Dear Friend,

Spring is almost here and it is time to swing into spring cleaning! We are busy at organizing and cleaning up our new warehouse ... so you can take advantage and enjoy our spring cleaning sale! We have added dozens of products to our Sales Outlet, including clothes, accessories for children and adults, arts&crafts items and much more!

Again, please take note for our new contact information: 

ChinaSprout, Inc.
110 West 32nd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-868-8488
Fax: 212-658 9185

Spring Cleaning Sale

ChinaSprout's Spring Cleaning Sale is our biggest ever!  Many products across all categories are now available at greatly reduced prices.  This is a great opportunity for you to scoop up some quality merchandize as we tidy out our warehouse!  Check out these sales pages:

• Apparel for Children
• Apparel for Women
• Accessories for Children
• Accessories for Women
• Sales: Books
• Sales: Home Decor
• Sales: Arts & Crafts

Videos & VCDs…

The videos and VCDs available this week cover a variety of topics.  We have two beautiful stories about adoption from China, a brand new video to learn Chinese language, two VCDs about dancing, and a series of breathtaking VCDs which take you on a virtual tour across China!

• Love Without Boundaries
• My Unforgotten Daughter
• Learn Chinese with Billy and BenBoo Beginners' Level 1
• Square Yards of Beijing
• Hutong of Beijing
• The Landscape of Sichuan
• The Silk Road
• Collection of Best Minority Dances from Beijing Middle Schools
• Lan Tian Kindergarten's Dance Training

Folk Music…

From nostalgic folk music to regional tunes, these CDs are all equally impressive!  Listen to melodies from years past and then enjoy beautiful compositions from regions all over China: 

• Memories of Suzhou
• Old Shanghai
• Fishergirls Live on the Seaside
• Old Time's Popular Songs
• Beautiful Xinjiang
• Folk Music from Different Provinces
• Folk Music from Minority Regions

Classical Music for Everyone…

We have some really soothing tunes to offer you this week.  Perfect for relaxing in the spring weather, the music is also suitable to listen to while having tea.  We haven't forgotten the kids either.  Check out the collection of piano music made specially for the young ones:

• Sound of Silk and Bamboo from Rivertown
• Music of Tea
• Green Bamboo - Flute Music
• Four Seasons in China
• Collection of Chinese Children Piano Music

Books…

Our ever-expanding Chinese learning books section includes two offerings this week. Learn advanced Chinese with Chinese For Today (2) and Intensive Spoken Chinese audio cassettes. Young children, on the other hand, will enjoy the colorful bilingual picture books!

• Intensive Spoken Mandarin Chinese Audiocassettes
• Chinese For Today 2 (Box Set)
• New Practical Chinese Reader Audiocassette for Instructor's Manual
• Mouse and Elephant
• If I had a Sheep

Home Décor and More…

Use the beautiful Asian-themed photo frames, decorative boxes, stationery sets, and gift wrapping paper to decorate your home and send very special gifts to love ones!  Corolle has added another cute Asian doll to their 2004 collection, and yes, we have scooped it right up!

• Asian Design Nesting Boxes
• Dragon and Flora Picture Frame
• Double Happiness Photo Frame
• Dragon Photo Frame
• Stacking Stationery Set
• Asian Design Gift Wrapping Paper
• Calin Yang Pastel 2004

Popular Products Back in Stock

Our shelves are full again, with popular books, toys and accessories.  Get them before these popular products sell out again!

• Qipao Bag
• Asian Baby Girl or Boy - 14''
• Dragon and Phoenix Satin Shoes
• Watercolor Painting - Roly-Poly Doll
• Watercolor Painting - Be Together
• Watercolor Painting - Playing La Da Ju
• Watercolor Painting - Girl with Pets
• Chinese For Today - Textbook 1
• Chinese For Today Book 1 Exercises
• Chinese For Today (Box Set)
• Learn to Speak Chinese 1
• Communicate in Cantonese (Book + CD)
• Chinese Character Workbooks
• Chinese Character Magnetic Puzzle Boards - Food/Fruits and Vegetables
• Chinese Character Magnetic Puzzle Boards - Animals/Transportation
• My First Chinese Words CD-ROM

Yue-Sai WaWa on Sale!

Check out select Yue-Sai WaWa dolls on sale! Take advantage of this offer to add to your Yue-Sai Collection.

• Mandarin Trio
• Red Glamour II
• Pretty in Pink
• Pink Shanghai Chic
• Yellow Shanghai Chic
• Day to Night Glamour
• Japanese Blossom
• Year of the Horse

and many more here.  Don't forget to check them all out today!

2004 Calendars on Sale!

Our ever-popular calendars are now on sale up to 75%! Get your the Jinshan Painting Calendars, the Monkey King Chinese Knotting Calendar, and more.  Unique and authentic, they are sure to make beautiful decorations for your home.

• Zodiac Papercut Calendar
• Bamboo Teapot & Calendar Coasters   
• Monkey & Chinese Knotting Calendar - 2004

Just two offerings this week and they are interesting indeed:

A Thousand-Year Treasury of Chinese Masterpieces
By GRACE GLUECK (NYT)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features some of the most striking paintings from ancient China. 
Get the whole story here

Japan and China: National Character Writ Large

By NORIMITSU ONISHI (NYT)
A very interesting article about how the Japanese and Chinese languages transcend into people's lives and their identities.

Get the whole story here