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You don't have to learn Chinese characters to learn Chinese! Hanyu pinyin allows you to read and write Chinese using roman characters.

Chinese New Year always calls for big celebrations in a lot of places where there are Chinese communities around the globe. In the United States, San Francisco, California has one of the most festivities to commemorate the Chinese New Year.

With so many online educational programs, www.activechinese.com makes learning the Chinese language easy by being interactive.

Chinese is a useful language for travelers and business people. There are many routes to take when learning, but which is best?

For any students looking to learn Mandarin Chinese for fun, business or other reasons, this is the site for you.

Chinese New Years Celebrations to enjoy while in Seattle

Better to get a Chinese phrasebook than this. Not for seriously studying Chinese.

The whole project has to be retranslated from Chinese to Chinese. Confuse, you would better be.

Maybe 15 days of partying is a little too much of a good thing. Don't worry. Celebrating the Chinese New Year is more about how you feel...

Philadelphia, PA is full of exciting events for celebraing Chinese New Year: The Year of the Rat.

When is Chinese New Year held? Why are red packets containing money given out? What is the significance of certain food dishes that are eaten, and the lion and dragon dances? This list will help parents and educators who want to learn more about this festival.

Helping your kids and yourself learn a foreign language is easier today than ever before.

Looking at Chinese culture as it is depicted in Bound Feet, Western Dress: A Memoir from the perspective of one raised in America in the late twentieth century, Yu-i's experience of gender as a social construction may at first glance appear to be a wholly negative one.

If you grew up in a multicultural city such as New York, you've probably been exposed to more than 50 languages in a given year. But which one of them is the hardest to learn? Many say English for all of the different rules.

Here are websites to help you learn almost any language for free.

Based on ancient Chinese statistics, a Chinese pregnancy calendar predicts the gender of an unborn child. Using the mother's age and the date of the baby's conception, the calendar can tell if a baby will be a boy or a girl.

Easy and intermediate craft levels for Chinese paper lanterns. Use as decorations or invitations to a Chinese New Year party this February.

Chinese New Year foods can be ordered as well as cooked, or do both! Here are some traditional auspicious foods to order, and a simple and fun recipe for another. Enjoy bringing in the first year of the Chinese Zodiac!

he Chinese New Year is a great opportunity to learn about the traditions of Chinese culture while having fun.

San Francisco has one of the largest Chinese New Year Celebrations. It is an almost month long street party with something for the whole family. It is a great way to forget about winter and start thinking of spring

Tips for spectators of the 2008 Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco

Do you enjoy Chinese food? Do you love celebrating different cultures' holidays? Put together a feast of traditional Chinese New Year foods to welcome in the new year! Learn a little bit about the symbolism of Chinese New Year foods, as well.

Manhattan is coming alive this Chinese New Year with lots of events. Check out these local celebrations of the Year of the Rat.

This year, I traveled to see relatives in Vancouver, BC to celebrate the coming of the Chinese New Year.

What do the Chinese have on us when it comes to ringing in the new year? Well, for starters, a 15-day celebration involving fireworks, dumplings and customs seemingly designed to drive your mother crazy!

How to learn a foreign language, when immersion techniques are not available.

There's an interesting history to how Chinese writing came about.

Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren believes if "our students are going to succeed in a more globally competitive environment, it's essential that they learn a second language," including Chinese.

American politicians are gearing up for legislation to restrict immigration. Whatever comes out will be just another in a long line of policies designed not to restrict immigrants, but immigrants from undesirable countries.

Chinglish is the ungainly - and endlessly humorous - spontaneous interpretation of the English language as written by some Chinese language speakers.

Got time to waste? Here are 101 web sites to surf where you can waste all your free time.

Chinese take-out food is popular because it's quick and easy to prepare. You can either pay a little more, or take a little extra time, to do it at home.

Learn a foreign language "Before You Know It," using this free program.

It used to be easier to tell reproductions of Antique Chinese furniture from the real thing. Not anymore! Here's a guide to up your learning curve.

This stitch is meant for someone who already crochets, and wants to learn a new stitch. If you are new to crocheting, this stitch may seem complicated to you.

When living in China, it's a good idea to make local friends there. This is done through necessity, but also by having local Chinese friends, you can really get in touch with Chinese culture.

Regardless of the crowd, the atmosphere is always laid-back and friendly. The drumming instructors encourage audience participation, so expect to work together to create the sound.

The language of business is changing, adopting an Oriental flair. Learn more about how the Chinese language has become indispensable for doing business overseas.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune disease, but the U. S. won't acknowledge the best of regenerative treatments. Read on to learn how one MS recipient decided to pursue his own course of therapy.

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Pamela Anderson Lee's wedding outfit (a white bikini), Debbie Gibson's halloween Seances, and Pres. Nixon's favorite Johnny Cash tune. Learn while you laugh. A music event timeline, covering the craziness of rock history w/ some down2earth facts mixed in.

Orlando is a frequent travel destination for families young and old. While Disney World is a spectacle you'll want to see, there are other areas you won't want to miss during your stay in the City Beautiful.

Satire is more readily used to influence Americans. Use the lessons as a guide to teach satire and allow students to benefit from the variety of satire available today.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with homemade New Year card. Anyone can make these simple New Year Cards.

Unit with lesson plans on the Chinese New Year.

A few tips and ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year, including two easy craft ideas for making your own Chinese New Year cards, and lots of helpful links.

Even if you don't personally celebrate Chinese New Year, your Chinese friends will appreciate receiving a card for Chinese New Year. This article evaluates Chinese New Year e-card suppliers.

This article details Chinese New Year celebrations in Chicago, Illinois.

Chinese New Year Cards aren't always easy to find, but for your friends on-line, you can send e-cards! For friends in Asia, this also beats the week or two that traditional paper cards take to arrive from the United States.

Chinese New Year is all about prosperity and good fortune. Discover traditional ways of celebrating that the Chinese believe will ensure your year is a happy one.

The Chinese New Year with American celebration for family and friends. Memories for a child's life.

A Chinese New Year's celebration would not be complete without fortune cookies. Fortune cookies are great snacks that the whole family can enjoy, especially as they try to open the fortune cookies to find out what the "Year of the Rat" has in store for them.

This is the Year of the Pig in Chinese astrology. Know what that means for your newborn?

Manhattan's Asian community spares no effort when in creating a glamorous Lunar New Year celebration.

This homemade Chinese New Years parade gong, made from recycled Chinese Happy New Year Cards (red envelopes), will chase away evil spirits. The color red, and the noise it creates as you shake it during the parade, will scare the spirits away.

The Chinese New Year is based on lunar years of the Chinese calendar. This year marks the 4705 lunar year. Beginning February 18, the Year of the Fire Pig commences and culminates in a Lantern Festival on March 3.

Brooklyn will be buzzing with excitement for children and their families at the Central Public Library as well as the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

"Seeing it once is better than being told 100 times." Celebrate this year's New Year's Festivities the Chinese way!