Some Initial Resources

My hope is that you will add to this list your favorite sites, whether they are Western or Eastern, and give some feedback on what you like and dislike about the various sites. Here are some of the many places I go every day to try and understand China and its rapid transformation into a super power in the 21st century.

Many of these sites are available in Chinese as well as English. This is just a small initial list to get us started towards a much more comprehensive look at China today, a moving target. Whatever you thought you knew about China yesterday, may not hold true for China tomorrow.
As onoe example, China announced a couple of days ago that tap water is SAFE to drink in Beijing. Well, my tap water in Beijing comes out brown, so I am not so sure, but that is an amazing statement in and of itself. What the West sees as contradiction abounds in China.

China Daily: to get the Party line so to speak
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

China Digital Times: China Digital Times (CDT) is a collaborative news website covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the world. CDT aims to use the new generation of participatory media technology to create a fully interactive network that will track and report news, facilitate conversations and debate, and share resources and knowledge in a virtual China community.
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/

Asia Times:
http://www.atimes.com/

China Herald: Weblog with daily updates of the news on a harmonious, socialist society, from the perspective of internet entrepreneur, new media advisor and China-consultant Fons Tuinstra
http://www.chinaherald.net/

People's Daily:

With publication started in June 1948 and a current circulation of 3 million, People's Daily is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China. According to UNESCO, it takes its place among the world top 10.

People's Daily brings you the latest news dispatches of policy information and resolutions of the Chinese Government and major domestic news and international news releases from China. It reflects the views of the Chinese people, expounds on justice and lambasts various forms of malpractice.

http://english.people.com.cn/