Chinese Characters Dictionary Web
Rick Harbaugh’s site hyperlinks across thirteen major online dictionaries at the character-to-character level. Search by radical, character, or English. Also adds definition links to Chinese text.
http://zhongwen.com/zi.htm
Chinese Culture
About.com guide to travel, arts, history, games, food and traditions. Includes chat, forum, news and weekly articles.
http://chineseculture.about.com/
US Department of State - China
Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, Country Study, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ch/