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Click here to join the Penn State Chinese Culture Club [Email: asa139@psu.edu]

Click here to read Penn State students' experience and tips for studying Chinese.

New! A new student group focusing on translation now meet every Thursday

FOUND in TRANSLATION
Every THURSDAY
6:15 p.m.
at WEBSTER'S

Found in Translation meet every Thursday to discuss issues of translation and specific texts of interest. Everyone, including undergrads, grad students, faculty members, and staff are welcome to join them any time.

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Click here to read Penn State students' experience and tips for studying Chinese.

Chinese Conversation Partner Program

The Chinese Program at Penn State offers a Chinese Conversation Partner Program that is free and open to all Penn State students. Undergraduate Chinese interns and peer tutors are available to practice spoken Chinese with you in the Learning Center in the basement of Sparks Building. To know more about the program and tutor schedules, email Ms. Liana Chen, the supervisor for the Conversation Partner Program. Note: This is not an exchange program. You do not have the reciprocal responsibility to practice spoken English with your conversation partner.


Informal Language & Cultural Exchange Opportunities

1. The Penn State International Programs Office Conversation Partners Program
Matches native speakers of English with non-native speakers for the purpose of language practice and cultural exchange. Allows for FREE one-on-one interaction in English or ESL practice in exchange for practice of another language. Note: This is a two-way exchange. You do have to offer your time in return. To sign up, contact the Global Connections (Eva M. Letwin, Program Coordinator, 404A Boucke Building; Tel: (814) 863-3927; Email: globalconnections@ip.psu.edu).

2. ESL - Chinese Language Exchange
Practice conversational Chinese with Chinese students in the ESL classes, and help them with their spoken English. To sign up, contact Dr. Paula Golombek (814-865-7365), the supervisor of the English as Second Language Program in Linguisitcs and Applied Language Studies.

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Chinese-English, English-Chinese and pinyin Dictionaries

MDBG Free Online Chinese-English Dictionary
Search using simplified or traditional characters, pinyin romanization, or English definitions. Flashcards, animated images, sentence analysis function and many other tool kits help you learn Chinese.

Chinese Character Dictionary & Tool Kits

Multiple-Search-Method Chinese Dictionary

LIVAC (Linguistic Variation in Chinese Speech Communities)
Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong

A Searchable Database of Phrases from Chinese Books

English-Chinese Dictionary

Pinyin.info
A guide to the writing of Mandarin Chinese in romanization

Conversion of Wade-Giles to Pinyin Romanization
Library of Congress

Wade-Giles to Zhuyin to Pinyin Conversion Table
UCLA

Chinese Romanization Guide

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Chinese Photo Gallery

Interactive Online Assistance with Character Writing (simplified and traditional)
University of Southern California

Interactive China Guide
Discover China interactively (with 360° panoramas, original Chinese music, audio of Chinese phrases, video, photography and humor). Find out how to ride a bike with the masses, navigate the subway system, take a taxi without speaking Chinese and find your way to the (correct) toilet.

Interactive Maps of Shanghai and Beijing with virtual tours of hot spots
Chengshi Ba (City8.com)

China and Europe, 1500-2000 (Asia for Educators)

Chinese Literacy Net, funded by the U.S. Department of Education

University of Oxford Chinese Multimedia - Free online videos accompanied by texts

ChinesePod
Listen to podcasts to learn Chinese, available for free.

Asian Theatre & Performance Clips
Streaming Video Library - Association of Asian Performance

Supplementary Materials for Integrated Chinese Level 1 & Level 2 by Jeffrey Hayden
University of Hawai'i (Penn State currently uses the Integrated Chinese series for Chinese 001, Chinese 002, Chinese 003, and Chinese 110.)

3-D Interactive Map of Night Markets in Taipei

Image Archives, Transnational China Project
Baker Institute, Rice University

Award-winning Taiwan Documentary by Futuru Tsai, Ph.D. student in anthropology
National Tsinghua University, Taiwan (Tsai authorized free, world-wide access to the video online and he encouraged viewers to download it). Tsai maintains a website and a blog.

