The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Sep 2002
Vol. 9, No. 16 (176)

09 Sep 2002

Access Magazine: Asia's newspaper on electronic information products and services
iGroup, Book Promotion & Service Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
Site contents: *Curent Issue: In this issue (e.g. June 2002 No.41: Pose your questions here; It's got an asset base of USD24 billion and is spending hundreds of millions on libraries; Nature, Science and Cell get nasty shock; Singapore and UK national libraries put history on the Web; Developing countries get more free stuff; Tibet in Virginia; [and more ... ed.]); Other News (e.g. June 2002 No.41: Website for the citizens of the future: National institutions in partnership for new online education resource; Central Asia 2002 International Conference calls for papers;Web site devoted to Chinese expertise registers more than 200 businesses and other interest groups following launch; Factiva expands Asian content with key Chinese language sources; Six science publishers create new Web font set: the STIX Project; Digital Chinese documents from Pittsburgh [and more ... ed.]); * Back issues [March 2001 (No. 36) - present]; * Search.
[A slow site. At the time of this note, the search facility malfunctioned - ed.]
URL http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Clive WING (clive@book.co.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

09 Sep 2002

Aardvark: Asia's Web Resource for Librarians
iGroup, Book Promotion & Service Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied-note: "Aardvark, Asia's Web resource for librarians, is linking to databases made in Asia or about Asia. By the end of August, 154 databases had been named, described and linked to. They cover all aspects of human endeavour including agriculture, law, botany and medicine. Other new features on Aardvark include the education database ERIC on the iGroup's eBridge platform, and links to many library schools in the Asia-Pacific region. Since its debut on the Web earlier this year Aardvark has grown to more than 2,500 links including 910 Asian universities, 103 preprint archives, 594 library science ejournals (the biggest on the Web), 146 Asian databases (the only list on the Web), 130 conferences (25 in Asia), 252 publishers and so on. Ten links are added each day - cw."
Site contents: Library Science e-Journals; Asian Databases; Conferences & Exhibitions; Access Magazine: Asia's newspaper on electronic information products and services [www.aardvarknet.info/access/] ; Asian Digital Libraries; Asian Library Associations; Asian Library Schools; Asian National Libraries; Asian University Libraries; Free preprint and full text science archives; [and several other resources of interest to librarians - ed.]
URL http://www.aardvarknet.info/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Clive WING (clive@book.co.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

06 Sep 2002

The Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies
The Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies, Leiden - Amsterdam - Hamburg - Copenhagen - Brussels - Paris, European Union.
Self-description: "[A] co-operative framework of European institutes specializing in Asian Studies, consisting of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) [www.iias.nl], Leiden/Amsterdam, the Institute of Asian Affairs (IFA) [www.duei.de/ifa/], Hamburg, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) [nias.ku.dk], Copenhagen, the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) [www.eias.org], Brussels, Belgium, and the Asia Europe Centre (AEC) [www.sciences-po.fr], Paris, France. The Alliance, established in 1997, aims to bring together fragmented forces in Asian Studies in Europe to facilitate scholarly excellence to the benefit of the respective national research environments. The Strategic Alliance's open structure enables other European institutes and Asian institutes to join."
Site contents: Backround, Aims & Objectives; Activities [incl. 'Asia Update - 11 September 2002' - ed.]; Partners; Reports, Contact.
URL http://www.asia-alliance.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.asia-alliance.org
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

06 Sep 2002

Agenda Asia: Asian Studies Conferences and Seminars
The Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies, Leiden - Amsterdam - Hamburg - Copenhagen - Brussels - Paris, European Union.
Self-description: "Agenda Asia is a database of Asian Studies conferences, workshops and seminars, maintained from Leiden by Afelonne Doek and from Copenhagen by Jens-Chr. Sørensen Agenda Asia is a cooperation project between the IIAS Newsletter published by the International Institute of Asian Studies in Leiden and NIASnytt, published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in Copenhagen."
Site contents: An annotated and structured list of current and forthcoming conferences, up to 3 years into the future, dealing with: Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia [plus an 'Insert a conference' input page - ed.].
URL http://130.225.203.37/agenda/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/130.225.203.37/agenda/
Link reported by: Paul Kratoska (h_seasia@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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 100

