The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Oct 2004
Vol. 11, No. 18 (222)

31 Oct 2004

Google News China
google.com, Mountain View, CA, USA,
Self-description: "Google News China presents information culled from approximately 1,000 [Chinese] news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page."
Supplied note: "For users inside the PR China only news sources that are approved by PRC government will be listed. This restriction is not in effect for users outside of China. Shortly after Google News China was launched in September 2004, a heated debate over this issue took place.
For more information on Google and China please visit the DACHS archive (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/acwww25/allegro.pl?db=dachs&expand=yes&maxkrztitel=20&TI1=google&modus=trunkiert).
Google's own statement on this issue can be found in the Google Blog (http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/09/china-google-news-and-source-inclusion.html)- hl."
URL http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=zh-CN&ned=cn
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Hanno Lecher - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - 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 100

31 Oct 2004

The Buddhist Heritage
The Buddhist Heritage, Sarnath, India
Supplied note: "This site has been created for the exploration of forgotten Buddhist sites in India - sb."
Self-description "'The Buddhist Heritage' is a Research Team exploring the forgotten sites in India with a view to restore and preserve them. It also intends to persuade respective State Governments (where such sites exist) to include them to the pilgrimage circuit [...] We Invite Scholars, Archaeologists, Explorers and Research Persons To Join Us In The Venture."
Site contents: * About us; * The Journal ['The Buddhist Heritage,' a quarterly, est. Jan 2004 - ed.] * Forum * Invitation to scholars * Support the project * Contact us
URL http://www.bhpromo.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr. Suresh Bhatia (bh-mail[use"@"]indiatimes.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Studies
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic/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

30 Oct 2004

Maritime Terrorism: An Indian Perspective
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: "(Text of a paper presented at an International Conference on National Security in a Changing Region organised at Singapore on October 28 and 29, 2004, by the Asia-Pacific Conferences & Events Management (APCEM) with the endorsement and support of 'Defence News' )
Executive Summary
Apprehensions of major acts of maritime terrorism by the jihadi terrorist organisations, which are members of Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front (IIF), continue to be high, but there are no clear indicators so far of their having already acquired the necessary capability for such acts. However, their nexus with trans-national mafia groups like the one headed by Pakistan-based Dawood Ibrahim has placed at their disposal maritime facilities which could be used and are being used for the clandestine movement of trained men and material required for land-based terrorist operations in other countries. Evidence of such nexus could be seen from Pakistan as well as Bangladesh. If there is any major act of maritime terrorism of a tactical nature against their perceived adversaries or of a strategic nature to disrupt the regional trade and economy staged by them in the South and the South-East Asian region , there is a strong possibility of its having originated from either Pakistan or Bangladesh. [...]" - b.raman]
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1154.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[use"@"]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

25 Oct 2004

China Quest
China Quest Programs, Beijing, China
Supplied note: "Summer study and travel abroad program in China. - rl."
Self-description: "For 5 weeks, students will not only study Chinese language and culture but also take a magnificent and eye opening tour of China. Our summer camp program is a joint partnership with 3 top universities in China: BeiHang University in Beijing, Xi'an Foreign Language University, and East China Normal University in Shanghai."
URL http://www.chinaquest.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Ray Li (info@chinaquest.org)
* 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]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Oct 2004

