The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Nov 2002
Vol. 9, No. 22 (182)

27 Nov 2002

The Translating Korean Poetry list
groups.yahoo.com, USA
Supplied note: "The Translating Korean Poetry list [est. Mar 2001; 28 members in Nov 2002 - ed.] is for all those who translate and need advice on the nuances of the ancient and modern Korean language, or for posting your work for others to appreciate and discuss. It is a small but lively, moderated forum [conducted in English - ed.]. To subscribe, send a message to: translatingkoreanpoetry-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . Web site: [see the URL below] - tct."
URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/translatingkoreanpoetry/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Todd Cameron Thacker (tct25@yahoo.com), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

27 Nov 2002

Khmer Krom Network (KKN)
Khmer Krom Network, San Bernardino, CA, USA
Self-description: "Mission Statement To promote Khmer true history and culture to the world, promote the use of technology amongst Khmer, and provide a portal where all Khmers can collaborate and unite on the Internet. At the same time we thrive publish contents that are inspirational, informative, educational, and throught provoking."
Site contents: Search; News; Politics; Khmer Articles; Technology; People & Stories; Shopping; Food; Music; Weather; Services (Free Email, Forum, Chat Room, Khmer Online, Search Engine, Event Calendar, Photo Gallery, Submit News, Guest Book, Tell Your Friends); Supports (Help, Fonts & Tools, Members, Supporters); About KKN (KK Federation, Advertising Info, Jobs@KKN, About Us, Contact Us),
[A bi-lingual (EN,KH) site - ed.]
URL http://www.khmerkrom.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.khmerkrom.net/
Link reported by: (pkim@wanadoo.fr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

27 Nov 2002

Cheng & Tsui Company
Boston, MA, USA
Supplied note: "Cheng & Tsui is an independent publisher and distributor of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian language learning materials, as well as books about Asian art, history, literature, and culture for people of all ages. - cf."
URL http://www.cheng-tsui.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cheng-tsui.com
Link reported by: Caroline Frankovich (caroline@cheng-tsui.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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 300

25 Nov 2002

Sabrang Communications: protecting and promoting human rights in India
Sabrang Communications & Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India
Self-description: Sabrang Communications ('sabrang' means 'all colours') was started in 1993 to provide information on, analyse and expose the machinations of communal politics in India, on the subcontinent and abroad and to publicise the attempt of secular individuals, groups and organisations engaged in fighting them. We stand for equal pursuit of power. Therefore we are opposed to both majority and minority communalism."
Site contents: Action Alerts; Campaigns; Resources for Secularism; About us; Contact Us; Sabrang Team; Communalism Combat; Communal Carnage: Gujarat; Updates on the Genocide; Citizens for Justice & Peace; Gujarat's Bloody Trail; The Fascist Heritage; Hope in Hell... Peacemakers; Sabrang Alternate News Network; India: Rights and Wrongs; Religious freedom/Communalism; Peace makers/Good News; Gender justice; Dalit rights/Caste conflicts; Ethnic conflicts; Kashmir; Northeast; Rule of law/Police atrocities; Culture police; Press freedom; Child right; Hate speech; Terrorism/Armed conflict; Human rights; Peace in South Asia.
URL http://www.sabrang.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.sabrang.com
Link reported by: Harsh Kapoor (aiindex@mnet.fr)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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 1000

25 Nov 2002

6th Intl. Conf. on Dowry, Bride-Burning and Son-Preference, Jan 2003
Centre for Gender & Religions Research, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK
Supplied note: "Sixth International Conference on Dowry, Bride- Burning & Son-Preference. January 3, 4, 5 & 6, 2003 at the International Youth Centre, Circular Road,Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, and January 2, 3, 5 & 6, 2003 at the Kamani Auditorium, 1 Copernicus Marg, New Delhi The above Conference is organized by the Centre for Gender & Religions Research (GRR) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and the International Society Against Dowry & Bride-Burning in India, Inc. (ISADABBI), and sponsored by the *Asiatica Association* of Italy, *All India Marwari Yuva Manch*, the *Delhi Assam Association* and several other organizations. - eg."
[Proceedings of the 1st conference organized at the Harvard Law School by Himendra Thakur (Chair, ISADABBI), Prof. Michael Witzel (Harvard) and Dr Enrica Garzilli (Harvard at the time), have been published as *Journal of South Asia Women Studies: Collected Papers 1995-1997* (Milan, 1997 http://www.asiatica.org/jsaws/book/) - ed.]
URL http://www.soas.ac.uk/Religions/grr/dowry_conf/default.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net), forwarded by h-asia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

