http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0005B4B6-1CEC-1F5D-905980A84189EEDF&sc=I100322
So China will have a man orbiting the Moon during the next Olympics (Beijing 2008)and will land there in 2010. Another major player enters the space race, watch out NASA you have a rival.
a photographic archive of Leeds, Yorkshire, UK including the first ever moving image in 1888 on Leeds Bridge. Your chance to view some cinematic history.
http://www.danwei.org/
Unfortunately, no longer online . However, thanks to the wayback machine achieved copies can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/*/danwei.org
Media, advertising and urban living in the People’s Republic of China.
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/welcome.html
Unfortunately no longer online – instead I’d recommend using the Pleco app instead
The best site I’ve come across for learning Chinese – you’ll need to tweak your browser settings to get it to work properly though – make sure that it is set to handle simplified Chinese.
Features:
Dictionary search,
Flashcards / Review list,
A wide variety of sound files so you can hear words and phrases,
Flash – Talking maps, family trees, colours charts,
Account creation & storage so you can practice what you have learnt.
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http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/brum.php
Update:
This site has evolved in a good way.
If you want the classic site click here:
http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2012/12/a-new-dawn.html
No, not Birmingham Alabama! England’s second city.
http://www.nicemeal.com/ – The internet changes, now this site is for food delivery in Ho Chi Minh city
(Used to be) Extensive range of Chinese recipes.
Lovely collection of images collected over 30 years.
From the site: “The Visual Telling of Stories. You can go to the main gate or shuffle about in the Samplers till you get some hang of the place. It was started in 1996. Material is added every day. It is far bigger than you could ever imagine.`”
Tourist info site about china from the Chinese govt.