The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Jun 2003
Vol. 10, No. 12 (196)

20 Jun 2003

The Internet under Surveillance, 2nd Annual Report
Reporters sans Frontiers/Reporters without Borders, Paris, France.
Self-description: "The Internet is the bane of all dictatorial regimes, but even in democracies, new anti-terrorism laws have tightened government control of it and undermined the principle of protecting journalistic sources. This report is about attitudes to the Internet by the powerful in 60 countries, between spring 2001 and spring 2003. [...]
[Excerpts from the 'The Internet under Surveillance: Obstacles to the free flow of information online', Report on China] China - Population : 1,284,972,000; Internet users : 59,100,000; Privately-owned ISPs : no; Internet Users and cyber-dissidents in prison : 42. The number of Internet users doubles nearly every six months and the number of websites every year. But this dizzying growth is matched by the authorities' energetic attempts to monitor, censor and repress Internet activity, with tough laws, jailing cyber-dissidents, blocking access to websites, monitoring online forums and shutting down cybercafes."
Site contents: Reports on the censorship/surveillance of the Internet in: Afghanistan; Algeria; Australia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belgium; Burma; Burundi; Canada; China; Cuba; Denmark; Egypt; European institutions; France; Germany; India; Iran; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Laos; Liberia; Malaysia; Maldives; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; New Zealand; North Korea; Pakistan; Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Somalia; South Africa; South Korea; Spain; Sri Lanka; Switzerland; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Zimbabwe.
URL http://www.rsf.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=378
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link suggested by Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* 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]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Jun 2003

China Brief: A Journal of Information and Analysis
The Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
Self-description: "'China Brief: A Journal of Information and Analysis' is a publication of The Jamestown Foundation, a private non-profit organization. Writers include Professor Arthur Waldron, Asia analyst Willy Wo-Lap Lam, security analyst Richard Fisher, Hong Kong commentator Baopu Liu, lawyer-economist Gordon G. Chang and many others. Neither The Jamestown Foundation nor 'China Brief' receives funding or support from any government or government agency. The opinions expressed in 'China Brief' are solely those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Jamestown Foundation. "
Site contents: Online Issues from Volume 1, Issue 1 (Jul 2001) - till present. [Volume 3, Issue 11 published on 3 June 2003, offered four articles: * Gordon G. Chang: 'Communist Cousins, Part I'; * Baopu Liu: 'Containing SARS: A Case Study of China's Bureaucracies'; * Willy Lam: 'PLA Seeks A New Leap Forward'; * Richard D. Fisher, Jr.: 'Two Cheers For The CFR's PLA Report' - ed.]
The site also offers links to
* "China Trends" (www.jamestown.org/trends_china.htm), which deal with Greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan's: News; Crime and corruption; Domestic politics; Economics; Foreign affairs; Freedoms; Independence, separatism, integration; Labor issues; Military & weapons proliferation; South China Sea region; Social conditions; and WTO.
* "Eurasia Security Trends" (www.jamestown.org/pub_eurasia.htm) a bi-weekly bulletin which monitors the region for Organized crime and corruption; The sale of Russia's weapons and technologies of mass destruction; Islamic political movements.

URL http://www.jamestown.org/pub_china.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link suggested via Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* 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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

04 Jun 2003

Separate lives, broken dreams: Saga of Chinese Immigration
National Asian American Telecommunications Association & Jennie Lew, San Francisco, CA, USA
Self-description: "The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a turning point in American history. It is, however, one which seldom receives anything more than a passing reference in most history books. The Act barred all Chinese from U.S. citizenship by naturalization, and specifically excluded Chinese laborers and their families from entering the United States. Immigration, based on race and class, was now an official part of American public policy. It opened the door to subsequent racially biased restrictions and outright exclusion of other immigrant groups. 'Separate lives, broken dreams' [site] explores the deep and broad impact that Chinese Exclusion had on individual lives, families, and entire communities in America and China."
Site contents: (1) Program information (information on 1993 TV broadcast in the US: Synopsis; Crew bios; Charles Wong's letter; Judge Brazil's speech; Statue of Liberty document); (2) Immigration documents (Individual case files, incl. that of Sun Yatsen; NARA government documents; Researching at NARA); (3) Exclusion (Anti-Chinese cartoons; MOCA - Chinese exclusion literature; Bigler & Asing); (4) Glossary of terms; (5) Resources [links to 50 specialist resources - ed.].
URL http://www.naatanet.org/separatelivesbrokendreams/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.naatanet.org/separatelivesbrokendreams/
Link suggested by Deike Zimmann, Hamburg, Germany via Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/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

