Open Directory - Regional: Asia: China: Society and Culture
See also: This category in other languages: - Summary of the government's policies on family planning, family life and the status of ethnic minorities in the country. - Journal for the China aid community, including articles, searchable database of NGOs and job and event noticeboards. Recent issues by subscription only. - Includes dates of festivals and information on baby gender selection and lucky name selection. - A pro-Chinese summary of the country's cultural history. - Conversion using either time zone or city longitude. - Discussion of the relationship between the Chinese and Western calendars, with related data. - Information on traditional and contemporary practices in China and Hong Kong. - Essays on aspects of Chinese and Western history and philosophy, focusing on their shared features. By Robert Trout. - Explains the rules of Chinese lunar leap month and the Stem-Branch system. - 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. - Charityware program which calculates the dates of major Chinese festivals for the years 1900-2060. - Converts between the traditional Chinese lunar calendar and the Western calendar. - Articles on various aspects of the country by a Hong Kong-based reporter. - Includes leap lunar month and the difference between astronomical calendar and civil calendar. - 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. - Information about various aspects of the country, with pro-government political material.
