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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Jul 2001
Vol. 8, No. 19 (151)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 19
Entries rejected: 1

26 Jul 2001
999star
Japan and Ballistic Missile Defense
National Security Research Division, Rand Corporation, USA
Supplied note: "A free full text downloadable [2001] book (pdf) at the web site below. 'Japan and Ballistic Missile Defense' by Michael Swaine, Rachel Swanger, Takashi Kawakami. [...] Summary: Spurred by a perceived growing ballistic missile threat from within the Asia-Pacific region and requests from the United States to support research and development on components of a missile defense system, the Japanese government decided in late 1998 and early 1999 to move forward with joint research and development with the United States on ballistic missile defense (BMD). This book explores both the benefits and potential problems of deploying a BMD system in Japan."
URL http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1374/
Link reported by: Toshio Takagi (toshio.takagi@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

26 Jul 2001
2star
The Japan Marketing News
Advantage Marketing Information, Japan
Supplied note: "Critical insights and information on Japan's Consumer Markets, New Product and Service launches, and latest Market Research results."
URL http://www.jmnews.net
Link reported by: Philip Sidel (jmnewseditor@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

24 Jul 2001
2star
Attack on Sri Lankan Airbase at Katunayake
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
[About the Liberation Tigers' 24 July 2001 attack on Sri Lanka's only international airport and a nearby Air Force base. The attack damaged or destroyed five Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus planes and eight military planes. - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper284.html
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

23 Jul 2001
4star
Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
www.asian-nation.org, Albany, NY, USA
Supplied note: "An exploration of the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up today's Asian American community. The purpose of the site is to provide Asian American and non- Asian communities with fun, provocative, and useful information about the Asian American community, concisely but comprehensively. The Asian-Nation combines in-depth research, a few statistics, and a casual, personal style to produce something akin to an online version of 'Asian Americans 101' -- something that everyone can learn from and use."
Site contents: Welcome and Introduction; The Elements of Culture; Asian American History; The Dynamics of Immigration; Contemporary Issues; Related Internet Links [an extensive, structured, unannotated list - ed.]; Viet Nam, Then and Now; latest Asian/Asian American News; Site Map; Search.
URL http://www.asian-nation.org
Link reported by: C.N. Le (cn_le@usa.net), forwarded by Moo-Young Han (myhan@phy.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Jul 2001
2star
China shuts down 2,000 Net cafes
CNN, USA
"July 20, 2001. Shanghai, China (Reuters) -- China has shut down nearly 2,000 Internet cafes across the country and has ordered 6,000 to suspend operations and make changes [...]. Anonymous cybercafes are popular because they allow people to evade tough content laws [...] Authorities closely monitor Web site content in search for buzzwords such as Taiwan, Tibet and the banned spiritual group Falun Gong, Web executives say. State media [... report] China had 26.5 million Internet users at the end of June, up four million since the year began."
URL http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/07/20/china.internet.reut/index.html
Link reported by: Andy Carvin (andy@benton.org), forwarded by Bob Pyke Jr (repyke@infi.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

20 Jul 2001
5star
Beijing Palace Museum
The Palace Museum, Bejing, China
Supplied note: "This is the most important site I would say for Chinese museums. Anyone who want to view the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum would be dazzled by the treasures. The Beijing Palace Museum has gone online from 16th July 2001, offering its many treasured artefacts for world-wide viewing. It took three years and some US$2.5 million for this cybernetic project. The site is in Chinese (Big5, GB), English and Japanese. Highly recommended. Five star rating, in my opinion, for contents and representation."
Site contents: Guide to the Palace Museum; Display of the Original State of the Imperial Palace (Tai He Dian [Hall of Supreme Harmony], Zhong He Dian [Hall of Middle Harmony], Bao He Dian [Hall of Preserving Harmony], Qian Qing Gong [Palace of Heavenly Purity], Jiao Tai Dian [Hall of Union], Kun Ning Gong [Palace of Earthly Tranquility], Yang Xin Dian [Hall of Mental Cultivation], Jun Ji Chu [Office of The Grand Council of State], Yi Kun Gong [Palace of Blessing To Mother Earth], Chu Xiu Gong [Palace of Gathering Excellence], Tai Ji Dian [Hall of Great Supremacy], Chang chun gong [Palace of Eternal Spring]); Exhibitions (The Treasure Gallery, The Pottery Gallery, The Bronze Gallery, The Painting Gallery, The Clock Gallery, The Handicraft Gallery).
[The high rating by Dr S.L. Lee is fully justified. Please note that many sections of the site require additional plug-ins - ed.]
URL http://www.dpm.org.cn/index.html
Link reported by: Siu-Leung Lee (sllee@columbus.rr.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents/Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