04 Jun 2003

Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia
Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Self-description: "Welcome to Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia. The site is designed to facilitate research on the politics and economics of transition states in the post-communist world. You will find thousands of links to governmental and non-governmental web sites based in post-communist states, fonts to install on your computer, and other resources."
Site contents: * East Central Europe; * Eurasia and the Baltics; General (Baltics, Caucasus, Central Asia, NGOs and Governments, Universities and Institutes, Miscellaneous Pages on Ethnicity)
Armenia [The following categories are provided in all country-level entries: Central Government, Ministries and Agencies, Political Parties and Politicians, Institutes and NGOs, Regional Sites, News and Media, Search Engines, Miscellaneous Sites - ed.]; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Mongolia; Russia Russia's Regions; (Regional Search Engines Federal Administrative Regions Russian Regions); Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Ukraine's Regions [incl.a link to Crimean Tatar Homepage - ed.]; Uzbekistan;
Research (Elections, Information Policy); Fonts (Using Cyrillic on the Web, Download fonts); What's New; Java-Version; Search.
URL http://www.ku.edu/~herron/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ku.edu/~herron/
Link reported by: Federation of International Trade Associations (newsletter@fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* 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 100

02 Jun 2003

MongolianCulture.com
The Indo-Mongolian Society, New York City, NY, USA
Supplied note: "This website [... with] Mongolia information resources presents facts about Mongolian culture, performing arts traditions, Mongolian history, upcoming Mongolia interest events in New York and many colorful photos of Mongolia and its people. - lk."
Site contents: About; Up coming Events; Festival of Mongolia; Mongolia Info. Resources; Contact us; Travel; Indo-Mongolian Society Lecture Papers [incl. online texts of * Prof. Sh. Bira - 'The Historical Relationship of India and Mongolia') * Prof. John Masson Smith Jr. - 'Mongol Armies and Indian Campaigns') * Sally Hovey Wriggins - 'Xuanzang on the Silk Road'; * Dr. Paula L.W. Sabloff - 'Genghis Khan, Father of Mongolian Democracy' - ed.]
URL http://www.MongolianCulture.com
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Lyle Krahl (mongcult@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Online Guide
* 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

02 Jun 2003

AIDS-India e-Forum
AIDS-India e-Forum, groups.yahoo.com, USA
Supplied note: "An electronic forum [est. Mar 2000 - ed.] for information and communication on AIDS related issues in India. A high quality, moderated discussion forum on AIDS related issues in India. More than 1,500 subscribers - jt."
Site contents: [online access to nearly 2500 messages moderated by Dr Thomas and exchanged over the last 4 years - ed.]
URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aids-india/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Joe Thomas (joe_thomas123@yahoo.com.au)
* 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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Jun 2003

Islam In Cambodia: Resurgence or Extremism?
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."
Extract: "The Cambodian authorities announced on May 30, 2003, the arrest of two Thais and an Egyptian on suspicion of having links with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an extremist organisation of South-East Asia, which is alleged to be associated with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda. [...] The Cambodian authorities also ordered the expulsion from their country of 28 teachers belonging to Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand, Yemen and Egypt along with their families, making a total of 47 persons. - 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/paper8/paper701.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

