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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Apr 2002
Vol. 9, No. 7 (167)

For earlier materials browse the Past Issues - Archive . or search the Asian Studies WWW Monitor database
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 10
Entries rejected: 8

26 Apr 2002
4star
USCINCPAC Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2002
U.S. Pacific Command, US
Supplied note: "As part of the U.S. security strategy, USCINCPAC's Asia-Pacific Economic Update helps to strengthen the link between U.S. economic and military instruments of national power. In Volume One the CINC's Economic Advisor discusses economic trends and the social, historical, and political context in which economic decisions are made. It diagnoses economic conditions in key Asian economies and recommends economic strategies for improving performance in an Asian social and political context. The forthcoming Volume Two examines economic security issues and highlights governance of corporations and defense establishments. Opinions are those of the author and are not to be construed as U.S. policy. "
Table of Contents: Foreword, Contents, Authors; Executive Summary; Acknowledgments and Notes; Section I. Economic Dynamics 1 Global Context: A Decade of Financial Turmoil; 2 Asian Context: Financial Turmoil; 3 Asia's Boom and Bust; 4 Economic Strategy in the War on Terrorism; Section II. Asian Economies 5 Australia; 6 Bangladesh; 7 Brunei; 8 Cambodia; 9 China; 10 India; 11 Indonesia; 12 Japan; 13 Laos; 14 Malaysia; 15 Maldives; 16 Mongolia; 17 North Korea; 18 Philippines; 19 Russia; 20 Singapore; 21 South Korea; 22 Sri Lanka; 23 Taiwan; 24 Thailand; 25 Vietnam. Appendix: Asia-Pacific Economic Indicators.
[Downloadable documents in MSWord and Excel formats - ed.]
URL http://www.pacom.mil/publications/apeu02/apeu2002.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: Mark Harstad (mgharsta@hq.pacom.mil)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

21 Apr 2002
3star
Southern-in-India summer program, 2003
Missouri Southern State College, USA
Supplied note: "Missouri Southern State College offers a 7-week [Jun-Aug 2003], 6-credit summer study program at the University of Hyderabad, India, followed by a week-long tour of northern India. Program is open to any undergraduate major and any student beyond the second (sophomore) year of college."
URL http://www.mssc.edu/projectsouthasia/sa/sii.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: Dr. Karl J. Schmidt (schmidt-k@mail.mssc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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 30

19 Apr 2002
3star
Implementation of the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act and the Japanese War Crimes Provisions of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act: An Interim Report to Congress
Federation of American Scientists , Washington D.C., USA
Self-description: "The Interagency Working Group, formed under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act of 1998 and the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act of 2000, issued [in Mar 2002] an interim report to Congress describing the government-wide effort to locate, declassify, and make publicly available U.S. records of Japanese war crimes. The report augments an October 1999 report to Congress-also required by statute-on the government's efforts to identify and declassify Nazi war crimes records. [...] So far, agencies have declassified and are preparing to open 18,000 pages of Japanese war crimes records. An additional 60,000 pages are being reviewed for relevance and possible declassification."
URL http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/iwgreport02.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: Internet Scout Project (scout@cs.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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 30

18 Apr 2002
3star
American Student Ambassador Program in China and Taiwan
IEF Education Foundation/UScampus, Inc., U.S.A.
Supplied note: "A unique summer program for college and high school students in the United States to learn Chinese culture, history and language in the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao; learn martial arts (Kung-fu)in the legendary Shao Lin Temple; and visit Formosa Taiwan. Students will be 'Ambassadors' for their schools and introduce American education systems and share their experiences."
URL http://www.ief-usa.org/ambassador/ambassador_cn.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: Michelle Tai (mtai@uscampus.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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 30

18 Apr 2002
3star
ASEF/Alliance Annual Asia-Europe Workshop Series 2002/2003
Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands
Supplied note: ASEF/Alliance Annual Asia-Europe Workshop Series 2002/2003. The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies welcome proposals for workshops to take place in 2002/2003 on themes of common interest to both Asia and Europe. Procedure Workshop proposals should be sent to the secretariat of the Asia-Europe Workshop Series before 15 May 2002. Approximately 6 workshop proposals will be selected for realization between September 2002 and September 2003. The received proposals will be refereed by a joint Europe-Asia Selection Committee and, when necessary, by external reviewers. Workshop initiators will be informed of the Committee's decision in July 2002. Financial support consists of a contribution to travel costs and accommodation costs up to a maximum of US $ 15,000 per workshop. [...] The workshop should be jointly organized by a European and an Asian institute from ASEM member countries, and be held in one of the ASEM countries: [Austria, Belgium, Brunei, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam]."
URL http://www.asia-alliance.org
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.asia-alliance.org
Link reported by: Mrs A.J.M. Doek (a.j.m.doek@let.leidenuniv.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* 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 30