20 Jul 2001
4star
Antique Chinese Porcelain Collector's Information page
www.gotheborg.com, Gotheborg, Sweden
Supplied note: "Help and information page about antique Chinese porcelain for collectors and students in need of Chinese porcelain history, Q/A, facts, glossary, marks, pictures etc. Searchable number of information pages are by now approaching 600. Above that, the discussion board has about 1,000 messages on file."
Site contents: Info Section; Chronology; Marks (Chinese Marks: Chinese 'Export Approval' seals, Chinese Porcelain, Factories, South East Asian market 1850-1930, Japanese Marks); Search; Glossary; Books; Discussion Board; Sw.E.I.Company; Links (Collectors Resources, Chinese Porcelain, Commercial Sites, Magazines, Museums, Auctions and Events, Colonial History, Scientific Research, Resources, External Documents of Interest, Find and buy Books, Maritime History, Historic Ship Replicas); Sponsors; For Sale.
URL http://www.gotheborg.com/
Link reported by: Jan-Erik Nilsson (je.nilsson@gotheborg.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

20 Jul 2001
4star
Southeast Asia Web
Gunung.com, San Francisco, CA, USA
Self description: "Internet Resources for Scholars, Researchers and Friends of Southeast Asian Studies. [...] The purpose of the site has been to point to resources of interest to the Southeast Asianist scholarly community."
Site contents: What's New; Academic, Teaching and Student Resources; General Resources on Southeast Asia; Countries' Pages (Indonesia, Malaysia/Singapore, Mainland Southeast Asia, The Philippines); Arts, Music, Literature and Performance; Business and Economics; Society, Culture and Politics; Gay and Lesbian Resources; Women's Resources; Indonesian News; Philippine News.
[Well annotated, elegant and fast-loading system. A re-incarnation of the 1995 'SEASCALINFO' web site/mailing list - ed.]
URL http://www.gunung.com/seasiaweb/
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 Jul 2001
5star
Report on Khmer Rouge Crimes
War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington D.C., USA
Supplied note: "A new report on the war crimes of the Khmer Rouge [Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) - ed.] leadership, based on evidence recently discovered in Cambodia, has just been issued [Jul 2001 - ed.]. As the report states, while others have researched the Khmer Rouge regime, 'this is the first comprehensive legal analysis of available evidence against specific individuals [the report identifies seven high ranking CPK officials - ed.] for international crimes.' The principal author of the report is the well-known expert on Cambodia Steve Heder. A second co-author, Brian Tittemore, provided the legal analysis for the report."
From the report's executive summary: "Previously-unpublished evidence concerning the planning and conduct of the CPK's execution policies confirm that these policies were devised at the highest levels of the Communist Party and were implemented through a coordinated chain of command. The policies targeted members of three groups: individuals associated with the former Khmer Republic regime; non-Communist members of the Cambodian population; and Party members, or 'cadre,' within the CPK suspected of being traitors.
In the case of CPK cadre, the policies were generally carried out through a system of arrests, interrogations, and subsequent executions, with some interrogations conducted through torture; former Khmer Republic officials and non-Communists were generally executed without any prior interrogation."
URL http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/wcrimes/khmerrouge.html
Link reported by: Shawn McHale (mchale@gwu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