The Contemporary Okinawa Website
John Michael Purves, Kin-Cho, Kunigami-Gun, Okinawa-Ken, Japan
Supplied note: "A very nice Okinawa/Ryukyu site which may be of interest to others - gw."
Self-description: "The Contemporary Okinawa Website was established in 1995 as an educational, public resource for information on Okinawa in English. Given that I was then researching the economic, political, and social history of Okinawa (particularly the post-WWII period), and because there was a distinct lack of such information available to the reader in English, I thought a devoted website might fill the void. I believed then, as I still do, that the World Wide Web would become a powerful research tool to complement the physical libraries and other centres of information we use and love, but with far greater accessibility. My intention has always been to update this site regularly, but you know what they say about the best laid plans. I prefer these days to see it as a place where I can add bits here and there as my research continues. [...] john michael purves."
Site contents: Latest; Archive [see Archive Contents below - ed.]; Links; Contents;Wild Horse; Opinion; Books; Kin Town; Images.
Archive Contents:
PREWAR AND WARTIME DOCUMENTS
* The Constitution of the Empire of Japan - 1889 * The Hague Convention (Respecting the Customs of War on Land), 18th October 1907 * Cairo Communique, 1st December 1943 * Joint Declaration of the Assembly of Greater East Asiatic Nations, 5th November 1943 * The Yalta Agreement - 11th February 1945 * Nimitz Proclamation (No. 1), April 1945 * Potsdam Declaration (United States, China, and the United Kingdom), 26th July 1945
POSTWAR JAPAN-US DOCUMENTS
* US Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, September 1945 * The Constitution of Japan - 1946 * The Birth of the Constitution of Japan * Enclosure to Dispatch No. 1293, 22nd September 1947 * Emperor of Japan's Opinion Concerning the Future of the Ryukyu Islands, 22nd September 1947 * Special Proclamation No. 36 - "Certification of Land Title" - 14th April 1950 * (MacArthur's) Memorandum on Postwar Security for Japan - June 1950 * Multilateral Treaty of Peace With Japan, 8th September 1951 (Selected Text) * John Foster Dulles on "Residual Sovereignty", 8th September 1951 * Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, 8th September 1951 * Shigeru Yoshida Presenting the Peace Treaty for Ratification, 12th October 1951 * CA Proclamation No. 13 - "Establishment of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands" - 29th February 1952 * CA Ordinance No. 91 - "Authority to Contract" - 1st November 1952 * CA Ordinance No. 109 - "Land Acquisition Procedure" - 3rd April 1953 * CA Ordinance No. 110 - "Procedure for Payment of Compensation for Land Acquisition" - 10th April 1953 * CA Proclamation No. 26 - "Compensation for Use of Real Estate Within Military Areas" - 5th December 1953 * CA Ordinance No. 120 - "Compensation for Use of Real Estate Within Military Areas" - 9th December 1953 * Amami Islands Reversion Agreement - 24th December 1953 * CA Proclamation No. 27 - "Geographical Boundaries of the Ryukyu Islands" -25th December 1953 * CA Ordinance No. 105 - "Authority to Accomplish Execution of Leases..." - 23rd March 1955 * The Melvin Price Report, 8th June 1956 * Eisenhower's Executive Order No. 10713, 5th June 1957 * CA Ordinance No. 171 - "Authority to Enter Upon Lands for Investigation and/or Survey Purposes" - 25th June 1957 * Kishi-Eisenhower Joint Communique, 21st June 1957 * HICOM Ordinance No. 18 - "Acquisition of Leasehold Interest" - 13th Jan 1959 * HICOM Ordinance No.19 - "Establishment of the United States Land Tribunal for the Ryukyu Islands" - 21st January 1959 * HICOM Ordinance No. 20 - "Acquisition of Leasehold Interest" - 12th February 1959 * Agreement Under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the U.S. and Japan, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of U.S. Armed Forces in Japan (The Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA),19th January 1960 * Remarks of High Commissioner Paul W. Carraway, 5th March 1963 * Sato-Johnson Communique, 13th January 1965 * Address by Lieutenant General Unger, 2nd November 1966 * Sato-Nixon Communique, 21st November 1969 * (Secret) Agreed Minute to the Sato-Nixon Communique, 21st November 1969 * Statement by U. Alexis Johnson to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 1970 * The Okinawa Reversion Agreement, 17th June 1971 * Sato-Nixon Communique, San Clemente, 7th January 1972
POSTREVERSION JAPAN-US DOCUMENTS
* Joint Announcement of the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee - 27/9/95 * Protest Resolution Adopted at the Okinawan Peoples Rally - 20/10/95 * U.S. Department of Defence News Briefing with Joseph Nye - 27/10/95 * Base Return Action Programme (Proposal), January, 1996 * Japan-US Special Action Committee (SACO) Interim Report - 15/4/96 * Japanese Cabinet Decision Regarding Efforts to Resolve Issues in Okinawa - 16/4/96 * US-Japan Joint Declaration on Security - 17/4/96 * Remarks by President Clinton to the Japanese Diet - 18/4/96 * Press Conference by the Japanese Press Secretary - 21/5/96 * Okinawa Governor Ota's Comments on The Supreme Court Decision - 28/8/96 * Statement by the Japanese Press Secretary - 10/9/96 * Two plus Two Meeting of the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee - 19/9/96 * Press Conference by the Press Secretary of the Japanese Government - 8/10/96 * The Cosmopolitan City Okinawa Plan - 11/96 * Joint Announcement by the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee - 2/12/96 * Final SACO Report - 2/12/96 * Final SACO Report (Futenma Air Base supplement) - 2/12/96 * Background Briefing on Defence Secretary Cohen's Trip to CINCPAC, Korea and Japan - 3/4/97 * Clinton-Hashimoto Joint Statement - 25/4/97 * The Okinawa Industrial and Economic Promotion and Deregulation Report (The "Tanaka Report") July, 1997 * Joint Statement on the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee - 23/9/97 * Press Conference following the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee Meeting - 23/9/97 * Sea-Based Facility (SBF) DOD Functional Analysis and Concept of Operations - 3rd Sept, 1997 * Towards the Formation of Cosmopolitan City Okinawa: A New Industrial Promotion Policy - 4/11/97 * Materials Prepared by the Naha Branch of the Defence Facilities Administration Bureau of the Japanese Defence Agency on the Proposed Offshore Heliport in the Henoko District of Nago City - Undated, mid to late-1997 * Materials Prepared by the Naha Branch of the Defence Facilities Administration Bureau of the Japanese Defence Agency on Proposed Economic Stimulation Measures for Nago City and the Northern Region of Okinawa Island - Undated, mid to late-1997 * Department of Defence News Briefing with US Secretary of Defence William Cohen - 21/1/98 * Governor Ota's Announcement on the Offshore Heliport - 6/2/98 * US General Accounting Office, "Overseas Presence: Issues Involved in Reducing the Impact of the US Military Presence on Okinawa," March, 1998 * Summary of a Field Study on Public Health around US Bases in Okinawa - March, 1998 * US Department of Defence, "Security Strategy for the East Asia-Pacific Region," November, 1998 * Statement Demanding the Recall of Nago Mayor Kishimoto - 27th December, 1999 * President Clinton's Address at the Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa - 21st July, 2000 * Rand Corporation, "The United States and Asia: Toward a New US Strategy and Force Posture," May 2001 * US General Accounting Office, "Military Training: Limitations Exist Overseas but are not Reflected in Readiness Reporting," April 2002 * US Ambassador to Japan, Howard Baker - "Okinawa and the US-Japan Relationship" - Speech to the Okinawa Federation of Economic Organisations, Naha, Okinawa, February 2003
OTHER RESOURCES
* Okinawa: A Chronology of News Events 1995-1996 * Island of Mlitary Bases: A Contemporary Political and Economic History of Okinawa * The Okinawa Referendum 1996 * The Nago Referendum 1997 * The Unofficial Constitution of the Republic of Ryukyu * 'Ryukyu kyowakoku kempo' * Higa Mikio's famous 'Okinawa jichishu kosoron' from the December 1971 edition of 'Chuo Koron' * The 'Fuyu' website * Okinawa Citizens, US Bases, and the Dugong * Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, "An Alternative Future for the Region of Camp Pendleton, California," 1997
URL http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/index2.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.niraikanai.wwma.net/index2.html
Link reported by: Geoff Wade (arigpw[use"@"]nus.edu.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/Documents/Study
* 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 300