16 Apr 2002
999star
Nuclear Stability in South Asia
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), Cambridge, MA/Washington DC, USA
Self-description: "This recently published study [by Andrew C. Winner and Toshi Yoshihara - ed.] [...] examines current and future Indian and Pakistan nuclear forces and doctrines. It also reviews past crises between the two states to identify patterns of escalation and de-escalation. It then posits potential future crises and how they may escalate to involve the use of nuclear weapons. Finally, based on this analysis, it provides policy recommendations for the U.S. government that could reduce the possibility that India and/or Pakistan would use nuclear weapons against one another in the future."
[The IFPA site provides a free access to the study in PDF format,1.6 MB strong - ed.]
URL http://www.ifpa.org/textonly/new/nuk-stab.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: Andrew C. Winner (winner@ifpa.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Apr 2002
3star
BurmaNews
burmanews, USA/UK
Supplied note: "A newslist dispatching news and information about Burma collected from international media off the web priority is given to topics relating to politics, development, minority issues and human rights, economics and history there are multiple daily postings."
[A resource created Apr 12, 2002 - ed.]
URL http://www.topica.com/lists/burmanews
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this review]
Link reported by: burmanews (burmanews@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* 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 30

10 Apr 2002
4star
Malaysia Central
Mycen, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Supplied note: "One-stop starting point to thousands of Malaysian online destinations."
Site contents: Search Engines; Monarchy; Government; Country Info; Trade; Finance; Embassies; Politics; Tourism; Associations; Online News; Clubs; Nature; History; Humour; Religion; Friendship; Matrimony; Lifestyle; Ngos; Career; Hobbies; Arts; Family; Auto; Banks; Consumer; Travel; Property; Insurance; Recreation; Food; Sports; Law; Health; Education; Internet; Transport; Radio & TV; Gaming; Computers; Corporate; Creative; Advertising; Hotels; Retailers; Shopping; Web.
[A useful and effective Malaysian search engine and directory - ed.]
URL http://www.mycen.com.my/
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.mycen.com.my/
Link reported by: Terrence Smith (tvsmith@mycen.com.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

10 Apr 2002
5star
Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center.
Hmong Resource Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Supplied note: "The Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center is a source of comprehensive bibliographic information about Hmong-related research. The website also includes extensive population and demographic census data from the 2000 U.S. census for the Hmong-origin population. Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao census data and bibliographic resources are also available on the website."
[A truly splendid and impressive resource - ed.]
URL http://www.hmongcenter.org/
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.hmongstudies.org/
Link reported by: Mark Pfeifer (hmongcultural@yahoo.com), forwarded by Paul Kratoska (h_seasia@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

08 Apr 2002
5star
China Bibliography: Collections of Resources
Department of Psychology, University of Maine at Farmington, ME, USA
Site contents: * Search (by Author, by Keyword); * General References: Bibliography of China Sources; General History; Chinese/English English/Chinese Dictionaries; Chinese Dictionaries of Various Languages; Chinese Specialized Dictionaries; Publisher Addresses; Chinese Map - Pronunciation; Chinese Dynasties - Pronunciation.
* Selected Topics: About Buddhism in China; Chinese Calligraphy; Chinese Cities and Urbanization; The Cultural Revolution; Economics in Chinese History; Economics in Modern China; East/West; Gangs, Triads, and Criminals; Hong Kong; For Kids; Law; Near Neighbors; Political Movements and Philosophy; Politics - Modernization and the International Stage; Rural China; Social Forces; Science; Silk Road; Tibet; Women in Chinese History; The Qing Dynasty 1644 - 1911 AD.
[A part of a larger site, called "China Experience" (http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/china.html) - ed.]
URL http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/bibtxt2.html
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/hua.umf.maine.edu/China/bibtxt2.html
Link reported by: Marilyn Shea (mshea@maine.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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