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Paul Todd:
Here's lots of links from our forum pages, a real testament to the broad range of knowledge we have all gathered here .For easy reference I've pulled them all together and added a few more. Have Fun!
Embassy's in China:
USA- http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/
Australian- http://www.china.embassy.gov.au/
British- http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/
Canadian- http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/china/bj-splash.htm
French- http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/accueil.html
German- http://www.peking.diplo.de/Vertretung/peking/de/Startseite.html
Italian- http://www.ambpechino.esteri.it/ambasciata_pechino
Norwegian- http://www.norway.cn/Embassy/Embassy/
Spanish- http://spain.visahq.com/embassy/China/
Swedish- http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____20659.aspx
New Zealand - http://www.nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=19
The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Minstry in HK- http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/eng/zgqz/bgfwxx/
Blogs:
Martin: http://thechinesedumpling.blogspot.com/
Arnold- http://www.shmifeng.blogspot.com
Citizenship & Immigration Service:
US- http://www.uscis.gov
Australia- http://www.immi.gov.au/
British border agency- http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Canada- http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp
Canada-immigration-discussion-board- http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/family-class-sponsorship-b5.0/
EU immigration- http://www.euimmigration.org/
New Zealand - http://www.immigration.govt.nz/branch/Be...hecklists/
Chinese Fonts for Windows:
http://usa.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=fonts
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=87e726a9-5c79-4a73-9347-78a557314d0b
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b15774c0-5b42-48b4-8ba8-9293fdc72099
Chinese newspaper forums:
http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/index.php
http://www.thebeijinger.com/
http://shanghaiist.com/
Chinese holidays:
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2011
Ex-pat sites:
http://www.lostlaowai.com/
http://www.chinaonline.cn.com/ not exactly an expat site more like the master china portal
http://www.smartshanghai.com/
Fixing/resizing photo's:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...fault.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downl...rtoys.mspx
http://picasa.google.com/
General Chinese Info sites:
http://middlekingdomlife.com/wp/
http://factsanddetails.com/china.php
http://www.candleforlove.com/
http://www.howchinaworks.com/2009/01/24/...-in-china/
International Flights:
http://www.uschinatrip.com
http://www.ebookers.com/
http://www.flychina.com/
http://www.cheapoair.com
http://www.voyages-sncf.com
http://www.netflights.com/
Chinese domestic Flights:
http://www.ctrip.com
http://www.flychina.com/chinadom.asp
Learning Mandarin:
http://chinese-resources.info/
http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Chinese Free
http://www.chineselearner.com/speaking/ Great free site!
Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=map+china&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=China&ei=TFMSS_qSFYru7APx6fjYBQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA
Sending gifts to China:
http://www.chinaroses.com
http://www.zchocolat.com/
http://www.chinaflowernet.com
Social/News/ fun sites:
http://www.haohaoreport.com/
http://www.weirdasianews.com/category/weird-news/china-news/
http://www.chinamadness.com/
http://www.chinasmack.com/
http://www.chinahush.com/
http://www.pandapassport.com/
http://www.danwei.org/
Teaching info:
www.eslcafe.com
www.teachabroadchina.com
www.eslteachersboard.com
www.tefl.com
www.tikkajack.com
www.eslhq.com
http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/ Foreign Teachers' Guide to Living and Working in China.
http://teachabroadchina.com/TACA/ The Teach Abroad China Alliance" forum. It's a site full of info and some cautionary tales too.
QQ/Skype:
http://www.imqq.com/
http://www.skype.com/intl/zh-Hant/download/skype/windows/
Translation tools/Dictionaries:
http://usa.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
www.google.com/language_tools?hl=EN
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/Default.aspx
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
http://www.clavisinica.com/chinese-translation-software.html?gclid=CJTj-6SLr54CFYctpAodWh3dlQ
http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html
http://www.reverso.net/text_translation.asp?lang=EN
http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/dictionary/
http://www.linguatec.net/ ....use the "Test For Free" box.
http://imtranslator.com/default.asp ...It will translate back so you can see if it is what you wanted to say
http://qq.bur.st/qqtranslator.php ...This site will write the Chinese Pinyin if you want to try and learn to say the words.
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php ...It can break down a sentence in Mandarin to individual words, and when you click on the speaker, a recording plays so you know how to SAY the word
http://www.systranet.com/ ...it is the one that when installed will still work with no internet connection.
You must buy that version. But it is free to use the net version no install needed.
Visa Shops:
UK- http://www.chinesevisadirect.co.uk
US- http://www.visaexpress.net/
US- http://www.visarite.com/
Time check/Weather/Pollution:
http://www.timeanddate.com/
http://air.ipe.org.cn/en/qyInfoEn.do
http://www.amfic.eu/bulletin/index.php
http://weather.china.org.cn/english/
Please feel free to add to the list.
Martin:
Great idea Paul. Well done!
wilsbrough:
How about free online translation sites? I know there's a few but the one i use and know of is....
http://usa.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
Andy
shaun:
Great idea :icon_biggrin::icon_biggrin:
mustfocus:
Good job!
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