Council on China Exchange

Cultural Exchanges between China and the United States

Photo of the Great Wall, China, by Susan Kullmann

 

 

Today's China Daily

This week's Beijing Review

Today's Exchange Rate

Useful online resources

 

China sites

  • china-embassy.org - Embassy of the PRC in the USA; a great deal of information about China todayBeijing 2008 logo
  • Beijing 2008 - official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, lots of information, including a special report on Chinese Colours
  • News
    • chinadaily.com.cn - China Daily, a leading PRC newspaper in English
    • china.org.cn - China's official gateway to news and information, with weather, travel, etc.
    • bjreview.com.cn - Beijing Review, China's weekly English language magazine
      dealing with many aspects of PRC economy, foreign affairs, etc.

Useful information

  • Information about China from the US Department of State, with extensive information about travel and business
  • Health
    • MDTravelhealth's China health information for physicians and travelers including immunization recommendations, medications, and much more
    • For those in the metro Los Angeles - Healthy Traveler Clinic, located in Pasadena, provides online travel supplies, extensive health information, and operates a comprehensive, personalized service for travel vaccination in S. CA.
  • Weather - check Intellicast's worldwide travel forecasts for regional weather
  • Currency Cheat Sheet from Oanda - Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) to US Dollar (USD) and other tools for travelers: get currency exchange rates on your cell phone or Palm pilot; and pre-flight traveler's checklist.

Maps

  • CIA The World Factbook - China - map updated annually and background information.
  • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, UT Austin, China maps - lots of them, many historical.

photo of the Pudong skyline from the Bund in Shanghai, China, photo by Susan Kullmann

 

Our Mission

Council on China Exchange (CCE China) specializes in bilateral cultural and educational programs in China and the United States. We provide high quality cultural and educational experiences to the interested public, students and teachers from the U.S. as well as from China.