24 Nov 2002

Mundus: Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK
SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK
Supplied note: "SOAS Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Mundus Gateway, the on-line guide to missionary-related resources in the UK. Since the early eighteenth century missionaries have set out from Britain to evangelize the world. In so doing they have created or collected a wealth of documentation, including archives, personal papers, printed books and pamphlets, photographs, films, sound recordings and artefacts. The materials document the encounter between western missionaries and the peoples and terrain of Africa, Asia [82 collections identified and annotated by the 'Mundus' till Nov 2002 - ed.], the Pacific Islands [38 collections - ed.] and the Americas over a two-hundred-year period [...].
[...] The Mundus database contains summary descriptions of more than 400 collections held in over 50 institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each description provides content and contextual information, and details of finding aids and of access conditions. The database can be accessed in a number of ways: free-text searching, browsing by name, place and subject indexes and using a clickable map. [...] - cb."
URL http://www.mundus.ac.uk
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Caroline Brick (cb61@soas.ac.uk), forwarded by h-seasia@h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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

23 Nov 2002

International Journal of Central Asian Studies
Institute of Asian Culture and Development (IACD), Seoul, South Korea
Site description: International Journal of "[...] an international periodical [edited by Choi Han-Woo, IACD - hbp] for languages, literature, history, culture, society and archaeology of the Central Asia which comprises of the Altaic World and its vicinity, i.e., Turkey, Hungary, Caucasus, the Soviet Central Asia, Siberia, Eastern Turkistan, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchu, Korean Peninsula and Japan, etc. The journal is focusing on the Altaic World, encouraging comparative studies among the Altaic peoples as well as between the Altaic civilization and the other neighbouring civilizations, i.e., Chinese, India, Uralic, Arab, and so on. English and German are preferred for the language for the journal, but in some particular cases Russian and Turkish are acceptable too."
Site contents: TOCs of Volume 1,1996; Volume 2, 1997; Volume 3, 1998; Volume 4, 1999; Volume 5, 2000; Volume 6, 2001.
[Corporate pages of a paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.iacd.or.kr
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: H. B. Paksoy (hb.paksoy@ttu.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l@fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

22 Nov 2002

Asia Pacific Press Online Working Papers
Asia Pacific Press, National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management (APSEM), The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Site-contents: APSEM working papers by region (East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, South Pacific); APSEM working papers by subject (Governance, Development issues, Complex emergencies, Trade and development); Research program papers (China Economy, China Update, Korea Economy); NCDS briefing papers; Other information (Working papers published in print pre-1997, Technical information on downloading papers)
URL http://ncdsnet.anu.edu.au/online/workpaper.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/ncdsnet.anu.edu.au/online/workpaper.htm
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

22 Nov 2002

Terrorism: Enduring Threats & Uncertainties
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."
["The theme of Indonesians killing Indonesians, Filippinos killing Filippinos and Malaysians, Singaporeans and Thais seeking to kill their compatriots in the name of jihad has not been adequately brought out at all. Unless and until this counter psywar aspect is effectively handled, one would find the various extremist and terrorist organisations gathering strength and following. The seething anti-Western anger in the Islamic world in general and in West Asia and S.E. Asia in particular shows no signs of abating. [...]." The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper549.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

21 Nov 2002

Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road, Aug 2003
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Supplied note: "Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road, 26-30 Aug. 2003. Second International Conference of Grotto Sites, China [...] Because of limited facilities, the number of delegates is restricted to 200. Conference languages are English and Chinese. The conference program will include visits to the Mogao grottoes, a World Heritage Site with wall paintings and statuary dating from the 4th to the 14th centuries. A ten-day post-conference tour visiting Silk Road sites between Urumqi and Kashgar, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and a one-day post-conference visit to the Yulin cave temples are also planned. [...] Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 30, 2002 - kl."
URL http://www.getty.edu/conservation/activities/mogao/grottoconf.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Kathleen Louw (klouw@getty.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l@fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

21 Nov 2002

The legacy of Hu Jintao in Tibet
Tibet Information Network (TIN), London, UK
Supplied note: "Hu Jintao, former Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) was installed as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the 16th National Congress of the CCP held in Beijing 8-15 November 2002. He replaces Jiang Zemin as Chairman of the Party, and is likely to assume Jiang's position as State President at the National People's Congress (NPC) in March 2003. Cadres in the TAR remember Hu as a largely absent and ineffectual leader, and cite Hu's patronage for Ragdi, the TAR Party Executive Deputy Secretary, as the reason for Ragdi's prominence - tin."
Site contents: TIN News Update 10 Sep 2001 - Security in Lhasa during Hu Jintao's visit; TIN News Update 13 Sep 2001 Deputy Party Secretary Tenzin moved to Beijing; TIN News Update 20 Jul 2001 - Chinese Vice-President in Lhasa to mark anniversary of 'peaceful liberation'; TIN Profiles 17 March 1998 - Profile : Hu Jintao; A selection of further TIN reports on Policies and Leaders.
URL http://www.tibetinfo.net/news-updates/2002/1911.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Tibet Information Network (tin@tibetinfo.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