04 Sep 2002

Uyghur American Association
Uyghur American Association (UAA), Hamilton, NJ, USA
Self-description: "The Uyghur American Association was established on May 23, 1998 in Washington D.C. at the First Uyghur American Congress. The growing Uyghur community in the United States created a need for a unified Uyghur organization to serve the needs of the community here and to represent the collective voice of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan."
Site contents: * About UAA; * About East Turkistan (Geography, People, History, Culture, Music, Religion, Economy); * Recent Events; * Activities (Demonstrations, Conferences [incl. 'Uyghurs in 21st Century Conference' [26 May 2001, J.W. Marriot Hotel, Washington DC. - ed.] papers: 'To Change or Not to Change' - Turdi Ghoja, 'Family Planning in East Turkistan' - Rajab Rahmatullah, 'Uyghurs and Media' - A. A. Seytoff) - ed.], Campaigns, Letters, Testimonies, Ms Rebiya Kadeer, Discussions); * UAA Statements; * Human Rights in ET; * Documents; * Research & Analysis (Uyghur sources, Western sources, Chinese sources, Other sources); * Media Reports (1997 - present: East Turkistan [incl. reports on the fate of Ms. Rebiya Kadeer], Central Asia, Turkey, Pakistan); * Study in US [under construction - ed.]; * Uyghur Organizations (in Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, UK, The Netherlands, Russia USA, Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan); * Useful Links; * Contact Us; * Useful Addresses; * Sign Guestbook; * Message Board/ Munazire Meydani
URL http://uyghuramerican.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/uyghuramerican.org/
Link reported by: Alim Seytoff (alim@uyghuramerican.org), forwarded by centralasia-l@fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Online Guide/Documents/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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 100

04 Sep 2002

China Information: A Journal on Contemporary China Studies
Documentation and Research Center for Contemporary China, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Self-description: "'China Information' is an English-language, non-profit, refereed academic journal [ISSN 0920-203X - ed.] with an international readership, now in its 15th year of publication, which focuses on recent developments in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Chinese communities in the field of, i.a., economics, politics, law, education and health, environment, literature and the arts."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Editors and Board; * Subscription Rates; * Authors; * Book Reviewers; * Current Issue (TOC of Vol XV, NO. 1, 2001); * Back Issues (TOCs of Vol X Jul 1995-Jun 1996, Vol XI Jul 1996-Jun 1997, Vol XII Jul 1997-Jun 1998, Vol XIII Jul 1998-Jun 1999, Vol XIV 2000), * Special Editions (TOCs of 'Perspectives on Mao and the Cultural Revolution', Vol XI., Nos 2/3, Autumn/Winter 1996, 'Hong Kong: State and Society Under Colonial Rule', Vol XII., Nos 1/2, Summer/Autumn 1997, 'The Body in Contemporary China', Vol XII., Nos 1/2, Autumn/Winter 1998) * Article Index by Author * Article Index by Topic (Agriculture, Rural China, Anthropology, Sociology, Arts, Cinema, Economy, Environment, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Law, Human Rights, Literature, Philosophy, Obituaries, Politics and Society, Foreign Policy) [these two indices cover only vols IX - XIV - ed.].
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/tcc/dc/journal/index.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: W.L. van Woerkom-Chong (w.l.van.woerkom@let.leidenuniv.nl), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

04 Sep 2002

Manas: India and its Neighbours
Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Site contents: * Research [incl. 'Primary Documents for the Study of Indian History, c. 1890-2000.' Prepared by Vinay Lal; 'Select Research Bibliography on the Partition of India,' Compiled by Vinay Lal - ed.], * Site Map, * Search; * Culture (Music, Dance, Architecture, Art, Cinema, Cuisine, Festivals, Literature, Street Life); * Diaspora (Indians in the US, Indians in the Carribean); * Landscapes; * Religions (Texts, Practices, Paths, Gurus and Saints, Avatars/ Divinities, Myths/Characters); * Social Life; * History/Politics (Ancient India, Mughals and Medieval, British India, Gandhi, Social/Pol. Movements, Independent India, Current Affairs) .
URL http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia
Link reported by: Vinay Lal (vlal@history.ucla.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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 3000

03 Sep 2002

India's National Security Management & 9/11
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] - br."
["As we approach another 9/11, a critical analysis of how we have handled the post 9/11 situation from the political, diplomatic, operational and psychological points of view would be in order." - b.raman]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper515.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this note. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

