 http://condensedchina.com/

A longer outline of Chinese history:
 http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

Reviews of books on modern and current China,
for advanced students, http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/pgp/index.html

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:

Mei Wen Xie – Mei Wen "Mindy" Xie tells a story that illustrates the consequences of not sharing.
http://education.uncc.edu/more/SearchRes/Xie_Mei-Wen_LG-XI0050.htm

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Lesson Plans: 

Folk tales and activities
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Folktales.html 

Web quests, vocabulary builders, maps and economics: a range of activities for different age and grade levels at Teachnology:
 http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/current_events/china/ 

Chinese inventions: http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000019.htm
(and see this site: http://www.primarysource.org/library/tcus/Chinese_Inventions.pdf ) 

Marco Polo and the Silk Road: http://www.askasia.org/silk_roads/SilkIndx.htm 

Paper Cutting and the Chinese Zodiac http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/china/virtual/lesson/zodiac.htm 

The Great Wall and the role of the dynasties: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/greatwall/ 

Knowledge Network’s Searching for China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

China’s Cultural Revolution, and more:
http://members.fortunecity.com/stalinmao/China/index.html

The American Experience: Nixon’s China Game
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/ 

Concepts across the Curriculum: a collection of links to lessons and sites sponsored by PBS: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thismonth/mar03/index3.shtm

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