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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid Mar 2000
Vol. 7, No. 108
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 16
Entries rejected: 4
19 Mar 2000
Mongolia This Week - E-Newspaper
Mongolia This Week, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia
Supplied note: "The [English language] newspaper [...] will provide
timely information, commentary and available statistics regarding the
social, political and economic developments in Mongolia. Each new
issue will be uploaded on Fridays. Access to first three issues of
this Internet publication will be free of charge [and after that,
through a subscription - ed.]. We hope you will find our publication
informative and useful."
URL http://www.mongoliathisweek.mn
Information supplied by: D. Narantuya (d_naraa@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
17 Mar 2000
Special Report on Clinton's Trip to South Asia
Asian Update, Asia Society, New York, NY , USA
Supplied note: "Select commentaries and policy papers on South
Asia-U.S. relations as well as specific information regarding this
trip. The report will continue to be updated throughout the duration
of the visit."
URL http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=15331
Information supplied by: Nermeen Shaikh (nermeens@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
16 Mar 2000
India Image: Union Government
Delhi, India
Supplied note: The site "provides access to all government departments
and ministries."
Min. of Parliamentary Affairs; Central Vigilance Commission; Prime
Minister's Office; Supreme Court of India; Indian Courts; Central
Public Works Department; Ministry of External Affairs; Planning
Commission; Min. of Small Scale Industries & Agro and Rural
Industries; Min. of Social Justice and Empowerment; Min. of Labour;
Min. of Communications; Min. of Agriculture; Min. of Urban Affairs;
Min. of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution; Min. of Civil
Aviation; Central Bureau of Investigation; Prime Minister's Councils;
Taskforce on Infrastructure; Group on Telecommunications; Min. of
Defence; Indian Armed Forces; Min. of Non Conventional Energy Sources;
Min. of Planning and Programme Implementation; Min. of Petroleum &
Natural Gas; Min. of Chemicals and Fertilizers; National Taskforce on
Information Technology and Software Development; Min. of Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions Cabinet Secretariat; Min. of Finance
(Economic Survey 1999-2000, Union Budget 2000-2001, Union Budget 1999
- 2000, Economic Survey 1998 - 1999, Department of Revenue); Min. of
Power; Min. of Rural Development; Min. of Commerce and Industry; Min. of
HRD; Min. of Culture, Youth Affairs & Sports Min. of Science &
Technology; Min. of Mines and Minerals; Min. of Steel; Min. of
Textiles; Min. of Tribal Affairs; Min. of Home Affairs Min. of Food
Processing Industries; Min. of Water Resources; Min. of Surface
Transport; Min. of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Min. of
Environment & Forests; Min. of Information & Broadcasting Min.
of Health & Family Welfare; Min. of Heavy Industries & Public
Enterprises; Ninth Five Year Plan (1997 - 2002).
[The above entry has been extracted form a select list of Indian
websites compiled by the American Information Resource Center (AIRC),
New Delhi (www.usia.gov/abtusia/posts/IN1/wwwhlib.html) - ed.]
URL http://indiaimage.nic.in/ug.htm
Information supplied by: Rebecca McDuff (mcduffr@state.gov), forwarded
by David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
16 Mar 2000
Tibetan Buddhism Studies Program, Nepal
Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
Supplied note:
The Rangjung Yeshe Institute Shedra Studies Program [est. 1997] "is
offering a multiple-year, non-sectarian program for those wishing to
deepen their insight and understanding of the Buddha's teachings. The
institute is meant to provide a forum for any level of student to
immerse themselves in the study of Buddhism as well as Tibetan
language. Therefore, in addition to classical philosophy, intensive
courses in literary as well as spoken Tibetan language will be
offered."
Site contents: Verses; About Shedra (Why Study? Vision, Mission,
Structure, Translation); Program; Courses; Faculty; Academic Info;
Practical Info; Teachings; Support; Other Centers; F.A.Q.
[The key members of the faculty are: Ven. Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Abbot;
H.E. Kela Chokling Rinpoche, President and Vajra Master;
Ven. Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Advisor;
Khenpo Pema Gyaltsen, Dean of Studies - ed.]
URL http://www.shedra.com/
Link suggested by: Rangjung Yeshe Institute/Shedra Studies Program (shedra@mos.com.np)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
16 Mar 2000
Centre of Research on Education in China (CREC)
Hong Kong University, HK, PRC
Supplied note:
"The [Centre], est. in 1998, is built upon many years of contact,
research, and experience with a multitude of educational institutions
all across China. [...] The CREC team aims to apply their
international expertise to the study of education in China and to act
as a bridge between researchers in China and abroad."
