明城和St. Paul一些最好的中国餐馆

1. Little Szechuan 小四川 (Serves authentic Spicy Sichuan cuisine)

* 422 University Ave W., Saint Paul. Tel: (651)222-1333

http://www.littleszechuan.com/

2. Tea House 香园 (Serve spicy Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine)

* St. Paul: 1676 Suburban Ave. Tel: (651) 771-1790

* Minneapolis: 88 Nathan Lane, Plymouth Tel: (763) 544-3422

http://www.ourteahouse.com/

3. Mandarin Kitchen 北海 (serves Cantonese weekend Dim Sum, etc.)

8766 Lyndale Ave S. Minneapolis, MN Tel: (952) 884-5356

http://www.mealmeal.com/main/member_main.php?action=cover

4. Yummy's 食坊 (serves Cantonese Dim Sum snacks and more)

2450 Nicollet Ave S. Minneapolis Tel: (612) 870-8000

你喜爱中国的传统文化吗？你关心中国的经济与社会发展吗？你想了解中国老百姓的生活吗？你打算将来去中国旅行、学习、工作吗？如果你还没去过中国，或者马上就要去了，那你不妨先看看别人在中国的经历和他们对中国的看法。下面是一些很有意思也很有用的blogs。希望它们对你会有帮助。

1. China Blog List: http://www.chinabloglist.org/ A collection of links to English language weblogs focused on China. Firsthand accounts and independent views of China;

2. China Analyst: http://www.chinalyst.net/ A community for English blogging related to China and Chinese Culture;

3. The China Blog on Time.com: http://time-blog.com/china_blog/ Insightful observers on China's politics, economy and society;

4. Danwei: http://www.danwei.org/ Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. Has its own TV series;

5. Lost Laowai: http://www.lostlaowai.com/ A non-nonsense guide to China;

6. Sinoslpice: http://www.sinosplice.com/life/ A apolitical China-centered weblog of observations on life and language;

7. China Mash: http://chinamash.com/ Photoblog of Beijing, its people, daily life, tourist attractions and more;

8. Signese: http://www.signese.com/ Updated photos of Chinese signs, posters, etc, another way of learning authentic Chinese.

Welcome! 欢迎！

Students, welcome to the CHN 3021 blog! Here I will post Chinese langauge learning and cultural resources that hopefully will be both interesting and useful to you. If you have any Chinese-related announcements or recommendations, I will be glad to post here as well so that you could share great resources with your classmates.

Here is my first recommendation for CHN 3021 students: Xiaoi the online chat robot. Xiaoi (Little I, namely, Little "I, Robot") is a cute and intelligent robot whom you can chat with through Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or just web.

Xiaoi knows the Chinese language pretty well, and also know some basic English. Conversations with the super smart Xiaoi are always full of fun. For students of Chinese, the chat robot is a particularly handy tool for language practice.

Xiaoi also provides many a useful service, such as weather forcast and map search. Users can also invite friends to play games online through the Xiaoi robot. http://www.xiaoi.com/