30 May 2008

Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (IREECAS), China
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China
Self-description: "The Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (IREECAS) under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is one of the institutes of CASS specializing in international studies. Preparations for its setting up began in July 1964, and it was formally established in March 1965. [...] The functions of the IEERCAS [sic] are to conduct systematic basic research on politics, economy, foreign relations, culture, education and other areas in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asian republics, and engage in certain applied research, so as to serve China's socialist modernization drive and its reform and opening-up, and to promote mutual understanding and friendly cooperation between China and various countries in this region. At present, the institute has a total staff of 150, including 80 research personnel."
Site contents:
* About IREECAS; * Organization (Chinese Association for East European, Russian and Central Asian Studies, Section of Russian Politics and Social Culture, Section of Russian Economy, Section of Russian Foreign Relations, Section of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Section Central Asian, Section East European, Section Ukrainian, Editorial Department of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies, Editorial Department of Russian, East European & Central Asia Market. Section of Research Coordination and Management Library. Administration); * Focal Points of Work; * Staff and Fellows; * Academic Association; * Graduate; * Journals; * Publications; * Visiting program.
A tri-lingual [CN,EN, RU] site.
URL http://euroasia.cass.cn/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://euroasia.cass.cn/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300