The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Jan 2003
Vol. 10, No. 1 (185)

15 Jan 2003

Chinese Art and Architecture: An Annotated List of Recent Works in Western Languages
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Supplied note: "A very useful annotated bibliography [compiled by the Library of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M.Sackler Gallery - ed.] with some short but valuable introductory notes, compiled in 1999 and last revised in October 2000. - hl."
Site contents: (1) Archaeology; (2) Architecture; (3) Bronzes / Metalworks; (4) Buddhist and Daoist Art; (5) Calligraphy; (6) Ceramics; (7) Contemporary Art; (8) Furniture; (9) General Works; (10) Gardens; (11) Glass; (12) Introduction; (13) Jade; (14) Landscape Architecture; (15) Journals; (16) Lacquer; (17) Painting; (18) Portrait / Figure Painting; (19) Sculpture; (20) Textiles.
URL http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/freersac/chinaart.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.si.edu/resource/faq/freersac/chinaart.htm
Link reported by: Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum
* 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

14 Jan 2003

Borobodur: A spiritual reconstruction of the world's largest Buddhist shrine
www.borobudur.tv, Daly City, CA, USA
Supplied note: "I would like to invite you to visit a new Web site dedicated to Borobudur that includes the text sources for many of the identified bas-relief panels. The home page is located at [the URL below] Regards, Mark Long, Webmaster."
Site contents: Buddhism 101; Karmavibhangga; Jatakamala; Avadana/Jataka; Lalitavistara; Gandavyuha; Bhadracari; The Summit Sutra; Sacred Science (Pt. 1. A Survey of Borobudur's Summit, Pt. 2: A Survey of Borobudur's Lower Terrace Levels, Pt. 3: Initial Astronomical and Calendrical Considerations, Pt. 4: An Encounter with the Ultimate Reality, Pt. 5: The Duration of a World Age); Temples of Java; Javanese History; News & Web Links (Archaeology News, Feature Article Links & Other Resources of Interest); Angkor Journey; Our Mission [link inactive in mid-Jan 2003]
URL http://www.borobudur.tv
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Mark Long (mark_long@sbcglobal.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents/Online Guide
* 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

10 Jan 2003

Installing and Using East Asian Languages Under Windows 2000 Professional
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, USA
'A Quick and Dirty Guide to Installing and Using East Asian Languages Under Windows 2000 Professional' - by Robert Y. Eng.
Supplied note: "How to install East Asian language support under Windows 2000 Professional/XP; writing Chinese and Japanese with Microsoft's Input Method Editors (IME); sending and receiving e-mail in Chinese and Japanese. Illustrated with screen shots and summary tables comparing the capabilities of 10 e-mail clients [Eudora 5.1.1, Hotmail, MyRealBox, Netscape Mail 7.0 OperaMail, Outlook Express 6.0, Outlook 2002, Outlook Web Access Pegasus Mail 4.02, Yahoo - ed.] in sending and receiving e-mail messages [ in Chinese and Japanese. - rye"
URL http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/index.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Robert Y. Eng (robert_eng@redlands.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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

07 Jan 2003

Japan Information Access Project (JIAP)
JIAP, Washington, DC, USA.
Self-description: "The Japan Information Access Project is a Washington, DC-based, independent, nonprofit research center to strengthen international understanding of Japanese science, technology, industry, security, and policy."
Site contents: Washington Events; Calendar; About; Membership; What's New?; Asia Policy Weekly/ Calendar; JIAP Events; Asian Science and Technology Forum; Polls; Information Resources (Academic, Antitrust, Australia, China, Economy, Energy Security, Freedom of Information Access, Human Rights, Money Laundering, North Korea, Other, Politics, Research Centers, Starting Points, South Asia, Telecommunications, Terrorism, US Asia Policy, Whaling); Publications (China, Competition Policy, Cyberwar, Deregulation, Energy, Intellectual Property Rights, Japan-Economy, Japan-Politics, Japan-Science & Technology, JIAP Observations, Korea, Steel, Telecom, US-Japan Relations); Special Reports; Contact Us and Comments; Search; Website of the Week.
URL http://www.jiaponline.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.jiaponline.org/
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/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

06 Jan 2003

Asian Historical Architecture
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VI, USA.
Self-description: "Welcome to www.orientalarchitecture.com, a photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Here you can view over 5,700 photos of 404 sites in fifteen countries [400 megabytes of image data online - ed.], with extensive background information and 'virtual tours'. This website belongs to no one in particular - it is a collection of photos from many different contributors. If you would like to contribute your own photos please email the webmaster at timciccone@hotmail.com. Contributions are greatly appreciated, as they form the bulk of this webpage. Each contributor retains the rights to his/her photos and is credited in the appropriate places. Photos may be submitted electronically or through regular mail. Photos sent through postal mail can be scanned by us and returned at no charge (we will reimburse for ALL shipping/handling charges). The geographical limits of this website correspond to areas heavily influenced by Buddhism, Confucianism, or Hinduism, either now or in the past. Within this area, all historical architecture is eligible for inclusion on this website. [...] The editors of this webpage are Tim Ciccone (Columbia University) and Abe Ahn (Yale University); and professors Yunsheng Huang (UVA), Robert D. Fiala (Concordia), and Kerk L Phillips (Brigham Young). A special thanks to professor Yunsheng Huang of the University of Virginia for arranging space for this website."
Site contents: * China (Beijing, Chongqing, Foshan, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Jiuhuashan, Macau, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Suzhou, Xian); * Taiwan; * Japan (Kobe, Kyoto, Nara); * S. Korea (Andong, Busan, Daegu, Gumi, Gyeongju, Hahoe, Incheon Nagan, Seoul, Silli, Mullebanga, Mill, Suwon, Yangdong, Yesan); * N. Korea; * Thailand (Bangkok, Chiangmai, Pranburi); Myanmar (Bagan, Mandalay); * Cambodia (Banteay, Preah Ko, Angkor, Phnom, Penh); * Laos; * Malaysia (Georgetown, Melaka); * Singapore; * Vietnam; * Nepal (Kathmandu, Patan); * India (Ahmedabad, Agra, Delhi, Khajuraho, Madurai, Mahabalipuram, Manalie, Sarnath, Varanasi); * Pakistan (Lahore, Taxila); * Afghanistan; * Email Us; * Comprehensive Site Bibliography; * Frequently Asked Questions.
[A remarkable online development which echoes achievements of "The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art" (http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/) - ed.]
URL http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.orientalarchitecture.com/
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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 300

