Mandarin Chinese Outpost
Chinese pronunciation, characters and gramma.
http://members.tripod.com/Chinese_Outpost/home.html

Learning Chinese Online
Chinese pronunciation, conversation, characters, grammar, reading, listening, dictionaries, etc.
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
 

Speak Mandarin Campaign
Singapore's government encourages its anglicized ethnic Chinese citizenry to periodically speak Chinese.
http://www.gov.sg/spkmandarin/

Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn basic Chinese by reading and listening to sample conversations.
http://philo.ucdavis.edu/CHINESE/ccol.htm

WellGot - Let's learn some Chinese
http://www.wellgot.ca/english-fm.htm

HaoYao.com - Learn Chinese
http://www.haoyao.com/#body

Say a few words in Mandarin
http://www.bahasa.com/Mandarin.html

Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/

Understanding Chinese Culture and Learning Mandarin Chinese On-Line
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/k-tai/project1.htm

Audio Tutorial of Survival Chinese
http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/AudioChinese/

Chinese Online Reading Assistent
by Penn State University
http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~wang/portfolio/pages/chinpa.html

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese
http://www.mmtaylor.net/Literacy_Book/

Rainland Kids discover Chinese
by Ti Fa-kuan
http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/school/RAINL.RXML

Chinese Net
http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/workshops/chinesenet/

Overseas Chinese Internet Education
Information for teaching and learning Chinese.(requires Chinese font)
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/CultureEnglish/Englishhome.htm

Chinese Pronunciation Guide
Practice the tones and other difficult aspects of Chinese pronunciation.
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~pinyin/

Practice Your Pinyin
Pinyin exercises from the University of Iowa.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~chinese/pinyin/index.html

Chinese Characters

Mandarin Chinese Outpost - Characters
6 ways of looking at chinese characters
http://members.tripod.com/Chinese_Outpost/chars.html

Chinese Characters History
An excellent introduction from Chinatown.org.
http://www.chinatown.org/culture/chinese_characters/chinese_characters.htm

Chinese Language and Writing
Encyclopedia excerpts about Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html

Animated Chinese Characters
Stroke-by-stroke animation shows you how to write thousands of common Chinese characters in the proper stroke sequence that is essential for attractive writing.
http://ocrat.com/chargif/

Chinese Character Flashcards
Addictive Java applet tests your recognition of Chinese characters online.
http://www.mandarintools.com/flashcard.html

Learn to Read and Write Chinese
Fun flash animation on Chinese characters.
http://sonicnovel.com/kanji.html

Character Writing Sheets for Practical Chinese Reader
http://www.uvm.edu/~chinese/characte.htm

Chinese Online Reading Assistant
Vocabulary-annotated Chinese articles for intermediate Chinese students.(Chinese language system required.)
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/chinese/reading/

Chinese Learner's Alternative Page
http://www.sinologic.com/language.html

Asiawind Art Gallery
Introduction to Chinese calligraphy.
http://www.asiawind.com/art/callig/index.htm

The Art of Chinese Calligraphy
How to appreciate Chinese calligraphy.
http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy.html

Calligraphy of the Masters
Dozens of calligraphy masterpieces spanning nearly 2000 years.
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html

Traditional Chinese Culture on Taiwan - Calligraphy
Explains the five main styles of calligraphy.
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture/culture5.html

Calligraphy Sheets
Practice writing Chinese characters the way young Chinese students do with these printable calligraphy sheets.
http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/callig.html

Literature

Chinese Classics
Extensive collection from China News Digest.
http://www.cnd.org/Classics/

Electronic Resources for Chinese Classical Studies
Extensive collection of links to classical literature.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/02electr.htm#2-1

Ah-Ming Study Center
Some Chinese Character, Thoughts, Poetry, Folktales,etc.
http://www.ahming.com/

Chinese Poems
The characters are all displayed as images, so you don't need any Chinese language software.Good for learning pinyin system.
http://www.mark-alexander.com/

Learning Chinese: 22 Fables
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/ywang/learning.html
 

Chinese Culture

Taiwan, Repulic of China Government Informatioc Office
http://www.gio.gov.tw/

China Pages
http://china.pages.com.cn/indexe.html

China the Beautiful
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

The Art of China
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china

Rituals and Legends of The Chinese New Year
written by:The China Institute Women's Association and China Institute in America http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/easc/curriculum/china/1996/EACPWorkBook/culture/ritual.htm

