Steve Watson

 

      Travels: China: Resources

  

 

      Chinese Visa Application Service Centre

                Everything required to get a visa

 

      TravelChinaGuide

                Online travel guide service with lots of the necessary information. 

                (Go to flight (say) and check the toolkit in the sidebar.)

 

      ChinaMaps

                An index to an excellent collection of maps: provinces, cities, railways, air routes, etc.

 

      Online Dictionary

                Dictionary, vocabulary, characters, strokes, etc...

 

      Youth Hostels

                Availability, rates, photos, booking facility...

      Travellers Point

                Budget Accommodation search page - excellent results

 

        Cruises

                A travel site for Yangtze cruises.

        Railway

                Schedules, routes, fares, bookings.

        Railway

                Schedules, routes, fares.

        Domestic air

                Schedules, routes, fares, bookings.

        Domestic air

                Lookup table of fares.

 

        New Zealand Embassy, Beijing

        1 Ritan Dongerjie
        Chaoyang District
        Beijing 100600
        PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
        Telephone: 0086 - 10 - 8532 7000
        Facsimile: 0086 - 10 - 6532 4317
        E-mail: 
        Office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1700hrs

        Consulate-General, Shanghai

        New Zealand Consulate General
        Room 1605-1607A, The Centre
        989 Chang Le Road (c)
        Shanghai 200031
        PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
        Telephone: 0086 - 21 - 5407 5858
        After-hour emergency phone: 0086 21 5407 5070
        Facsimile: 0086 - 21 - 5407 5068
        E-mail:
        Office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1700hrs

        Consulate-General, Guangzhou

        New Zealand Consulate General
        Room1055
        China Hotel Office Tower
        Liuhua Road
        Guangzhou 510015
        PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

        Telephone: 0086 - 20 - 8667 0253
        Facsimile: 0086 - 20 - 8666 6420
        E-mail: 
        Office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1700hrs

 

        Learn the language

                Links from Alanis.

 

Speaking and Listening

http://www.pinyin.info/rules/initials_finals.html  Combinations of initials and finals

http://www.newconceptmandarin.com/support/Intro_Pinyin.asp Introduction to Pinyin

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ssft_chinese-pinyin-in-6-mins_shortfilms Pinyin drills in 6 minutes

http://www.hello-han.com/ch-education/yinjieku/hanziyinjieku-en.php Chinese Syllable

 http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/index.cfm Pinyin system and spelling rules 

 http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/z_GIF_images/Difficult_Sounds.gif Difficult sounds with digrams 

http://pinyin.info/romanization/index.html Romanization systems of Chinese 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/mini_guides/tones/  Mini-guides of pinyin, tones and characters

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1064.htm Pinyin lessons (Vedio)

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/article/2009-09/09/content_70555.htmAudio news

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/dialogue/node_7046025.htm Dialogue

http://www.nciku.com/conversation Browse conversations

http://chinesepod.com/  Chinese Podcast

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese  Chinese-tools online lessons

 

  Reading and Writing

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/chinese_menus/node_7046031.htm How to Read Menus

http://www.chinadialogue.net/  Bilingual Readings on Environment Issues

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/extensive_reading/node_7046027.htm Extensive Reading

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/popular_words/node_7046030.htm Popular Words

http://chinesepod.com/resources/grammar   Grammar Guide

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary  Glossary Searching Tool

http://www.yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/  Online Chinese Reading Centre

http://writeinchinese.com/node/74   Write characters in Chinese

http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/chinese_write.htm  Chinese word Processing on a PC

http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/mouse.html   Write Chinese characters with your mouse

http://mysite.verizon.net/tomyee3/WriteChinese.htm  Practise writing in a careful structure

http://sonicnovel.com/kanji.html  The animated Chinese writing system

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm  Chinese script and language system

http://www.skritter.com/frontB  Two weeks free trial of writing practise

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1069.htm Practice writting characters 1

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1068.htm Practice writting characters 2

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/chinese_characters/node_7046036.htm Characters' strokes practice

Chinese culture

http://travel.chinese.cn/en/index.html  Tour Chinese and travel

http://food.chinese.cn/en/    Names of Chinese food

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/resourceschinesecooking/tp/easychinese.htm Top 12 Easy Chinese Recipes 

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/ancient_poems/node_7046034.htm  Ancient poems (video lessons)

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/allegories/node_7046029.htm  Chinese allegories

http://www.chinese-tools.com/names  Chinese-tools

http://www.makepic.com/print.php   Chinese Chops

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/idioms/node_7046035.htm Chinese idioms 1 (vedio lessons)

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1065.htm Chines idioms 2  (vedio lessons)

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1037.htm Chinese history,culture,geography,literature etc. (video material)

http://quyi.chinese.cn/en/ Chinese Operas

http://kungfu.chinese.cn/en/ Chinese Kungfu

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1047.htm 5000 years of Characters

http://www1.chinaculture.org/gallery/index.html    Chinese Culture Gallery

http://www.sinosplice.com/    Chinese learner's blog

 

Chinese Games

http://www.genkichinese.com/   Word games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/games/tones.shtml Tone games

http://www.yellowbridge.com/games/   Puzzles

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/crosswords/node_7046032.htm Crosswords

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/games/characters.shtml Characters games

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/exercises/chinese.html  Memorise Chinese characters

http://play.chessvariants.org/coffeecc/index.php?pieceimage=pieces-big5-2.gif   Chinese Chess

http://www.chessvariants.com/xiangqi.html   Chinese Chess Rules

http://www.freegames.ws/games/boardgames/mahjong/freemahjong.htm   Mahjong

http://www.west-meet-east.com/mahjong.htm  Mahjong rules

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/exercises On line Chinese exercises

http://adult.chinese.cn/en/node_1035.htm HSK model test