INTERNET TOP 10
China’s Web
prehensive online archive of articles from the Chinese press in translation.
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http://www.chinafrominside.com
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Don’t expect to find Hong Kong crime and martial arts pap. This site features analyses, reviews, and interpretations of high-brow cinematic offerings—both official and underground—being produced in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
This is the most comprehensive website on Chinese martial arts on the Internet. It focuses on the disciplines generally referred to as “internal” (neijia) martial arts. The site contains many original Chinese texts translated into English for the first time. It also features interviews with leading masters, many rare photos, and books and videos on Chinese martial arts.
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Whether you are looking for a teaching job, apartment, motorcycle, or that special someone for a language exchange in Taiwan, Tealit (Teach English And Live in Taiwan) is a great place to start. The site is sensibly designed, facilitating access to information quickly with no time-consuming registration process. Tealit features essays, photos, and plenty of practical advice on living and working in the Republic of China.
This site showcases the work of the talented young Chinese documentary photographer Zhou Hai. Featured is his provocative and disturbing photo essay “The Unbearable Heaviness of Industry.” It provides a unique glimpse into the underside of China’s economic miracle.
http://www.chinesecinemas.org
http://www.tealit.com
http://www.zhouhai.com
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http://www.artscenechina.com
This is the virtual home of Art Scene China, a Shanghaibased modern Chinese art gallery. The website features portfolios of contemporary Chinese artists ranging from Ai Weiwei to Zheng Xuewu. If you are looking for modern Chinese art or information on artists, this is a good place to start.
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http://www.thingsasian.com
Things Asian invites web surfers to “Experience Asia through the Eyes of a Traveler.” With high-quality stories and photo essays from up-and-coming writers and photojournalists, Things Asian features some of the best Asia-based travel writing and photography on the Internet. A must visit for veteran voyagers and armchair travellers alike.
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http://www.chinasite.com
This is the most comprehensive list of China-related resources on the Internet. Of special interest is its extensive directory of mass media, magazines and newspapers focusing on China.
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http://www.sinopolis.com
So you think the Chinese press is just government propaganda? Think again. This site features the most com|60| India-China Chronicle
July-August 2010
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http://www.chinapage.com
A densely layered storehouse of information on China, both practical and esoteric. Chinapage has sections on literature and poetry; quotations and parables; Chinese dictionaries; and national, provincial and urban maps. Not the prettiest site in the world, but an invaluable resource nonetheless.
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http://www.ziboy.com
Ziboy is both the alias and the daily photolog of 27-yearold Beijing-based photographer Wen Ling. Ziboy has an amazing eye for the faces, places and scenes of China’s dynamic capital. Nothing to buy, nothing to sell—just a daily journal in images of a way of life being transformed by the relentless march of modernization. (Courtesy: China Now magazine)