ChineseNet 1.0
A searchable database (with brief reviews) of various resources available in the Chinese language-learning field.>

ChinaSite.com

Animated Chinese Characters
(Cal State University Longbeach)

Learning Chinese Online, from Xie Tianwei's Web Resources for Teaching & Learning Chinese

Online Chinese Tools
A useful collection of online resources, by Eric Peterson

Transcultural Asia
An Online Database of Literary & Visual Cultures of East Asia and Asian Diaspora by Prof. Alexander Huang, Penn State University

A Chinese Text Sampler
An Annotated Collection of Digitized Chinese Texts for Students of Chinese Language and Literature (David Porter, University of Michigan)

Full Texts of Chinese Literary Works in English Translation
(Beijing Foreign Language Press)

FACES
Forum for American/Chinese Exchange

Multilingual Computing
(including directions on configuring your computer to handle Chinese)

Taiwan Multimedia Gallery
by the Taiwan Government Information Office

Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library
the University of Melbourne East Asian Collection

Rutgers University Multimedia Chinese Teaching System
A computer based multimedia curriculum to supplement 1st, 2nd, & 3rd year Chinese language instruction.

Annotated Directories of Internet Resources for East Asian Languages & Cultures by Robert Eng
University of Redland

Chinese Language Links
Dr. Haiwang Yuan's annotated collection of links to selected resources on Chinese culture, art, facts and many other aspects.

Chinese Cinema by Shaoyi Sun

Chinese Cinema by Shelly Kraicer

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture edited by Kirk Denton

A Guide to China Studies edited by Hanno Lecher

Agenda Asia
Asian studies conferences, workshops, and seminars online

Digital Archive of Chinese Studies, Leiden University

Bibliography of Modern Chinese Literature and Film, by Kirk Denton

Selected Stories by Lu Xun

Modern Chinese Literature Links
Complied by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden & Amsterdam, the Netherlands

European Association of Chinese Studies
A website hosted by the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Association of Asian Performance

Association of Asian Studies

Huayu Qiao Chinese Bridge
A website sponsored by the Hong Kong Chinese Language Teaching Association with online dictionaries, full texts of selected Chinese writings (in the original), etc.

Pan-Asia Film Review Archive by Ross Chen

Kungfu Cinema
A Seattle based English-language, martial arts film site on the web averaging 150,000 readers monthly. It features reviews of new and classic martial arts-related movies from around the world and offer the latest news on upcoming projects. The site also features interviews with some of the hottest talent in the international action film industry.

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The Economist, among many other English-language media, is a useful resource. Click here to access The Economist's well-designed and informative China section in its Country Briefing series. Or click on the thumbnail on the left to access its Survey of all aspects of China, released on March 25, 2006. Take advantage of The Economist's City Guide series: Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai.

Newspapers from China

People's Daily (simplified Chinese characters)

China News Digest (simplified Chinese characters)

Guangming Ribao (simplified Chinese characters)

Wenhui Bao, the largest daily newspaper in Shanghai (simplified Chinese)

Beijing Daily (simplified Chinese)

Newspapers from Hong Kong

Mingbao, a Hong Kong newspaper in Chinese

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong newspaper in English

Newspapers from Taiwan

Taipei Times (English)

China Times (traditional & simplified Chinese characters)

United Daily News (traditional & simplified Chinese characters)

Newspapers for Chinese Communities Around the World

Eboch Times (Da jiyuan), an overseas Chinese newspaper initiated by Chinese expatriates, available online in traditional & simplified Chinese as well as English, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, & Russian.

World Journal (Shijie ribao), an overseas Chinese newspaper, a subsidiary of the United Daily News, available online in traditional & simplified Chinese.

Blogs or Websites in English with Photos and Videos:

Read fellow Americans' and Canadians' experiences living, working, and studying in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan:

Dr. Andrew Field's Films of China: A train ride from Shanghai to Beijing; lunch at the Drum Tower in Beijing; the Yellow River north of Zhengzhou; the Longmen Caves near Luoyang; the Shaolin Temple; the Terracotta Warriors and more.

