Chinese
About one-fifth of the world speaks some form of Chinese as its native language, making it the language with the most native speakers. The Chinese language (spoken in its standard Mandarin form) is the official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, one of four official languages of Singapore, and one of six official languages of the United Nations.
The terms and concepts used by Chinese to think about language are different from those used in the West, partly because of the unifying effects of the Chinese characters used in writing, and partly because of differences in the political and social development of China in comparison with Europe. Whereas after the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe fragmented into small nation-states, the identities of which were often defined by language, China was able to preserve cultural and political unity through the same period.
Cantonese is one of the major dialects of the Chinese language. It is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
Source: wikipedia.org
Links
Dimsum
Website created for the British Chinese community.
Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the UK
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1968 and was formed to promote and assist in business and commerce related matters for the Chinese Community.
Learn Cantonese
Great site with basic vocabulary and phonetics.
Learning the Chinese language
A Wikibook guide.
Chinese New Year
The complete guide to the Chinese New Year. Fortune cookies. Chinese Calendar. New Year greetings. Electronic Chinese New Year cards, etc.