The new issue of CultureWork explores the evolution of the ChinaVine project and its online interface, ChinaVine.org. ChinaVine.org site is an interpretive online space allowing for contributors from around the world to present ideas, images, and interpretations of China’s cultural heritage. In this article, faculty and former graduate students at the University of Oregon, coordinators of the site’s development, introduce the visioning behind the process and the ways in which challenges have been met for transferring a diverse and vibrant culture to an online medium.