Blog - Shanghai vs. Beijing (Dr. Field's blog on the long-standing debate)

Mask of China by Dezza (a Canadian with a degree from the University of Toronto)

An American student in Beijing (printculture.com)

Mask of China: Hong Kong Edition by Dezza (a Canadian with a degree from the University of Toronto)

Taiwan Blog Feed

Wandering to Tamshui: Taiwan

Doubting to Shuo: China and Taiwan

Dashan.com: "Dashan" is the stage name of Mark Rowswell, arguably the most famous foreigner in China. He has become a regular fixture on Chinese television and a cultural icon across the nation.

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Buying Chinese books from online bookstores in the US, Taiwan and China is not as complicated as you thought. Some popular online bookstores are:

YesAsia, carrying over 80,000 Chinese products including books, music CDs and videos (in both DVD and VCD formats).: http://us.yesasia.com/en/Chinese/Index.aspx

East Wind Bookstore in San Francisco: http://www.eastwindbooks.com/

China Books & Periodicals in San Francisco: http://www.chinabooks.com/cart/home.php

China Modern Bookstore in Los Angeles: http://www.chinamodernbooks.com/

Bo Ke Lai Internet Bookstore in Taiwan (selling books in both simplified & traditional Chinese characters): http://www.books.com.tw

Eslite Books (Taiwan): http://www.eslitebooks.com

Sanmin Internet Bookstore in Taiwan: http://www.sanmin.com.tw

Welan.com (simplified Chinese character books): http://www.welan.com

Kingstone Books (Taiwan): http://www.kingstone.com.tw

Dragon Source (China; sells journals, too): http://www.dragonsource.com/

Han Tang (based in the U.S.): http://www.hantang2000.com/

Beijing Tushu Dasha (China): http://www.bjbb.com/

Jinqi (China): http://www.jingqi.com/

Joyo (China; part of Amazon.com): http://www.joyo.com/

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All programs are listed for general information only. Penn State does not endorse or sponsor any of these programs.

Other Chinese Programs in Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Chinese Language Program
University of Pittsburgh Chinese Language Program
Temple University Critical Languages (Chinese) Program
Swathmore College
Chinese Program Carnegie Mellon University Department of Modern Languages
Johns Hopkins University Program in Nanjing, China

Chinese Programs at the "Big-Ten" Universities
Indiana University, Chinese Program
University of Michigan, Chinese Program
Ohio State University, Chinese Language Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chinese Program
Northwestern University, Chinese Program
University of Iowa, Chinese Program
Purdue University, Chinese Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chinese Program
Michigan State University, Chinese Program
University of Minnesota, Chinese Program

Notable Chinese Programs in Other Parts of the U.S.
Stanford University, Chinese Language Program
Harvard University, Chinese Language Program
Princeton University, Chinese Language Program
UC Bekeley, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Yale University, The Major in Chinese
University of Washington, Chinese Program
Williams College, Chinese Program

Chinese Programs in the U.S. (by State)
Click here to access over 100 Chinese programs at U.S. universities

Graduate Programs in the U.S. and Abroad

Directory of Graduate Schools in the U.S. and World-Wide: Asian Studies
Many programs offer two- to five-year full fellowships for M.A. or Ph.D. students.

M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes in Chinese Culture
Centre for East Asian Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Research Summer School: China in the World
In collaboration with the Worldwide Universities Network, incl. Penn State
July 2006: Nanjing, China; 2007: Leeds, UK; 2008: Bristol, UK; 2009: Oslo, Norway

International Chinese Programs (See Study Abroad for Details)

PSU Chinese Language and Culture Study-Abroad Programs
     Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore & Taipei

Non PSU International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) at National Taiwan University
Student comments on ICLP

Non PSU Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese at Tsinghua University (Beijing)
Student comments on IUP

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