Links index:

[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!

[JimB]

Now if we can sticky it to keep it up front.  Great job Paul.  Thank you.

[Martin]

Now if we can sticky it to keep it up front.  Great job Paul.  Thank you.

Was already done.

[Scottish_Rob]

Another teaching site paul...
www.tikkajack.com

Great info mate. Well done...

[shaun]

Paul,

Again a great idea.  How about adding sites that offer good prices for flights.  have been looking for threads that mention it.

Shaun

[JimB]

I have not found anyone to beat their fares.  www.uschinatrip.com

[shaun]

Thanks Jim

[Willy The Londoner]

A lot of work gone into this Paul.
Maybe it should be considered for a special place on front page so that it does not eventually get lost in other threads.

And also make it so that the list can only be added too by a moderator who has received recommendation for inclusion from others.

I say that Paul should be next in line for a Moderators position.

Willy

[logan]

Seconded what Willy said!

Logan

[Scottish_Rob]

I agre wholeheartedly with Willie and Logan...

As a bit of fun........Paul for Prezzie...lol:icon_cheesygrin:

[wilsbrough]

Hi guy's. Another one for the brothers amongst us who are trying to learn Chinese, my girl showed me this one, it pretty good as you can also hear the word you are practicing, and you can learn to write Chinese Characters too, and best of all, it's free.... http://www.nciku.com/