David Bar-Tzur
Flag: World flag database.
Map: Maps.com - "search" for country, then "Digital Map Graphics").
OR
Map: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
For a quick, interesting resource for facts about this and other countries,
try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.
Note: A flag next to a link shows what language the website is in. If it is followed by this icon: (
), it is a video in that spoken language. If it is followed by this icon: 
, it is in the sign language of that country. If a globe is followed by this hands icon, there is an animated text in International Gesture.
647658990. (2007). 和你一樣 (JUST) LIKE YOU (SIGN LANGUAGE VERSION).歌曲：《和你一樣》. 作曲：玉米. 作詞：玉米. 主唱：李宇春. 說明: 見証與（李宇春）一起走過的日子.
這是一首原創歌曲，是上海玉米送給李宇春的一份禮物.
Callaway, A. (2000, March 23). Deaf Children in China. Gallaudet University Press. ISBN-10: 1563680858, ISBN-13: 978-1563680854. 1. Introduction. 2. The Chinese family and the deaf child. 3. Deafness in China. The role of professional and parents in the education of deaf children. Urban families with deaf children. Letters to Zhou Hong. 7. Conclusions. Excerpt from Chapter Six: Letters to Zhou Hong.
Ethnologue. Chinese Sign Language: A language of China.
Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache. Chinese Sign Language.
LifePrint. Chinese Sign Language.
Wikipedia. Chinese Sign Language.
Wilkinson, J. & Marthinussen, J. (1997). Chinese Sign Language.
Yang J.H.; Fischer S.D. Expressing negation in Chinese Sign Language. CSL displays some unique features. One is a negative handshape, phonetically equivalent to the fingerspelled letter i in ASL. It also seems that a horizontal handwave and a side-to-side headshake have equivalent negative force, but the two cannot be used simultaneously. The structures of negative words and sentences show that CSL has a unique grammatical system that forces us to rethink some of our assumptions about sign language negation.
Bar-Tzur, D. Indigenous signs for cities: China.
Fingeralphabet China (Chinese fingerspelling).
maxiewawa. (2007, November 5). Chinese Sign Language.
SignPuddle. Dictionary China.
中国特殊教育网_听障. 中国手语.
Wei W, Wong R, Hui Y, et al. (2000). Chinese tonal language rehabilitation following cochlear implantation in children. Cantonese language rehabilitation in 28 prelingually deaf children who underwent cochlear implantation was evaluated. All patients were implanted with multichannel devices and the operations went smoothly. They all had improved scores on audiological assessments and speech perception tests. The speech evaluation tests included the recognition of sounds, vowels, consonants and tone. Sentence recognition and story comprehension were both improved after training for 2 years. Cochlear implantation is a useful measure for the speech rehabilitation of prelingually profound deaf children when hearing aids are of no benefit. The multichannel implant device is of clinical significance in the rehabilitation of those patients using tonal language.
About.com. IV. Protection of disabled children.
Beijing Declaration on the Rights of People with Disabilities in the New Century. Adopted on 12 March 2000.
About.com. Deaf Community - China.
Boletín Internacional de Prensa para Personas Sordociegas. (Mayo 2001). Los invisibles sordociegos chinos.
Chan LM, Lui B. Self-concept among hearing Chinese children of deaf parents.
Discovering Deaf worlds - China.
Witteborg, E.
(2006, October 16). Best interpreter in the WORLD. I met the best interpreter in the world in Shanghai last sunday!!!! MUST SEE to believe!
(2006, October 11). Deaf Adventists in Shanghai.
(2006, October 01). ASL VLOG part 2.
huxiaoshu.
(2007, October 10). Sign Language Teacher & Sign Language Interpreter-Part2-by China 手语老师与手语翻释.
(2007, October 10). 国际聋人节 -2007年来自中国.
(2007, September 27). "DEAF" SihnLanguage="聋哑"与"聋人"的区别.
(2007, September 25). Wish All Deafs a happy Mid-Autumn Festival 祝愿全体聋人中秋节快乐！ Mid-Autumn Festival=Moon Festival The eghth full moon.
(2007, September 23). International Day of the Deaf
by China.
聋康网 - 聋儿 聋人 专业资讯 互动交流 - 打造听力语言健康门户.
Callaway, A. (2000). Deaf children in China. To learn how Chinese parents raise their deaf children, Alison Callaway conducted extensive research in the city of Nanjing in 1994. There, she interviewed the parents of 26 deaf children while also carefully analyzing a large collection of letters written by other parents to the supervisor of the nursery school that was the center of her research. She also made fact-finding visits to several other schools and programs for deaf preschoolers, and had discussions with teachers, administrators, and staff members.
EENET.
(2003, January 31). A Entrevista do EENET. Lixia Qian é directora do Instituto de Ciências Educacionais de Beijing Xicheng, na China. Durante a sua recente visita ao Reino Unido tivemos oportunidade de conhecer melhor os acontecimentos que estão a ter lugar na China. Nesta entrevista ela explica porque é que a investigação é tão importante para o desenvolvimento do sistema educativo Chinês.