01 Jun 2003

Xiucai [Sju Tsai] Newsletter
Ostasieninstitut, FH Ludwigshafen, Germany
Supplied note: "A very refreshing newsletter on society, politics and economy in China. - hl."
Site contents [all files in PDF format - ed.] : XiuCaiNo9 (ca. 1.5 MB); XiuCaiNo8 (ca. 1.7 MB); XiuCaiNo7 (ca. 1.2 MB); XiuCaiNo6 (ca. 0.4 MB) [Sonderausgabe: China und der Irak]; XiuCaiNo5 (ca. 1.0 MB); XiuCaiNo4 (ca. 0.7 MB); XiuCaiNo3 (ca .1.4 MB); XiuCaiNo2 (ca. 1.4 MB); XiuCaiNo1 (ca. 0.9 MB).
URL http://xiucai.oai.de/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link suggested via Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study
* 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

01 Jun 2003

Shuhai Wenyuan: Classical Chinese Digital Database and Interactive Internet Worktable
Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i, USA
Self-description: "Welcome to Shuhai Wenyuan 1.0, a project of the University of Hawai'i, Department of Philosophy. Shuhai Wenyuan provides academically rigorous texts and tools in an innovative Worktable format to facilitate the reading, researching, and understanding of ancient Chinese philosophy. [...] Shuhai Wenyuan is a project of the National Science Foundation's Digital Libraries Initiative, Phase II."
Supplied note: "An impressing project [under the editorship of Brian Bruya - tmc] in simple design, but with a wealth of resources in the background: all Han and pre-Han texts from the Chinese Ancient Texts (CHANT) project of the Chinese University of Hong Kong are to be included (work in progress), a full text version of Pulleyblanks celebrated Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar is there, and behind all you'll find a dictionary put together from various sources such as deFrancis' ABC Chinese-English Dictionary (for Pinyin transcriptions), Charles Muller's Dictionary of East Asian Literary Terms (for meanings), Baxter's reconstructions of pre-modern Chinese pronunciation, and others. - hl."
Site contents: (1) Worktable (currently available texts: Daxue, Laozi Daodejing, Lunyu, Mengzi, Morals of Confucius, Shangshu, Shijing, Yijing, Zhongyong, Zhuangzi; Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar by E. Pulleyblank; more to be included); (2) Content [Texts, Grammar, Lexicon, Philosophy]; (3) Customize; (4) Optimize; (5) Personnel; (6) Endorsements; (7) Technical; (8) Cite; (9) FAQ; (10) Contact; (11) Copyright.
URL http://www.shuhai.hawaii.edu/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.shuhai.hawaii.edu/
Link suggested by Jan Ischebeck, Bonn, Germany via Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* 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

01 Jun 2003

China um 1900 in den Augen der Zeit [China around 1900 in contemporary sources]
www.china1900.info, Austria
Supplied note: "'These pages bring to you what eyes have seen in China a hundred years ago, what ears have heard and brushes and quills have noted. They convey what Chinese literati and Western adventurers, scientists, diplomats and missionaries have lived to see around 1900 in Peking, Shanghai, Tsingdao, ..., and what they thought. If we lend their open eyes and follow their thoughts then we will see -- surprisingly enough: ourselves. We will better understand the China of today and gain new perspectives on the world we live in now. The men and women of those days can help us make a better guess on what the future will bring to us [...]' [tr. from German by HL]. A wonderful tour into old China, providing views and commentaries from a wealth of different contemporary sources such as entries from the famous German encyclopaedia 'Meyers Großes Konversationslexikon', talks given by Otto Franke at the beginning of the last century, polemics by Gu Hongming, novels by Guo Moruo and Ba Jin, and many more [...] - hl."
Contents: (1) Einleitung (Introduction); (2) Orte (places); (3) Literati und Abenteurer (Literati and Adventurers); (4) Leben (life); (5) Einschnitte (Events); (6) Verwendete Bücher (Bibliography).
URL http://www.china1900.info/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.china1900.info/
Link suggested by Diana Ehrenwert, Austria via Hanno Lecher (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

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