03 Sep 2002

The South Thailand Homepage
Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Tokyo Gaikokugo Daigaku), Tokyo, Japan
Self-description: "We want to introduce the people, arts and cultures of South Thailand between the Thai and Malay Worlds on the Golden Peninsula. On the homepage, you will get to know the research projects and publications of Alexander Horstmann and Ryoko Nishii. In addition, the homepage [est. Aug 2000 - ed.] provides a space for researchers who are interested in the region. The reader is furnished with details on the South Thailand agenda and a detailed bibliography on the anthropology and sociology of South Thailand. Researchers are invited to join a list of social sciences in South Thailand/ North Malaysia and to send papers, research notes and field reports to the editors."
Site contents: News; Research Projects (Incorporation and Resistance: Border-Crossings and Social Transformation in Southeast Asia; Social Space and Religion); Events; Working Papers (Trapped Ethnic Minorities and the Local Reworking of Citizenship at the Thailand-Malaysian Border; A way of negotiating with the other within the self: Muslim's acknowledgement of Buddhist ancestors in Southern Thailand; The Siamese in Kedah under nation-state making; Movement and Identity Construction Amongst Kelantan's Thai Community; Dual Ethnic Minorities and the Local Reworking of Citizenship at the Thailand-Malaysian Border; Celestial Discourse: Female Spirit Mediums Channel); Organisers; Gallery; Links; Contact.
URL http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~rnishii/South_Thai/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Alexander Horstmann (hnalex@aa.tufs.ac.jp), forwarded by (h_seasia@nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

02 Sep 2002

Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China
Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supplied note: "[We] are studying Internet filtering in countries worldwide, including restrictions on Web access in China. As in our prior testing of Saudi Arabia [...], there has been no publicly available master list of blocked sites. [...] To help us broaden the number and types of pages tested and to provide the general public a means of finding out whether particular pages of interest are filtered, we have created a web page at which users can see whether a given site is likely accessible from China [...]. We'll track all requests and retest them over time, reporting the results in our forthcoming report about Internet filtering in China. - be."
Site contents: Testing Tools; Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide; Listing of user-submitted sites found inaccessible to date [the list includes NGOs (e.g. www.falungong.org, www.tibet.org, www.amnesty.org), foreign Government/Media sites (e.g. www.homeoffice.gov.uk, news.bbc.co.uk, www.abc.gov.au, goasiapacific.com) Universities (e.g. www.columbia.edu, www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de) and popular Search Engines (e.g. www.google.com, www.altavista.com) - ed.]; Frequently Asked Questions; Other resources about Internet filtering in China.
[The Berkman Center (cyber.law.harvard.edu) is leading the organization of the 4th Harvard Conference on Internet & Society (Nov 15-16, 2002), which this year is an *internal* Harvard conference focusing on the University's emerging digital identity. - ed.]
URL http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/test
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note.]
Link reported by: Benjamin Edelman (edelman@law.harvard.edu), forwarded by (h-asia@h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

02 Sep 2002

General Elections Commission/Komisi Pemilihan Umum, Indonesia
Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU), Jakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "The General Elections Commission/Komisi Pemilihan Umum has launched its Website at [the URL below]. - om."
Site contents: Tentant KPU; Agenda KPU; Pemilu Dalam Sejarah; Pelaksana Pemilu di Daerah; Pemilu 2004; Informasi Khusus; Pusat Pendidikan Pemilih; Pemantuan Pemilu; Arsip KPU; Links; Hot News; Tajuk; Wacana; Polling; Online Forum.
[A site in Indonesian, reported by Oliver Mann who is the Regional Officer Asia, National Library of Australia, c/o Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia - ed.]
URL http://www.kpu.go.id
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.kpu.go.id
Link reported by: Oliver Mann (oliver.mann@dfat.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* 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 300

01 Sep 2002

Ben Thanh Tourist - Travel Service Center
Ben Thanh Tourist, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Supplied note: "Detailed tour programs of cultural, adventure, biking and veteran throughout Vietnam and Indochina. Also information related to Vietnam tourism, festivals, attractions, travel services, hotels, prices and booking- Ben Thanh Tourist - your best guide in Vietnam- hn."
URL http://www.bttvn.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Hung Nguyen (sales@bttvn.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Sep 2002

VietnamArtBooks.com
VietnamArtBooks.com, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Supplied note: "Art News, Art Books, Art Galleries, Art Exhibitions worldwide. A source of knowledge about Vietnamese Art and the people who make it happen. - sg."
URL http://www.vietnamartbooks.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Sara Grynspan (sara@work4.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

01 Sep 2002

China's Missile Game: Trick Or Treat?
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] - br."
[China is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), but has repeatedly pledged to adhere to its provisions. Since the 1980s, China has made 15 such pledges and subsequently violated each and every one of them. An analysis of these developments is followed by the text of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Missiles and Missile-related Items and Technologies issued by the Government of China at Beijing on August 26, 2002. - ed.]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper514.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this note. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

01 Sep 2002

Al Qaeda: Will It Or Will It Not?
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] - br."
["bin Laden rarely celebrates his successful acts of terrorism by organising encores to coincide with their anniversary. For him, the more emotionally significant date for the Muslims is October 7, coinciding with the first anniversary of the commencement of the US air strikes in Afghanistan, which have to be avenged." - b.raman]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper513.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this note. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* 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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