Overseas Chinese Internet Educatio
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/CultureEnglish/Englishhome.htm

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York Information Division
http://www.taipei.org/

Somthing about Taiwan
http://peacock.tnjc.edu.tw/ROC_info.html

Chinese Surnames
Stories explaining the creation of hundreds of Chinese surnames.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/hundred.html

How Chinese Names Work
How names are chosen and how to address or refer to Chinese people.
http://www.wlu.edu/~hhill/names.html

Chinese Names FAQ
Clear introduction to Chinese names for parents of adopted Chinese children.
http://www.magma.ca/~mtooker/names/index.htm

English Given Names in Chinese
English names do not transcribe well into Chinese, but I list them for the curious.
http://zhongwen.com/qianming.htm

Get a Chinese Name
Type in your English name, some admirable personal attributes, and the computer generates a Chinese name.
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

Chop Engraving
Chops (seals) are used in place of signatures on legal documents.
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture/culture9.html

Virtual Chinese Seal Carving Services
Generous offer to "carve" (digitally) a Chinese seal for your name online for free.

Chinese Music

The Internet Chinese Music Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/
 

University of Richmond's Chinese Link Page
http://www.urich.edu/~lang/chinese.html

Chinese Language Education Resources Information
http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html

Chinese Culture
About China, anique, architecture, calligraphy, dragon, feng shui, festivals, food, recipe and history, etc.
http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/chineseculture/mlibrary.htm

A Page for Chinese
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/1250/index2.html

WuzieGames.com
Resources for Learning Chinese
http://www.wuziegames.com/chinese.html

OK88 English-Chinese Dictionary
Quick, easy to use dictionary.
http://www.ok88.com/go/svc/ecdict.html

Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Extensive character dictionary with additional emphasis on Hakka pronunciations.
http://www.chinalanguage.com/CCDICT/index.html

Chinese Character Dictionary
Search for individual character meanings.
http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict.html

Guoyu Cidian
Excellent online Chinese-Chinese dictionary.

Chinese Characters Dictionary Web
Simultaneous searching of main Chinese-English and English-Chinese web dictionaries.
http://zhongwen.com/zipu/

Chinese-English Dictionary (CEDICT)
Rapidly growing online collaborative dictionary.
http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html

Sunrain Chinese-English, English-Chinese Dictionary
Extensive and easy to use.
http://sunrain.net/

Bookstores

Cheng & Tsui Company : "Bringing Asia to the World"
Cheng & Tsui Company is a Boston-based publisher and distributor of Asian  language-learning materials, literature in translation, computer software, and other products.

China Books & Periodicals, Inc
Books about China, Chinese culture, best chinese name and books for learning Chinese.

Far Eastern Publications at Yale
Far Eastern Publications of Yale University is a publisher of books, audio   programs, computer software and other learning aids for the study of Chinese.

Chinese Books CyberStore(requires Chinese font)
A Chinese Amazon.

Sinseio Bookstore(requires Chinese font)
Amazing children's books from Taiwan.
 

Search

YamWeb
Taiwan-based directory and search engine.

Kimo
Taiwan-based search engine

GAIS
Taiwan-based search engine and meta-search engine.

Search HK
Searches Hong Kong websites with key sites crawled daily.

Sina.com
Search engine and directory with specialized portals for China, HK, Taiwan and North America.

Sohu
Extensive Chinese directory and search engine.

Chinese Software and Computing

NJStar Trial Version
Download 30-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Read Chinese on the Web
Download free software to help you read - and write - Chinese on the web.

Chinese Computing - FAQ
Professor Tianxie Wei answers common problems with using Chinese software.
1. Can you comment on some of the Chinese programs? Which program is the "best"?
2. Can you recommend some OCR programs which recognize Chinese characters?
3. Is there any program that can recognize my voice and type Chinese characters?
4. How can I put Enlish Windows and Chinese Windows on the same hard disk drive?
5. Can I view web sites in Chinese without Chinese systems?
6.  Can I read and write Chinese e-mail without Chinese systems?

CJK Software - Chinese, Japanese, Korean for Word Processing
Download 30-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese.

Chinese Language Software & AV Programs
Professor Marjorie Chan's extensive annotated links.

Twinbridge Trial Version
Download 60-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese.

Wenlin Institute
Download trial version of popular CDROM for learning Chinese.

Unionway Trial Version
Download 60-day free trial version of popular software for viewing, writing Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Macintosh Chinese Page
Fonts and software for handling Chinese on Macs.