21 Nov 2002

Foreign Policy in Focus: Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao
Interhemispheric Resource Center/Institute for Policy Studies, Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Program, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Supplied note: "'Jiang's Game and Hu's Advantages', By Cheng Li, November 21, 2002. [...] The much-anticipated 16th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which ended in early November, followed the classic rhythm in China studies: optimism alternating with cynicism, certainty giving way to ambiguity [...] Two contrasting scenarios loom large in assessing Hu's political future. [...(1)] Hu does not necessarily intend to challenge Jiang; Jiang in turn may not have any incentive to replace Hu. [...] [...(2)] Hu is politically too weak and too naive to effectively manage the political apparatus of this most populous nation in the world. [...] - tmc."
URL http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0211china.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

20 Nov 2002

Foreign Policy in Focus: North Korea in the Nuclear Crisis
Interhemispheric Resource Center/Institute for Policy Studies, Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Program, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Supplied note: "'North Korea is Asking for Too Much in the Nuclear Crisis--Or is It?' By Anthony DiFilippo, November 14, 2002. [...] Pyongyang is now asking Washington to drop its hostile and aggressive approach toward North Korea, to recognize its sovereignty and to not impede the development of its economy [...] - sdk."
URL http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0211korea.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Siri D. Khalsa, Interhemispheric Resource Center (siri@irc-online.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

20 Nov 2002

Asia and the Russian Far East: The Dream of Economic Integration
Asia Intelligence Service Ltd., London, UK
Self-description: "In September 2002, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group (APEC) held an investment meeting in Vladivostok, the capital of Primorskii Krai in the Russian Far East (RFE). Despite the high hopes of its organizers, and potential for substantial investments presented by the rich resource base and educated workforce in the RFE, efforts to integrate this forgotten rim into the wider Asian economy face many political and economic challenges."
[A PDF document - ed.]
URL http://www.asiaint.com/special/secure/AsiaRFE-DEI.pdf
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Joe de Courcy (ceo@asiaint.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

20 Nov 2002

Encyclopaedia of Islam Subject Index
Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "The Subject Index [compiled by P.J. Bearman - ed.], now fully covering Volumes I-XI of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, aims to lighten the user's work by providing a guide to the EI in the form of a thesaurus. Entries are given in English and are followed by the titles of the relevant EI-articles, as well as cross-references to articles which are not primarily about that subject, but include information which could be useful. Publication date: December 2002 ISBN 90 04 12759 3 Paperback List price [please consult the site - ed.] - avh.")
URL http://www.brill.nl/product.asp?id=10116
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Anja van Hoek (hoek@brill.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Document
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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

19 Nov 2002

Chinese Acquisitions List at The National Library of Australia
Asian Collections, The National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The National Library of Australia has just begun a Chinese Acquisitions List providing basic bibliographical details of books, serials and electronic resources in the Chinese language recently acquired by the Library. This new listing starting with October 2002 is at [the URL below]. [...] We are also hoping to revive the Indonesian Acquisitions List which has been dormant for a year [... ]. I will let you know more about this as it progresses. - ag."
Site contents: The Chinese Acquisitions List provides basic bibliographical details of books, serials and electronic resources in the Chinese language recently acquired by the National Library. Online Editions (Viewing HTML version, Viewing PDF version, Viewing Word version); Arrangement and Content of Entries; Use of the Library's Chinese Collection; Enquiries.
[The author of the above message, Andrew Gosling, is the Chief Librarian, Asian Collection, National Library of Australia - ed.]
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/pub/cal/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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

18 Nov 2002

The Internet in India and China - a 2002 study
First Monday, University of Illinois at Chicago and the University's Library, Chicago, IL, USA
Self-description: "'The Internet in India and China' by Larry Press, William Foster, Peter Wolcott, and William McHenry [in, First Monday, volume 7, number 10 (October 2002) - ed.], This article compares the diffusion of the Internet in China and India. Using a six-dimension framework for characterizing the state of the Internet in a nation, we observe that, while both nations have made significant progress since our last comparison (in 1999), China enjoys a substantial lead over India."
URL http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_10/press/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Madanmohan Rao (madan@inomy.com), forwarded by panall-cl@pan.idrc.org.sg
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

16 Nov 2002

Bin Laden Gives Signs of Life
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."
["... The recording clearly corroborates [...] that Al Qaeda and the IIF [the International Islamic Front] could not have survived intact without the support and the complicity of Pakistan's military-intelligence establishment..." The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper547.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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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