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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Mar 2000
Vol. 7, No. 107
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 7
Entries rejected: 6
10 Mar 2000
China in the WTO: Interview with Amb. Barshefsky
AsiaSource, USA
Supplied note:
"In this AsiaSource Q&A, Ambassador Barshefsky discusses the
EU-China WTO negotiations, China's Internet and E-commerce sectors,
and recent tensions between China and Taiwan. Includes analysis,
links, trade statistics and speeches."
URL http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=13811
Link suggested by: Jared Green (jaredg@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
07 Mar 2000
Online Bangla Book Resource
Angelnet Technology, Inc., USA
Supplied note:
"This web site is the most comprehensive online information source on bangla books."
[A glacially slow system - ed.]
URL http://www.banglabooks.com
Link suggested by: Nisar Ahmed (nahmed@angelnettech.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
07 Mar 2000
Indonesia Business Directory
www.indonext.com, Indonesia
Self-description: "This pages [are] prepared to
provide information about Indonesia business."
Site contents:
Business; Indonesia (About Indonesia, Economic Trend, Economy,
Executive Summary, Financial, Foreign Trade, History, Investment,
Politics, Tax, Trade Regulation); Indonesia-related links; News
(Indonesian News: newspaper - business news - news magazines - news
sources, World News, Science News, Technical News, Health News,
Financial News, Entertainment News, Sports News); Products; Travel;
Search this site.
URL http://www.indonext.com/
Link suggested by: Erri Hendriawan (erri@centrin.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
05 Mar 2000
Asian American Net
Asian American Net, Macomb, Il, USA
Self-description: "The mission of Asian American Net is to promote and
strengthen cultural, educational and commercial ties
between Asia and North America."
Site contents:
Central Asia; Middle East / West Asia; Southeast Asia; East Asia / Far
East; South Asia; Asia in General; About Asian American Net; Asian
American Organizations; Opinion Page; Our Services; Dr. Wen Ho Lee
Defense Fund; Announcements; Comments/Suggestions; Immigration Issues
& Resources; Policies & Disclaimer; Suggest A Site; U.S. Media
& Newspapers.
[Yet another (yawn) guide to the online resources - ed.]
URL http://www.asianamerican.net
Link suggested by: Dr. M. Bazlul Karim (mbkarim@macomb.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
03 Mar 2000
Australasian Middle East Studies Association - Jul 2000
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note:
"The Australasian Middle East Studies Association annual conference (2000)
will be held at The University of Melbourne (5-6 July 2000)
The theme of the 19th Annual Conference will be 'Reclaiming the Millennium.'
What are the implications of the growing assertiveness of civil societies in
the Middle East? What is the impact on the domestic politics and culture of
Middle Eastern countries? How does it reflect on relations with the rest of
the world?"
URL http://www.arabic.unimelb.edu.au/events/amesa/amesa3.htm
Link suggested by: Shahram Akbarzadeh (s.akbarzadeh@latrobe.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
02 Mar 2000
DPP 2000: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party
Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA
Supplied note:
"An Internet-based report offering the first comprehensive
English-language overview of the DPP's platform, organization and
decision-making process. The report includes detailed discussions of
the DPP's positions on Taiwan independence and other issues, party
factionalism and popular perceptions of the DPP.[...] 'DPP 2000' is
not sponsored or endorsed by the DPP or any other political party or
organization."
Contents:
Introduction and Overview; Platform and Policies; Organization;
Factionalism; Decision-making; Prospects and Scenarios; The Next
Generation; Public Opinion; Conclusions; Appendices and Links.
[A potentially valuable site, defeated by a very slow server and broken internal
links - ed.]
URL http://www.dpp2000.com/
Link suggested by: Shelley Rigger (shrigger@davidson.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: rating not available
01 Mar 2000
Linguasphere
Linguasphere Observatory, Wales, UK
Self-description:
"A research network devoted to the
classification of the world's languages and dialects. [...]
The purpose of the website is not only to provide a
free information-service, but also to provide a
forum for the gathering and collation of new and
revised data on the world's languages and dialects."
[The Extracts
section displays extracts from the Linguasphere Register of the World's
Languages and Speech Communities, including a PDF file on the
Sino-Indian phylosector with emphasis on Yue/Cantonese - HL.]
Contents:
Concept; World Language Register; Linguasphere Observatory; What is a
Language?; Languages of the World; A Multilingual World; Getting Involved;
Bookshelf; Resource Databases; Newspage; Mapbase; Links; Download Extracts
URL http://www.linguasphere.org/
Link suggested by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
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