This page is a collection of resources about China. Course specific contents are in Bucknell's course management site, Moodle.

• Weather information for the Chinese cities we will be visiting.

• Reading list for the course.

• Travel safety tips and manners

• Money, credit card, debit card use in China

• Grand projects by Chinese government to promote science and engineering.

• Collection of China related stories, photos, and videos from National Geographic.
  • Shanghai and environment (old meets new).
  • Super Tower (Shanghai).
  • Giant Panda Reserve (Wolong, Sichua).
  • Watercube (National Aquarium, 2008 Olympic site).
  • Birdnest (National Stadium, 2008 Olympic site).

• Collection of Chinese cities we will be visiting from YouTube.
  • Overview:
    • A quick overview of China's internet and e-commerce by Stanford
    • An NBC segment about Shanghai (4:28 minutes)
    • China car market, NBC Nightly News (2:07 minutes)
    • Apple's Chinese Factories: Exclusive, ABC News (5:32 minutes)
    • ABC World News to Broadcast From China (2:53 minutes)
    • A collection of stories from ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

  • Shanghai:
    • Openning ceremony of 2010 World Expo (Shanghai)
    • Sleepless Shanghai
    • Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai. This one has good text.
      Another Yuyuan Gard video, Shanghai This video is more clear.

  • Nanjing:
    • A collection of photos of Nanjing

  • Beijing:
    • Top-10 Beijing Attractions
    • A glimpse of Beijing's huton (alleys)
    • Alley shopping
    • A pedestrian's view

  • Xi'an:
    • A nice (but long, about 9 minutes) video about the city of Xi'an, China. The text description that goes with the video is relatively detailed.

  • Chengdu:
    • Street view of Chengdu, Sichuan
    • A stree walk in Chengdu, China

  • Chongqing:
    • A tourism promotion video about Chongqing, Sichuan

  • Yichang:
    • A walking tour along the two sides of the Yichang section of the Yangtze River .
    • A news segment about Three Gorge Dam power plant in full operation.