News in Pinyin? I'm an absolute beginner to Chinese (or will be, I'll start learning Mandarin on the 1st of January). While my biggest focus will be speaking at first, I'd like to know where I can find a Chinese news source that's easy to read for beginners. I have used NHK Easy (http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) for Japanese, it's nice for people who don't know all the necessary kanji yet, and the news is relatively short too. What I'm looking for is real world news entirely in Pinyin or with a Pinyin transcription. No need for English, it'll be my goal to translate it to English myself. Speaking of that, a nice online dictionary would be handy too. So where can I find that one?