Thinking Chinese is a place where modern China is exposed to the foreign reader in an innovative and revealing manner (Section Guide, ThinkingChinese Team).

At Thinking Chinese we put efforts to realize two goals shared by users who are interested in the Chinese language and culture. Anyone who wishes to learn about China and improve his or her Mandarin skills can achieve both aims by mastering language skills, while reading about a wide range of topics, from China breaking news to business updates, from Chinese social networks to China's most popular movie stars and more.

The content in Thinking Chinese is managed by a staff which includes Chinese writers, former students of the Chinese language and westerners living in China. Together we produce content in English and easy to read Chinese, helping readers improve their language skills step by step.

In this multicultural sphere, Chinese users can also join and improve their English (and other languages) skills by contacting speakers of other languages through the language partner engine, as well as write about China-related-matters close to their hearts by adding authentic content.

Without doubting the great contribution of some other sites to students of Mandarin and Chinese culture (some are recommended by us in the links section), we offer an additional approach, which requires some diligence, though becomes very rewarding soon enough.

Additional explanations can be found in each section of our site.

我们把对中国感兴趣的用户的两个主要目的结合起来。通过浏览各种话题（从今日的信息和经济报道到中国社会网站和当红影视明星）的中文的文章，用户能实现提高汉语水平以及加强对中国大陆的了解这两个目标。

"汉思"中的文章都是中国作者，或曾学习中文和住在中国的外国人所写。大家一起创作英语文章和较简单的中文文章，帮读者逐渐地提高自己的外语水平。

"汉思"的多元文化氛围，也同样适合中国朋友。在这里，您可以通过语伴速配结识各种母语的外国人，也可以发表文章，讨论有关中国的话题。

毫无疑问，我们对先前一些给予中文学习者很大帮助的网站表示肯定（在联接我们还向用户提供它们的网址），然而我们提出一种新颖的方式，会让真正感兴趣的用户取得很大的进步。

详细描述可在网站各个部分中咨询。