CHI302: Chinese III: News/Newspapers

中国与世界，环境危机大家谈 WHERE CHINA AND THE WORLD DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENT

chinaSMACK is a blog based in California, United States, that covers Chinese internet culture, trends, and discussion.The majority of its content are trending Chinese-language internet news articles, social media posts, and Chinese netizen comments that have been translated into English, ...

Major microblogging platform in China.

Good information in English about contemporary China.

Academic writing in English with Chinese vocabulary for Chinese concepts and links back to the original sources in Chinese. Excellent for research on media in China.

Bilingual news. This site includes the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon (is an online glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions)

This is a very nice way to read Chinese language newspapers. You can check your understanding of Chinese by reading the English language version of the article. BUT...the posts are over 5 years old, so it won't work for contemporary news.

flip between the U.S. and Chinese editions of the NYT to build vocabulary on your topic.

Bilingual news aimed at middle school students.

is Taiwan's leading English language newspaper. On the English language articles, names are given in Chinese. There are sometimes links to the Chinese language articles as well.

Read the articles in Chinese and click on the link at the bottom to see the original English article.

Harness the power of Baidu to help you find articles on your topic.

Sina is another option for finding articles.