URL http://www.hku.hk/chinaed/
Link suggested by: [name and contact details of the contributor were not provided - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
15 Mar 2000
The 2000 Taiwan
Presidential Elections
Asian Update, Asia Society, New York, NY , USA
Supplied note: "The [analysis is] authored by Professor Cal Clark of
Auburn University, a well-know expert on Taiwan. These elections [on
18 Mar 2000], the second direct elections for President of Taiwan,
mark a watershed in Taiwan's history as Lee Teng-hui exits the scene."
Site contents: Introduction; Parties and Candidates (Political Parties
in Taiwan, Candidates); The Issues (Relations with China, Corruption)
The Candidates' Stands (Cross-Strait Relations and National Identity,
From Machine Politics to Black-and-Gold Politics); Conclusion;
Appendix 1: Electoral Support of Major Parties; Appendix 2: Winners in
Taiwan's Elections in the 1990s; Specialists; Further Reading.
[The document is a hefty 121KB page - ed.]
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/taiwan_elections.html
Information supplied by: Nermeen Shaikh (nermeens@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
14 Mar 2000
1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State, USA
The report released Feb 25, 2000 covers individual countries of
Africa, Europe and Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as
the following countries of the Middle East, Asia and Pacific regions:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China & Hong Kong, Fiji, Georgia,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Occ. Territories, Jordan, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea Nth, Korea Sth, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Ils., Micronesia,
Mongolia, NZ, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, PNG, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines,
Qatar, Russia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Ils., Sri
Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,
Vietnam, Yemen.
URL http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/99hrp_index.html
Information supplied by: The Scout Report (scout-report@hypatia.cs.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
14 Mar 2000
CAMEL (aka CAMSP-L): the Central Asian Media Listserv
Osh Media Resource Center, Uzbekistan & Central Asian Media Support Project (CAMSP), Kyrghyzstan
Supplied note:
"Central Asian Media Support
Project (www.camsp.osh.kg) is a non-governmental and non-profit
organization with the main goal of media development in Central Asia.
[...] This [moderated] listserv was set up [....for those] who are
interested to know about the situation and the developments in the
media sector in Central Asia. [...] Apart from promoting discussion
and debate, the CAMEL will also circulate Central Asian Media Support
Project's monthly electronic bulletin, which includes: a) news related
to media sector of Central Asia; b) articles of local and foreign
journalists on contemporary issues; c) interviews; d) articles on the
situation about non-governmental organizations in Central
Asia; e) other interesting materials; [..] Please note that
CAMSP-L is the same listserv as CAMEL."
[A list in Russian and English - ed.]
URL http://www.camsp.uz
Link suggested by: Alisher Khamidov (alisher@infotel.kg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
14 Mar 2000
Study abroad in Tamil Nadu (2000-01)
Tamil University, Thanjavur, India
Supplied note:
"Study in Tamil Nadu 2000-01 Tamil University, Thanjavur Eight-month
diploma course in Tamil language and culture (Sep 2000 - Apr 2001)
Students of South Indian culture are invited to undertake a year of
practical fieldwork in Tamil Nadu under the professional guidance of
academic counselors and the teaching faculty of the Tamil University
at Thanjavur in central Tamil Nadu. [] Program enrollment is limited
to 6-12 foreign students to ensure optimal class size and to
facilitate field trips. For details, contact the Program Facilitator:
[Prof.] Patrick Harrigan."
URL http://xlweb.com/heritage/skanda/sitn.htm
Link suggested by: Patrick Harrigan (harrigan@angelfire.com), forwarded by
David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
14 Mar 2000
European Institute for Asian Studies
European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), Brussels, Belgium
Supplied note:
"The EIAS [est. Jul 1989] is a Brussels-based
policy and research think-tank supported by the European Union (EU).
We aim to promote understanding and co-operation between the EU and
Asia and we seek to provide information and expertise to the European
Institutions, the academic world and business by disseminating
concise, thoroughly researched and up-to-date material on EU-Asia
relations and important developments in Asia."
[A very un-responsive system - ed.]
URL http://www.eias.org/
Link suggested by: Robert Beck (robert.beck@mcr1.poptel.org.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
13 Mar 2000
Views from Japan
The Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note:
GLOCOM "presents Japanese views on contemporary issues [national and
international affairs as they impact Japan, and their effect on
Japanese culture and society] in English, and hosts international
debates archived on the Web. From Apr 2000 'Japan's Global
Communications Platform' further brings together opinion leaders
concerning (1) Politics and international relations, (2) Economics and
business, and (3) Information and technology."
