The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Dec 2003
Vol. 10, No. 20 (204)

The Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU
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Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year

21 Dec 2003

Japan's Foreign Policy & the Issue of Iraq
Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "Many people are interested in Japan's sending its self defence forces to Iraq. The Web page of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet has the official documents relating this issue in English. - mm."
Site contents: * Measures for Restruction Assistance in Iraq:
The Outline of the Basic Plan regarding Response Measures Based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq (December 9, 2003); Japan's Assistance for the Reconstruction of Iraq (Assistance to meet the medium-term reconstruction needs of Iraq) (October 24, 2003); Japan's Assistance for the Reconstruction of Iraq (October 15, 2003); Japan's Assistance for the Reconstruction of Iraq (April 21, 2003); Decision on Action Guidelines for Responding to the Issue of Iraq (March 20, 2003); The Outline of Measures based on the Action Guidelines (March 20, 2003); Meeting of Economic and Finance-Related Cabinet Ministers (March 18, 2003); Meeting of the Security Council (March 18, 2003);
* Press Conference and Statements by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi:
Comment by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release) (December 15, 2003); Press Conference by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (The Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq) (December 9, 2003); Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (The Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq) (December 9, 2003); Prime Minister Attends the Funeral of the Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan who Died in Iraq (December 6, 2003); Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Concerning the Establishment of the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq (July 26, 2003); Prime Minister Koizumi's Report on Japan's Measures in Response to the Situation following the Use of Force against Iraq (March 20, 2003); Press Conference by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Issue of Iraq (March 20, 2003); Statement by Prime Mimister Junichiro Koizumi [Japan's Response to the Issue of Iraq] (March 20, 2003); Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Interview on the Issue of Iraq (March 18, 2003);
* Statements by Chief Cabinet Secretary:
Comment by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (The Capture of Former President Saddam Hussein: Comment by Prime Minister Koizumi) (December 14, 2003); Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary (Concerning the Relationship between the Bill Concerning the Special Measures on the Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Activities and Security Support in Iraq and the Three Principles on Arms Exports) (June 13, 2003).
*Links to Relevant Ministries: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Issue of Iraq; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Statement by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
URL http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/kikikanri/iraq/index_e.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Mizuno Mitsuaki (mizuno-m@sa.starcat.ne.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* 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

20 Dec 2003

Central Eurasian Studies Society Fifth Annual Conference, Oct 2004
Central Eurasian Studies Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supplied note: "The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Fifth CESS Annual Conference, October 14-17, 2004, in Bloomington, Indiana. The event will be held at Indiana University, hosted by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. [...] Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: April 2, 2004. - CESS."
URL http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Link reported by: Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS@fas.harvard.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

18 Dec 2003

Attempt on Musharraf's 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, 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: "On December 14, 2003, a powerful explosion [...] damaged a bridge in a densely populated locality of the Rawalpindi Cantonment hardly a minute after a car carrying President Pervez Musharraf from the Chaklala airport to his residence (the Army House) and the other vehicles in his convoy had passed over it. [...]. There were no human casualties. [...] The two previous conspiracies directed against Musharraf were attributed by the Pakistani authorities to the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-Alami (meaning HUM-International), a wing of the HUM, which is a founding member of the IIF since February,1998. Since the beginning of this year, there have been one anti-Pakistan message attributed to bin Laden and two anti-Musharraf messages attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri, his No.2." - 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/papers9/paper864.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

17 Dec 2003

My Jakarta Diary--II & Last
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, 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 countries of the region, and particularly Indonesia, should evolve a counter-terrorism policy suited to their national needs and circumstances [...] Any impression that their counter-terrorism policies are influenced, if not dictated, by American methods and interests would prove counter-productive and add to the feelings of alienation and swell the ranks of new recruits." - b.raman]
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. The paper follows up a 9 Dec 2003 essay by B. Raman My Jakarta Diary--I (www.saag.org/papers9/paper855.html) - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers9/paper861.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

17 Dec 2003

Tibet - Everything About Tibet
tibetrg.fol.nl, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Supplied note: "Everything about Tibet - rg."
Site contents: China-Tibet-Nepal Rondreis September 1999; More Pictures; Dutch Sites; Other Links; Other Tibet Support Groups; Language; Mandalas; Music Instruments; Calendar; Software; Tibet Arts; Travel; Tibet Maps; Training; Shops; Books\CD\DVD; Music files; Tibetaans gebed van de Zoutmannen;
[A bi-lingual (EN,NL) site, formerly published at http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rene.gieltjes - ed.]
URL http://tibetrg.fol.nl/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/tibetrg.fol.nl
Link reported by: Rene Gieltjes (rene.gieltjes@tibetrg.fol.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

17 Dec 2003

[Asia in] National Library of Australia News, Dec 2003
The National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: The latest issue of 'National Library of Australia News', vol. XIV, no.3, December 2003 contains two articles relating to the National Library's Asian collections and services. They are also accessible at [the URL below]
The items are 'Buying Books in My Garage: Memories of an Indonesian Acquisitions Librarian' by Andrew Gosling, describing his time working for the National Library in Indonesia from 1979 to 1983; and 'Ethnic Presses : Asians and Arabs, 1980s-1990s', the second and final instalment of Barry York's look at the Library's collection of ethnic community newspapers published in the 1980s and 1990s. - ag."
Self-description; "National Library of Australia News [www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/ - ed.] is a 24-page colour magazine produced monthly. It features interesting articles focusing on existing projects, news and information concerning the Library's numerous collections, services and activities.'
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2003/dec03/dec03news.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [due to technical problems at www.archive.org details of the archival versions of the National Library of Australia News site were not available at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Andrew Gosling (andrewgosling@netspeed.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* 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

16 Dec 2003

Chinese Culture Abroad Directory
Asian Studies Program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA.
Self-description: "Aloha, and welcome to the Chinese Cultures Abroad Directory. Over fifty (50) websites and other dedicated web pages are listed and annotated here. Those websites describe, evaluate and even initiate diverse experiences of the Chinese diaspora - transnational Chinese whose ancestors or who themselves migrated across the planet.[...] This online Directory documents the Web presence of Chinese immigrant communities and their activities in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, Africa and elsewhere."
Site contents: *Annotated weblinks - Chinese diaspora (Transregional, Asia Pacific region, South East Asia - including Taiwan, Japan [Zainichi Chugokujin], Pacific Islands - including Hawai'i, Canada, the United States - but not Hawai'i, West Indies, Central America, South America, Europe, Russia, other post-Soviet Union states, Africa, South Asia, South West Asia); * Syllabi - Overseas Chinese [page under construction in mid-Dec 2003 - ed.]; * Invitation to participate!; * Acknowledgements; * Advisory board; * Newsworthiness; * Focus; * Histories; * Definitions; * Criteria; * Intended audience; * Advice to users; * Editor.
[This newly launched [Dec 2003] site forms an official sub-section of the China WWW Virtual Library (sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/) and of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pollard/chculture.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Vincent Kelly Pollard (pollard@hawaii.edu)
* 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 30

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