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Asianinfo.org: Chinese People - http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/people.htm
Summary of the government's policies on family planning, family life and the status of ethnic minorities in the country.

China Development Briefing - http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com
Journal for the China aid community, including articles, searchable database of NGOs and job and event noticeboards. Recent issues by subscription only.

Chinese Farmer's Calendar - http://chinesefortunecalendar.com/almanac.htm
Includes dates of festivals and information on baby gender selection and lucky name selection.

Chinese History and Culture - http://www.index-china.com/index-english/people-s.html
A pro-Chinese summary of the country's cultural history.

Chinese Lunar Calendar - http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/CLunarCal1.htm
Conversion using either time zone or city longitude.

Chinese Lunar Calendar - Astronomical Programming - http://www.chineseastrologyonline.com/clc/default.htm
Discussion of the relationship between the Chinese and Western calendars, with related data.

Chinese Wedding Customs - http://www.chinese-poems.com/wedcus.html
Information on traditional and contemporary practices in China and Hong Kong.

East West Dialogue - http://east_west_dialogue.tripod.com/
Essays on aspects of Chinese and Western history and philosophy, focusing on their shared features. By Robert Trout.

Essence of Chinese Calendar - http://chinesefortunecalendar.com/lunarcalendar.htm
Explains the rules of Chinese lunar leap month and the Stem-Branch system.

Ling Lung Women's Magazine 1931 to 1937 - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/linglong/
Digitized images of nearly all issues of this magazine which was published (in Chinese) in Shanghai in the 1930s. Featured articles on fashion, interior decoration, pop psychology, and new careers; and also advice columns on love, sex, and marriage, as well as lavish illustrations of local and Hollywood celebrities.

Lunarcal - http://www.lunarcal.org/
Perpetual Chinese Lunar calendar program for 1900-2060. Calculates Chinese New Years and major festival dates. Exact moon phases shown.

LunarCal - http://lunarcal.tripod.com
Charityware program which calculates the dates of major Chinese festivals for the years 1900-2060.

Mandarintools: Western-Chinese Calendar Converter - http://www.mandarintools.com/calconv.html
Converts between the traditional Chinese lunar calendar and the Western calendar.

Ron Gluckman - http://www.gluckman.com/ChinaList.htm
Articles on various aspects of the country by a Hong Kong-based reporter.

The Chinanet Project - http://manray.csuhayward.edu/chinanet/
Furthering understanding between China and the U.S. Includes Quicktime videos of life in each country, music broadcasts, discussion board and voice chat.

The Theory of Chinese Lunar Calendar - http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/faq.htm
Includes leap lunar month and the difference between astronomical calendar and civil calendar.

United Nations Development Programme: China - http://www.undp.org.cn/
UN mission to assist China in developing solutions to the country's development challenges and improving society by reducing poverty, strengthening rule of law, promoting environmental sustainability, and fighting HIV/AIDS.

Voice of China - http://www.chinavoc.com/
Information about various aspects of the country, with pro-government political material.

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