06 Jan 2003

India's National Security Doctrine
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."
["Any national security doctrine (NSD) of India has to cater to the possibility of threats from two sources--- China and Pakistan. [...] However, the nuclear doctrine by itself will not complete the national security doctrine unless it is supplemented by a counter-terrorism doctrine [.... involving] a mix of carefully-controlled overt and extensive, sustained and deniable covert actions." - 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/paper578.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. 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

06 Jan 2003

Pashtun Unrest in the Pakistani Security Forces
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."
["( To be read in continuation of the earlier article titled 'The Omens From South Waziristan' [http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper575.html - ed.] ) Contradictory and contentious statements have been coming from Pakistani Governmental circles in Islamabad, US Army spokesmen in Afghanistan and officials of the Bush Administration in Washington DC. in the wake of the clash between a US Army patrol in Afghan territory and some men of the Waziristan Scouts, a para-military unit of Pakistan, on December 29, 2002." - 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/paper577.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. 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

06 Jan 2003

Database of the Gordon W. Prange Collection (1945-1949)
The Institute of 20th Century Media, Japan
Supplied note: "Database [only in Japanese - ed.] of the Gordon W. Prange Collections (1945 - 1949), all journal title, contents index, authors, pub.years, index number, and other access points, has been made available free at the site below (free registoration required) - tt."
[The Collection, held at the University of Maryland, USA (http://www.lib.umd.edu/PRC/) includes: *17,000 newspaper titles * 75,000 books, pamphlets *10,000 news agency photos *13,000 magazine titles * 90 posters * 640 maps - ed.]
URL http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~m20th/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Toshio Takagi (toshio.takagi@anu.edu.au), forwarded by asialib@info.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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 30

06 Jan 2003

The Gordon W. Prange Collection (1945-1949)
University Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Self-description: "The Gordon W. Prange Collection is the most comprehensive collection in existence of publications issued in Japan during the immediate post-World War II years, 1945-1949. The Collection comprises virtually everything published on all subjects during this period -- books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, news agency photos, political posters, maps and related archival materials. The Collection includes: *17,000 newspaper titles * 75,000 books, pamphlets *10,000 news agency photos *13,000 magazine titles * 90 posters * 640 maps The contents of the Prange Collection [now indexed online by The Institute of 20th Century Media, Japan (http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~m20th/) - ed.] once constituted the files of the Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD), an operating unit of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers' (SCAP) Press, Publication and Broadcast Division. Between 1945 and 1949, the CCD was responsible for reviewing all Japanese publications to identify violations of the Code for the Japanese Press. When violations were identified by CCD examiners, censorship action was taken. The Collection contains approximately 600,000 pages of censorship documents."
Site contents: Introduction; History; Newspapers; Magazines; Books; Personal Collections; Preservation; Guides to the Collections; Access [so far, there is no online access to the materials - ed.]; Reproduction; Related Links (The National Diet Library of Japan, The National Archives and Records Administration, Norman Ross Publishing, The MacArthur Memorial); Japanese Site.
[Information about the Collection - ed.]
URL http://www.lib.umd.edu/PRC/splash.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.lib.umd.edu/PRC/splash.html
Link reported by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Jan 2003

Inside North Korea's Ruling Elite
Asia Intelligence Ltd., London, UK
Supplied note: "Given the current crisis in North Korea, I would in particular like to draw your attention to a Special Feature published today in our AsiaInt Political & Strategic Review... - jdc."
[The paper suggests that in the context of "North Korea's moves to restart its nuclear programme, the questions of how key decisions are reached, and who by, have become of paramount importance. " - ed.]
URL http://www.asiaint.com/arl/arl1527.asp
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 - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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

02 Jan 2003

The Omens From South Waziristan
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 context and details of an incident, which took "place on December 29, 2002, near the Afghan village of Sikhin in which two Pakistanis were killed and an American was injured. During the clash, an American F-16 dropped a bomb hitting a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in the South Waziristan area [...] in Pakistani territory." - 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/paper575.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. 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

01 Jan 2003

Chechnya Continues To Bleed
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 US and the rest of the West have strongly condemned specific acts of terrorism such as the Moscow theatre seizure and attacks causing civilian casualties in Chechnya and extended moral support to Moscow in its fight against terrorism, but are still reluctant to accept the Russian argument that what has been happening in Chechnya is totally due to terrorism, inspired by bin Laden and his ilk. Despite repeated Russian requests, Washington DC has desisted from designating any of the Chechen terrorist groups as Foreign Terrorist Organisations as required under a 1996 law." - 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/paper573.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. 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

01 Jan 2003

Discover Mekong: Theme travel to Vietnam and Indochina
Huong Giang Tourist Company, HCMC, Vietnam
Supplied note: "Travel to Vietnam and Indochina. Here you can book Vietnam and Indochina travel packages and Vietnam hotels or enjoy interesting travel articles - nla."
[An elegant and informative site - ed.]
URL http://www.discovermekong.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Nguyen Long An (an.nl@discovermekong.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]: Marginal
* 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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