URL http://vox.glocom.ac.jp/
Link suggested by: Steve McCarty (steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
12 Mar 2000
Chinese popular religion bibliography (1995 to present)
Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Supplied note:
"I'd like to bring to your notice [..] a bibliography of Western
language works on Chinese popular religion published since 1995, arranged
in 20 subject categories. The coverage is complete for the years 1995 to
1997; for the years 1998 to 2000 I am continuously adding new items. To my
knowledge, this is the only such bibliographic resource for the study of
Chinese popular religion."
Site contents: 1. Popular Religion: General Studies; 2. Key Concepts; 3. Local
Studies: Mainland China; 4. Local Studies: Taiwan; 5. Local Studies:
Hong Kong & Overseas; 6. Deities & Spirits: General; 7.
Specific Deities & Cults; 8. Religious Calendar, Festivals,
Popular Customs; 9. Temples & Mountains, Pilgrimage; 10. Ritual;
11. Myth & Folklore; 12. Divination; 13. Shamanism, Spirit
Mediums; 14. Death, Afterlife, Tombs, Ancestral Cult; 15. Sects,
Secret Societies, New Religions; 16. Popular Religion & Gender;
17. Popular Religion, the State, & Local Society; 18. Popular
Religion in Scriptures, Tracts, Literature & Drama; 19. Popular
Religion & (Folk) Art; 20. Popular Religion and Other Religious
Traditions.
[Great work on an impossibly (141KB!) long web page - ed.]
URL http://web.missouri.edu/~religpc/bibliography_CPR.html
Link suggested by: Philip Clart (clartp@missouri.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
12 Mar 2000
BBC Internet Broadcasts in Central Asian Languages
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London, UK
Supplied note:
"The BBC has started Internet [online radio] broadcasts of programmes in Central
Asian languages. You can listen to us [30-60 minutes of news and
features daily - ed.] in Uzbek
(www.bbc.co.uk/uzbek/), Kazakh
(www.bbc.co.uk/kazakh/), Kyrgyz (), Azeri (www.bbc.co.uk/azeri/)
and Russian. There are also daily broadcasts in Russian produced
specifically for Central Asia and the Caucasus which you can access
through these same web pages."
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Link suggested by: Shahida Tulaganova (shihida.tulaganova@bbc.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
11 Mar 2000
Asian Classical Music MP3
www.asianclassicalmp3.com, USA
Supplied note:
"Asian classical music from out-of-print sources, encoded in MP3
format for free downloads. Countries include: Burma (Myanmar),
Thailand, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Korea. The site is
growing every week."
URL http://www.asianclassicalmp3.com
Link suggested by: Cliff Sloane (cliffsloane@pop.halcyon.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
11 Mar 2000
Dissertations in Central Asian Studies
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, USA
Supplied note:
"One week ago, the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies launched
the 'Dissertations in Central Asian Studies' and we have had a
tremendous response ... soon the number of dissertations/young
scholars included there will reach 250, but of course there still are
more relevant dissertations missing than are included. If you
defended a dissertation in the past 8 years on any topic related to
Central Asian studies [...], please make sure that your information is
included (if you don't have web access, send us an e-mail and we'll
send you the form. [...] The definition of 'Central Asia' for the
purposes of [our] Directory is maximally broad, including the
territory from the Caucasus and Turkic regions of southern Russia in
the west to Mongolia and Tibet in the east, and from northern Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in the south, to the Volga Basin and
southern Siberia in the North."
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/CASWW_Diss.html
Link suggested by: John Schoeberlein (centasia@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
11 Mar 2000
Central Asia Experts Directory
Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, USA
Supplied note:
"The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies is launching a new
'Central Asia Experts Directory,'[...] It will provide a web-based,
indexed listing of experts worldwide in all fields pertaining to
Central Asia. We encourage all relevant scholars and other experts to
submit their information. [...] The definition of 'Central Asia' for
the purposes of [our] Directory is maximally broad, including the
territory from the Caucasus and Turkic regions of southern Russia in
the west to Mongolia and Tibet in the east, and from northern Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in the south, to the Volga Basin and
southern Siberia in the North."
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/CASWW_Expert.html
Link suggested by: John Schoeberlein (centasia@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
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