Learning Chinese on CCTV-9

One great resource for people wanting to learn Chinese and visit China is the China Central Television channel (CCTV-9) which is available on Sky Digital Channel 511. The channel has lots of news and China interest stories as well as a useful program teaching Chinese which is called 'Travel in Chinese'

The 'Travel in Chinese' program is on at 7:15pm every weekday. It is a very good learning resource because it informs the viewer about China while at the same time teaching the language. Every episode includes a some information about tourist places in China as well as some sample dialogue which is examined.