10 Oct 2004

Introduction to Uyghur
Nathan Light, University of Toledo, OH, USA,
Self-description: "This page is an online introduction to Uyghur history and culture, and to my research on the politics of Uyghur musical history. Many of the sources I have linked here are biased presentations, either assuming with the Chinese that what they call the Xinjiang (meaning 'New Territory') Uygur Autonomous Region was always a part of China, or presenting the Uyghur nationalist view that there should be a separate Uyghur state. This makes these interesting materials to read, but highly rhetorical. The Xinjiang region is neither purely Uyghur, nor historically a part of China. [...] I have created this page in order to help non-Uyghurs to go beyond limited ideas about Uyghur culture and history based in popularized archeology and romanticized travel accounts, towards a deeper recognition of the Uyghurs' rich cultural traditions that endure despite present political difficulties and economic changes."
Site contents: (1) Basic Information Sources (Maps; Satellite Images; Online Databases; Uyghur Language; Unicode Google Searches); (2) News Sources; (3) Uyghur Culture (Music, Films, Art, Literature); (4) Activist and Nationalist Sites and Analysis; (5) Politics of history, especially lingering racist mythologies; (6) Travel and Photographs; (7) Bibliographies on Uyghur History, Literature and Culture; (8) Photos of Uyghur Life, Art and Material Culture.
URL http://www.utoledo.edu/~nlight/uyghpg.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.utoledo.edu/~nlight/uyghpg.htm
Link reported by: Jan Rosseel, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, forwarded by Hanno Lecher - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* 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 300

This page has been tested for accessibility, written to conform with W3C XHTML 1.0 Recommendations and annotated with Dublin Core Metadata.

URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
International students: ANU CRICOS Provider Number is 00120C