17 Jul 2001
4star
Asian Education Websites
A-to-Z Study Centers, India
A structured, annotated catalogue of links to educational sites in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen plus links to meta-sites, including: Education Asia Network (www.eduasia.net), Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (www.seameo.org), Asia Society: Education Center (www.asiasociety.org/education/education1.html) and Asian Educational Media Service [with 3,500 multimedia titles focusing on Asia] (www.aems.uiuc.edu).
[A site hampered by slow-loading, gaudy advertisements - ed.]
URL http://atozonweb-atoz.subportal.com/dir/Regional/Asia/Education/
Link reported by: Jagadish (jagadish@atozonweb.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Jul 2001
3star
Maison Asie Pacifique
Universite de Provence, Marseille, France.
Self-description: "Au 1er janvier 1999 Institut de Recherche sur le Sud-Est Asiatique (IRSEA) avec le Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Oceanie (CREDO) et l'Unite mixte de service UMS-MAP constituent la 'Maison de L'Asie et du Pacifique' (MAP), sous tutelle du CNRS [Centre national de la recherche scientifique - ed.], de l'Universite de Provence et de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
[Areas of expertise:] 1. Continuites culturelles, sociales et historiques en Asie du Sud-Est; 2. Sante, maladies, societes; 3. Villes: communautes, identites, representations; 4. Diasporas chinoises sources; 5. Materiaux pour l'histoire de l'Asie du Sud-Est: societe, economie, culture du Vietnam; 6. Anthropologie, histoire, ethno-archeologie et linguistique du l'Oceanie (Australie, Melanesie, Micronesie, Polynesie); 7. Documentation sur les societes oceaniennes."
URL http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/wmap/
Link reported by: H-SEASIA (cassea@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Jul 2001
3star
4th European Philippine Studies Conference (EUROPHIL), Sep 2001
The Asociacion Espanola De Estudios Del Pacifico, Madrid, Spain.
Supplied note: The University of Alcala and The Asociacion Espanola De Estudios Del Pacifico (Spanish Pacific Studies Association) are [...] organising the 4th European Philippine Studies Conference (EUROPHIL) which will take place at the University of Alcala on 9-12 September 2001. EUROPHIL aims to promote Philippine Studies in Europe and to increase links between scholars of various disciplines also outside Europe. The title of the conference is 'The Philippines In Southeast Asia and Beyond'."
URL http://www.aeep.es/europhil/Index.htm
Link reported by: H-SEASIA (cassea@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Jul 2001
3star
'Back Door' e-news on East Timor
'Back Door', Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "An independent web & email newsletter dedicated to the people of East Timor (Timor Lorosae). [...] 'Back Door' includes a selection of international news, articles and urgent actions related to East Timor along with coming events within Australia. New Thematic pages have been added focusing such topics as: Reconstruction, Peoples' Participation, ETimor National NGO Forum, Capacity Building, Timor Oil, Missing Persons, Women's Issues, 'Development' Banks, FRETILIN, Crimes Against Humanity, Military & political aid to Indonesia, International War Crimes Tribunal, Reconciliation, Sexual Violence as a weapon of war, Pro-autonomy, the CNRT."
URL http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/
Link reported by: Dez Wildwood (wildwood@pcug.org.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Jul 2001
3star
PRC Propaganda, Tibet and the West
The Tibet Information Network (TIN), London, UK.
TIN Special Report, 16 July 2001, no. of pages: 10, ISSN:1355-3313, "Propaganda and the West: China's struggle to sway international opinion on the 'Tibet issue'."
Site contents: The struggle against an "international anti-China force"; "'Missiles' in the battlefield": Tibetan Studies as a propaganda tool ("Non-politicised propaganda", Politics v academic credibility: conflicting aims, Internal impact); Exchanges and visits (Spreading the official word abroad, "Seeing is believing": official visits to Tibet, "We are never alone", Prison visits); Policy on Propaganda in the 1990s; Conclusion: A strategy of engagement and attack.
URL http://www.tibetinfo.net/news-updates/nu160701.htm
Link reported by: Tibet Information Network (tin@tibetinfo.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Jul 2001
3star
Books of South Asian Writers
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
[A site established by Murali Damodaran in Dec 1994. Last updated in May 1999 - ed.]
Site contents: Voices of South Asian Writers (English); Voices of South Asian Writers (Translated); General Books From South Asia; Literature With Theme On South Asia; Voices of South Asian Women; Children's Books With Theme On South Asia; Related Links (SASIALIT discussion a forum; South Asian Graduate Research Journal web site; South Asian American Literature web site, link to Navrang Inc. online bookshop).
URL http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/mdamodaran/sabooks.html
Link reported by: Selvaraj Velayutham (s.velayutham@day.uws.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Jul 2001
4star
Southern European Network of Asian Studies (SENAS)
CNRS, Lyon, France.
Supplied note: "The [SENAS] is an informal association of resource and research centers on Asia, academic institutions specialising in Asia, and individual Asianists located in Southern Europe (Southern France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece...). Its main aim is to foster mutual information between the members, develop cooperation and mutual understanding, and support joint endeavours. SENAS is not a learned society nor a research center."
Site contents: Presentation; Members; Newsletter; Working Papers; Links [a catalogue of research centres, universities, and libraries that offer resources in terms of teaching, research, and documentation in the field of Asian studies in Southern Europe - ed.].
URL http://www.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/iao/SENAS/senas.html
Link reported by: H-SEASIA (cassea@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

16 Jul 2001
999star
Afghanistan: Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in a Regional Framework
The Center for Peacebuilding (KOFF)/Swiss Peace Foundation (SPF), Switzerland.
Supplied note: "'Afghanistan: Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in a Regional Framework' The study - written by Barnett R. Rubin with Ashraf Ghani, William Maley, Ahmed Rashid and Olivier Roy provides an analysis of the Afghan conflict as well as the main national and international actors involved. Against this background, it sets out options for peacebuilding and reconstruction in Afghanistan. [...] You can also download the report in PDF format from SPF's website [at the URL below, from the Reports section - ed.]"
URL http://www.swisspeace.ch/html/navigation/fr_program_koff.html
Link reported by: Barnett Rubin (brr5@nyu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

16 Jul 2001
3star
'Inner Asia' journal
The White Horse Press, Cambridge, UK.
Supplied note: "'Inner Asia' is an international journal seeking to strengthen understanding of the history, politics, economies and cultures of Inner Asia. Its concern is to be interdisciplinary and inclusive, the better to reflect diverse, indigenous and critical understandings. [...] The language of the journal is English. Articles may be submitted in Chinese, French, Mongolian, or Russian, and they will be translated and published in English."
Site contents: Contents of past issues [Abstracts of contents of Vol.1, 1999; Vol.2, 2000 - ed.]; Instructions for authors; Editorial team.
URL http://www.erica.demon.co.uk/IA.html
Link reported by: A. Johnson (aj@erica.demon.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Jul 2001
2star
Maoists of Nepal: Three Perspectives
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, (Tele.Fax.No. 44-4895235) on the above subject is now available at the Web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below]."
["The Maoists of Nepal see their armed struggle, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, from three perspectives---the international, the Nepalese and the Indian." Notes (by an Indian security analyst) on the communist guerilla activities in Nepal. - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers3/paper277.html
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

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