EENET. (2003, January 31). The EENET Interview. Lixia Qian is the Director of the Beijing Xicheng Institute of Educational Sciences in China. During her recent visit to the UK we took the opportunity to find out more about what’s happening in China. In this interview she explains why research is so important for the development of China’s education system.
Li X. (2005, March 4) Deaf students at Zhongzhou University will be able to communicate face-to-face with foreign Deaf people.
PEN-International.
Haifang L. & Jing L. (2005, March 4). Deaf students will use webcam phone to connect to the world. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Li X. (2005, March 4) Deaf students at Zhongzhou University will be able to communicate face-to-face with foreign Deaf people. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Xiaomei D. (2005, March 4). PEN-International Project makes pitch to Zhongzhou Univeristy. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Tan Y. & Zhang L. (2005, March 4). Zhongzhou University signs up and joins PEN-International or similar site. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Yihui W. & Xiaoli L. (2005, March 4). World with love and warmth. This is a downloadable PDF file.
XiaoPing S. (2005, January 6). A brilliant new century for the Deaf. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Bao G. (2004). Moisten all things softly without sound: A distinguished special higher education for the deaf. This is a downloadable PDF file.
(2004, 4/15). In Chinese. This is a downloadable PDF file.
RIT News & Events (2003, September 25). NTID's DeCaro to be honored by Tiajin premier. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Li Y. (2002, Nov 17). China Educational Resource and Information Weekly Report. This is a downloadable PDF file.
International exchange and cooperation. Photo and text. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Technical College for the Deaf at Tianjin University of Technology. This is a downloadable PDF file.
Potts, P. (2000, July 20). E Educação Para Todos Na China - Uma Perspectiva Ocidentalç. "A inclusão é um sinal da nossa prosperidade, civilização e perspectiva científica da investigação". As campanhas internacionais do início dos nos 80 alertaram as consciências para os direitos das crianças e das pessoas com deficiência. Tiveram lugar na ocasião em que abriam as portas entre a China e o Ocidente. A tarefa da reconstrução da educação após a Revolução Cultural de 1966-76, foi assim iniciada no contexto dum debate e de uma consciência políticas mais vastos. Ao longo dos últimos 12 anos tenho observado algumas das formas como os educadores Chineses tem respondido a estes desafios.
Qu C, Sun X, Zheng R. Intelligence study on 1758 deaf children in China.
Tan Y. & Zhang L. (2004, May 3). Zhongzhou University signs up and joins PEN-International.
The TUT Technical College for the Deaf.
Piao liang ma ma. Chinese screen goddess Gong Li plays a single mother in contemporary Beijing who struggles to educate and raise her deaf son. This film, which was very popular at the Berlin Film Festival, is a very moving portrayal of the struggle to get by in modern China.
China Children Hearing Aid Foundation.
Liu, W. (18 December 2002). Hero Zhu Yan. A young woman has dedicated her life to helping China's deaf children to hear - and their parents to understand better what they are going through.
People's Daily.
(5 November 2002). 163,000 deaf kids in China regain hearing ability. A total of 163,000 deaf children have managed to recover their hearing and speaking capacity thanksto a rehabilitation program China launched in 1988.
(4 March 2002). China strives to help deaf kids recover hearing.
CRIEnglish.com. (2007, February 12). Largest-ever Sign Language Dance Competition Held in Chengdu. The nation's largest ever sign language dance competition kicked off in Chengdu, south-west Sichuan Province, on Saturday morning. With the aim of publicizing and promoting the language, the dancing contest hopes to create a barrier-free working and living environment for the city's 200,000 deaf residents through the activity.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, July 4). Deaf seek the right to drive in Shanghai. Some deaf people in Shanghai are arguing that they are capable of becoming good drivers and should be allowed to hold a legal driver's license, instead of relying on public transport or buying illicit licenses on the black market. Currently, China prohibits deaf, blind and most disabled people from obtaining driver's licenses, making it one of some 20 countries in the world that turn down deaf drivers.
(2004, March 29). Deaf girl impresses Miss Universe judges. A 22-year-old deaf girl in Beijing distinguished herself among 50 candidates for the Semi-final Contest for Miss Universe of China and made her way into the final round, Beijing Times reports... She impressed members of the review committee and spectators with her self-confidence, intelligence, and outstanding performance skills during the semi-final round, which was held in Beijing last Wednesday.
(2003, July 20). Dalian Girl to Compete in Miss Deaf World 2003. The Miss Deaf World 2003 contest to be held in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, on July 19 will be attended by 25-year-old Dalian native, Zhang Huanying, China's first competitor in the competition.
