Mandarin Online

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

• MDBG Chinese-English dictionary
  Input Pinyin to get English and Chinese
• Google Translator
  Chinese to English or vice versa
• Yellow-bridge Chinese-English dictionary
  Chinese-English two way dictionary and Pinyin-Chinese dictionary
• Chinese Character Dictionary
  Look-up a Mandarin word or phrase by pinyin, English , stroke count or Cantonese
• The Chinese character encyclopedias
  Introduction to Chinese characters and writing

Chinese Media

Chinese Press

• 北美新浪 sina
• 文学城 Wenxue City
• 中华网 China.com
• 留园网 6Park.com

Chinese TV Station

• China CCTV English 央视网
• Fairchild TV Station 新时代电视

Business Mandarin

• 英国金融时报中文版
• 商业周刊中文版 Business Week China

Chinese Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary,Pinyin

• Chinese Outpost
  Introduction to Mandarin Chinese Grammar , Pinyin and Chinese writing
• Language Guide
  Excellent site for daily vocabulary grouped by themes, with sound, picture and spelling
• Mandarin Learning Tools
  Add pinyin for Chinese characters, online dictionary, animate character strokes etc.
• Cantonese-speaker learn Mandarin Resources
  For Cantonese speakers learning Mandarin, many useful tips, daily conversation phrases, comparison of Cantonese and Mandarin, online exercise to drill your Pinyin skills and more!
• Audio Mandarin – ZapChinese
  Listen and practice the most commonly used Mandarin vocabulary, phrases and sentences

For kids and teens

• Language Guide
  Daily vocabulary grouped by themes, with sound, picture and spelling
• 人民教育出版社网 levels
  Children Mandarin reading materials by level
• E-Stoke Chinese character animation demonstration
  Enter any Chinese character, E-Stroke will animate it for you with English explanation, and Chinese Pinyin
• 新浪网 -儿童歌曲, 语文知识等
  Mandarin rhythm songs for young children, topics about nature, animals, family, and etc.
• 小精灵儿童网
  Popular Mandarin children songs and stories with Flash

About China: Fact, history, culture

• China Today
  An comprehensive source of information on China, its politics and society
• Chinese Government Official Site
  Your ultimate resource of everything about China, the website of state government
• Interesting Fact/Picture shot of China
  A video and audio program collection of Today's China from CCTV (China Central Television), the national television station of the People's Republic of China
• Chinese History Introduction
  A narrative introduction of Chinese history