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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Feb 2000
Vol. 7, No. 106
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 10
Entries rejected: 3
29 Feb 2000
Tibet Online
Self-description: The site "is operated by the international Tibet
Support Group community [est 1996], providing information on the plight of Tibet
and serving as a virtual community space for the movement. This
movement is dedicated to bringing about substantive negotiations
without preconditions between the Chinese and Tibetan Governments."
Site contents:
About Tibet Online;
Non-English Sites (Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Flemish, French, German,
Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese,
Russian, Spanish, Swedish);
Why Tibet? An Introduction;
The Barkhor: Mailing Lists, Contacts, Market;
Tibet Support Group Global Directory;
Campaigns and Urgent Actions;
Major Tibet Sites;
News, Events, On Tour;
Articles, Speeches;
Legal and Historical Materials;
Tibetan Culture;
Human Rights in Tibet;
Tibet's Environment;
Tibet Women Speak Out;
Books, Software, Movies, Photos;
Travel in Tibet;
Solidarity - Other Struggles;
Tibetan Government's Web Site;
Help Free the World's Youngest Political Prisoner: The 11th Panchen Lama.
[A collection of partially annotated links - ed.]
URL http://www.tibet.org
Link suggested by: Tsering Dorjee (tseringdorjee@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
26 Feb 2000
Photographs from Mongolia
Polar Star, USA
Self-description:
"During the last three years I have wandered over 10,000 miles by jeep
and 1000 miles by horseback through 15 of Mongolia's 18 aimags, or
provinces: Aimag map [followed by 100+ annotated colour photographs from]
Uvs Aimag, Khovd Aimag, Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Omnogov Aimag, Bayankhongor
Aimag, Gov-Altai, Khovsgol Aimag, Khentii Aimag."
URL http://www.doncroner.com/Mongolia.html
Link suggested by: Don Croner (doncroner@doncroner.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
25 Feb 2000
Bilig - The Journal of Social Sciences of the Turkish World
Ahmet Yesevi University Foundation, Ankara, Turkey
A bi-lingual (TR,EN) site of a refereed international social sciences
quarterly published by the Ahmet Yesevi University. The site offers
free access to abstracts of articles published by the journal.
URL http://www.yesevi.edu.tr/bilig
Link suggested by: Ayse Oztekin (ayse@yesevi.edu.tr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
25 Feb 2000
Batek (Orang Asli) hunters-gatherers of Malaysia
www.geocities.com, Japan
Supplied note:
"This site publicises the environmental concerns of the Batek, a
hunting and gathering forest-dwelling Orang Asli (original people) of
Pahang, Malaysia. Some of their anxieties and ideas are presented,
together with basic ethnographic information, photos, research
background, bibliographies, and links to related sites. The author is
a Malaysian anthropologist who has spent six years conducting research
with the Batek."
Site contents: Introduction; Children; More Photos; Research and
Researchers; Bibliographies; Links To Related Sites (Children of the
Rainforest CD-Rom project; Orang Asli Assistance Fund; The State
government of Pahang; Dept of Orang Asli Affairs (JHEOA); Dept of
Wildlife and National Parks, Peninsular Malaysia; Forest Research
Institute of Malaysia (FRIM); SUARAM [a Malaysian human rights' NGO];
Rainforest Information Centre).
URL http://www.geocities.com/tplye/
Link suggested by: Lye Tuck-Po (tuckpo@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
22 Feb 2000
AAS 2000 Panel Abstracts Online
Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Supplied note:
"Abstracts of the papers being presented at the 2000 AAS Annual Meeting
(www.aasianst.org/annmtg.htm), March 9-12, 2000, in San Diego, CA, are
now available on the Association for Asian Studies website."
Site contents:
Border-crossing Sessions; China & Inner Asia; Japan; South Asia;
Southeast Asia; Korea; Interarea; Directory of Participants.
URL http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2000abst/wrld-toc.htm
Link suggested by Jon Wilson (jwilson@aasianst.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
22 Feb 2000
SinoNews Network (SNN)
SinoNews Network, USA
Supplied note:
"SNN provides news from various sources on the greater China region.
It also allows users to [search, as well as] submit comments on
any of the newsbriefs."
[A site run by a perfectly anonymous individual or a group, possibly
with Taiwanese connections - ed.]
URL http://www.sinonews.net/
Link suggested by: Webmaster (webmaster@sinonews.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
22 Feb 2000
Asian-Pacific Law & Policy
Journal (APLPJ)
William S. Richardson School of Law, Univ. of Hawaii, USA
Self-description:
"The Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal was
founded in 1999 [... and covers] legal, policy-based,
and socio-economic issues that arise in or impact
the geographic regions of East Asia and Polynesia,
as well as the individual nations of those regions,
and Australia."
[All articles are fully available on-line in both HTML and PDF
formats. The whole site can be searched. - HL]
URL http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/
Link suggested by Paul C. Lin-Easton (pcle@usa.net) and forwarded by
Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: Useful
19 Feb 2000
Visit Penang Travel and Tourism
Richard Hayward, Australia
Supplied note:
"News and travel information for Penang, the Pearl of the Orient."
Site contents: Hotel Guide; Malaysia; Links; Maps; Travel Info; Forum
URL http://www.visitpenang.com/
Link suggested by: Richard Hayward (richard@visitpenang.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Marginal
18 Feb 2000
Indonesian WWW Directory
www.dreamwater.com, Indonesia
An annotated catalog of Indonesian WWW resources dealing with:
Art & Architecture; Business; Computer; Education; Entertainment;
Food & Beverage; Government; Health & Medicine; Internet &
WWW Resources; Money, Insurance, Investment; Music; News, Media,
Publishing; Science; Social & Politics; Sports; Tour & Travel.
URL http://www.dreamwater.com/biz/clausweb/
Link suggested by: Yohanes (spsindra@sby.centrin.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
17 Feb 2000
Bangladesh International Community News
BICN Dhaka, Bangladesh
Supplied note:
"News & information about Bangladesh for visitors, expat
residents, non-resident Bangladeshis, anyone interested in BGD."
Site contents: The 'Zine (Recent Issues, Feature Archive); Bangladesh (Books on
Bangladesh, Bangla / Bengali, Reference Shelf, Development Related,
FDI / Investment, BGD on the Web); Expat Toolkit (Cultural Adjustment,
Expat Bangladeshis, Bideshis in BGD, Internet Tools for Expats);
Virtual Newmarket; About bicn.com Search the Site
URL http://bicn.com
Link suggested by: Sara Bennett (sbennett@bicn.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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