(2003, April 21). Miss China selected. Confident, healthy Wu Wei won the title of Miss China Sunday evening and will contend for the title of Miss Universe in Panama in June. Zhang Rui and Xin Xiaojing were the second and third runners up, respectively, at the competition. Jiang Xintian, a deaf-mute girl, was the recipient of the Media Focus prize.
(2003, March 7).
Chinese lab hopes to commercialize sign-language recognition platform. A group of researchers at China's Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) is looking to commercialize a sign-language recognition program that could help more than 20 million hearing-impaired people in China more easily communicate.
The program allows written and verbal input of Chinese characters, or other languages, which are then translated into sign language gestures by a virtual person. The hearing-impaired can use the program, along with a set of "digital gloves", to input sign language that is then spoken or converted to text.
(2003, March 5). Bus workers learn to sign. Bus conductors in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in the northwest, are being trained to use sign language to provide better service for deaf or mute passengers... "We have started with bus routes that carry large numbers of travelers who need to be told precisely where they are so they don't get lost," said Yang Weihai.
Thousand-hand Bodhisattva Dance.Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion.
聋康网 - 聋儿 聋人 专业资讯 互动交流 - 打造听力语言健康门户.
A New Method for Motion Retargeting for the Hand Gesture. GE Chun-Bao, CHEN Yi-Qiang, YIN Bao-Cai, GAO Wen, YANG Chang-Shui. Abstract Existed motion retargeting algorithms mostly focused on the motion between the character and the environment and seldom considered the interaction among the segments of a character, especially for the hand gesture. In this paper a new method for motion retargeting for the hand gesture is proposed. Realistic and natural animations with similar meanings to the original can be produced through the way. First many sensitive points are defined on the human body, and key sensitive points and secondary sensitive points are selected through analyzing the importance of the sensitive points. Then a novel method based on the relative position of the original sensitive points is proposed to compute the target sensitive point position. Finally an adapted IK solver is utilized to realize the retargeting problem. Experimental results show that the proposed method dramatically improves the recognition rate of the Chinese sign language synthesis system about 30%.
Chinese Sign Language Synthesis System. CSLSS has been developed by Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Science and Harbin Institute of Technology. It is a system using computer technology that translates speech into text through virtual human and sign language synthesis technology in order to help hearing people communicate with the hearing impaired. At same time, the system can be used for finger language and sign language teaching.
Ma, J; Gao, W; Wu, J; Wang, C. A continuous Chinese sign language recognition system. We describe a system for recognizing both the isolated and continuous Chinese sign language (CSL) using two cybergloves and two 3SAPCE-position trackers as gesture input devices. To get robust gesture features, each joint-angle collected by cybergloves is normalized. The relative position and orientation of the left hand to those of the right hand are proposed as the signer position-independent features. To speed up the recognition process, fast match and frame prediction techniques are proposed.
Research on machine translation oriented transformation from Chinese into Chinese sign language
Xu Lin; Yuan Bao-zong; Gao Wen; Tang Xiao-fang; Xu Yan
Signal Processing, 2002 6th International Conference on
Volume 2, Issue , 26-30 Aug. 2002 Page(s): 1023 - 1026 vol.2
Digital Object Identifier. Summary: Chinese sign language is a visual language. Chinese is a natural language. Research on translation from natural language into visual language is of practical and academic significance. In this paper Chinese sign language sentence structure is deeply analyzed. From the point of view of machine translation, the basic sentence patterns are classified into eight types. And transformation rules from Chinese into Chinese sign language are presented.
Wang, C; Chen, X; Gao, W. Expanding training set for Chinese Sign Language recognition. In Sign Language recognition, one of the problems is to collect enough training data. Almost all of the statistical methods used in Sign Language Recognition suffer from this problem. Inspired by the crossover of genetic algorithms, this paper presents a method to expand Chinese Sign Language (CSL) database through re-sampling from existing sign samples.
Yiqiang C., Wen G., Gaolin F., Changshui Y., Zhaoqi W. CSLDS: Chinese Sign Language Dialog System.
手语合成中的多模式行为协同韵律模型 Multi-Model Behavior Synchronizing Prosody Model in Sign Language Synthesis. 计算机学报 >>2006年05期 陈益强 , 高文 , 刘军发 , 杨长水 , CHEN Yi-Qiang , GAO Wen , LIU Jun-Fa , YANG Chang-Shui. 利用大量真实多模式行为数据进行学习训练、获取单模式行为的韵律模型以及多模式行为之间的协同关联模型的方法,来实现虚拟人多模式行为之间的协同.重点给出了多模式行为的韵律模型描述,同时给出基于手语韵律参数与语音韵律特征融合的协同控制韵律模型以及韵律参数获取方法,并运用于多模式行为协同控制中,取得了较好的实验结果.与传统的规则法相比,该学习方法更能刻画多模式之间协同关联的复杂性,更好地实现虚拟人多模式行为合成的逼真性.
Thousand-hand Bodhisattva Dance.Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion.
