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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>The trip along the canal from Shanghai to Tongli in the Suzhou / Jiangnan region recreates history and reflects the dangers of modernization.  Yu Yuan, the Yu Garden, shows us 500 years of Chinese history from the Ming Dynasty to the Small Dagger Society.<br><br>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Ting -- Chinese English Language Center.  A database dictionary of basic words and sentences is coupled with study tools for learning Mandarin Chinese or English.  <br>Up to six different people say each entry -- women, men, fast, slow.  The first step in learning a language is to listen.  Ting makes it easy to listen again, and again, and again.  Just click.  <br><br>One approach to language learning is to focus on related words which have strong associations.  Topics include computers, weather, money, the four tones, practice with pinyin...<br><br></font></td>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Ting is a dictionary database of basic vocabulary and sentences.  You can search the dictionary in English, Chinese characters, or pinyin.  If you can't type Chinese characters, you can copy them from the pages of Ting and enter them into the search box.  You don't need to login to look things up, but you will need to have an account if you want to save your search results.<br><br>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Login or open a free account in Ting.  With an account, you can choose sentences and words to study, get review sheets, flash cards and quizzes based on your words.  <br>If you want to try it out type 
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>A downloadable database of the vocabulary from the Reader
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<br>The names of the provinces  or states appear as you 
<br>move your mouse over the region.  Click on the map 
<br>to get more information and see the sound links.  
<br>Play the sounds to hear proper pronunciation 
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>The University of Maine at Farmington's Exchange Program with Beijing Polytechnic University (BPU) offers students the opportunity to study Chinese and Chinese culture in China.  It also affords them the on-campus opportunity to study Chinese up to the intermediate level.  All courses are taught by a teacher from BPU.<br><br>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Come in, make yourselves at home.  Use the guestbook to <br>talk with one another,
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>The University of Maine at Farmington<br><br></font></td>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Count from 1 to Quadrillion in Chinese.  Multiply, count by two, three, and then play a game to see how fast you can count.  You will need Flash 6 or better to view the Flash Movies.
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>A reading by Bei Dao, March 1996.  English translations provided in the Flash movies.  You will need Flash 6 or better to view the Flash movies and Real Movie Player to see the video.
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>Stone Carving by Deng Jing Ren combines the arts of calligraphy, painting, sculpture, and miniaturization.  <br><br>The art of miniature calligraphy carved into stone goes back centuries.  &nbsp;Calligraphers also used ivory, bone, and other soft materials to achieve even smaller characters.  &nbsp;Stone carving is difficult because the stone has brittle layer characteristics.<br><br>
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<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><br>The history of the kite reaches back to beyond the Han Dynasty.  The kite is both an art form and a sport in China today.  Kites from Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing and Weifang artists were displayed in Beijing in 2008.  A sampling of the exhibition is mixed with kites flying over Beijing's skies.

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