Useful Links
Social Links for China
http://t.sina.com.cn/ – Wei Bo – China’s Answer to Twitter, you need to be able to read Chinese characters to register so you can view profiles.
http://bbs.sina.com.cn/ – Forum at Sina
http://dzh.mop.com/ – Forum at Mop
http://club.sohu.com/ – Forum at Sohu
http://tieba.baidu.com/ – Forum at Baidu, they claim to be the biggest in the world.
http://www.foreignercn.com/bbs/ – Forum for foreigners in China
http://www.renren.com/ – Social Networking Site
http://www.myspace.cn/ – Chinese Myspace
http://www.ipart.cn/ – Social Networking Site
http://www.jiayuan.com/ – Social Networking Site
Social Links for Japan
http://mixi.jp/ – The biggest social networking site in Japan, you used to have to get an invite to join, now you need a Japanese phone number to activate an account.
http://www.2chan.net/ – Massive Japanese BBS that spawned the idea for an American version 4chan.
Social Links for Korea
http://cyworld.co.kr/ – South Korean social network service, members cultivate relationships with each other through their “minihompy” (mini-homepage), which encompasses a photo gallery, video, message board, guestbook, friend list, and personal bulletin board. Users can also have avatars and “mini-rooms”, small, decorate-able, apartment-like spaces in an isometric projection, all of which makes for a Sims-like experience.
Blog Links
http://www.dannychoo.com/ – Great blog which has a unique style, able to annotate his pictures which is a nice function. All his pictures are high quality and it mainly details his otaku-like interests.
News Links
http://news.sina.com.cn/ – News section of Sina
http://news.qq.com/ – News section of QQ.
http://www.5566.net/news.htm A big collection of many news websites.
General Asian Links
Major Chinese website for fashion portfolios : http://www.moko.cc/ – A large collection of photo-sets and info from models/photographers/make-up artists, etc.
Pretty, sexy, cute, hot and beautiful girls: http://dailylenglui.blogspot.com/ - A blog site aimed at promoting beautiful Asian women to its viewers around the world.
Edgy-art-fashion website http://www.ar1as.com – A style blog with a focus on art, love, fashion, models, music and everything in between.
Tools
Invaluable Translation Tool : http://www.google.com/language_tools (Google Chrome has it inbuilt, other browsers can download plug ins) – Even if it’s not perfect it can be a massive help for navigation and gleaming a minor understanding of things.
Baidu Search Engine : http://www.baidu.com/ – More useful than google for searching through the Chinese net.
Art Links
Free CG textures - http://www.cgtextures.com/ – One of the best sources for free textures on the web, updated regularly, another indispensable service.
Games in Asia Links
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Language Links
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