20 Mar 2006

South Asia Research Documentation Services (SARDS) 2
Martin-Luther Universitat, Halle, Wittenberg, Germany
Self-description: "SARDS 2 is an electronic database containing bibliographic references to South Asia research articles published in journals, collective volumes, conference proceedings, Festschriften, etc. SARDS 2 is a project of the Centre for Research in the Historiography and Intellectual Culture of Kashmir (adwm.indologie.uni-halle.de), hosted by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and headed by the Halle Chair in Indology. The focus of SARDS 2 is on the humanities and social sciences. To date, over 56.000 citations are electronically searchable, covering the period from 1786 until 2000. All entries can be downloaded and easily printed. SARDS 2 corresponds to the content of the database SARDS 1, initially issued on CD-ROM in 2002 for a limited circle of users (members of the Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society)). SARDS 1 was based on bibliographic data systematically collected and indexed over a period of more than 30 years by Dr George Baumann (Tuebingen) ('Biblindo'). Andreas Pohlus (Halle) has increased Dr Baumann's data pool by a bibliography of articles of German Indologists (until 2000), put at the project's disposal by Albrecht Wezler (Hamburg)."
[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/Sards2/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr Walter Slaje (slaje--at--indologie.uni-halle.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: 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 30

15 Mar 2006

eSocialSciences [Indian portal]
eSocialSciences, Mumbai, India
Supplied note: "An independent multidisciplinary social sciences portal, pan-Asian, India centric. Partly aggregative: includes working/discussion papers series of several social sciences research institutions in the region. Independent posting of research papers for early dissemination. Conference presentations, papers, blogs. Short research notes, commentaries, reports, book reviews. Also several academic journals and people's movement newsletters. Active discussion board. Policy dossiers. Government and parliamentary Documents. Parliament discussions/digests. Book conference annoncements. Appointments. - pp."
Site contents: [March 2006] * Bulletin Board (Editorials on eSS Join the Debate on Draft National Pharmaceutical Policy 2006, On Policy Matters: The Right to Education Bill, 2005, New on Policy Matters: Higher Education: State Failure and Judicial Jigsaw, New on Policy Matters: Poverty Knowledge and Poverty Action); * Discussion Forum (Union Budget 2006-07: Securing its Legacy, An Open Letter on Dissent, Dissenters and Petrification of Politics, The Formation and Evolution Of Physician Treatment Styles:An Application To Cesarean Sections, The Extent of Exchange Rate Flexibility in India: Basket Pegger or Closet US Dollar Pegger? Recent Social Security Reforms In Selected Asian Countries); * Editorials (The Budget, Outlays, and Inequality - Errol D'souza, Union Budget 2006-07: Securing its Legacy - Mukul Asher); * Economy Watch (Indian Economy and Policy Watch, January 29-February 4, 2006 Indian Economy and Policy Watch, January 24-28, 2006 Indian Economy and Policy Watch January 17-23, 2006 Rate hike pinches India Inc more); * In Parliament (Rise in Budgetary Support to Social Sectors Union Budget 2006-07: Speech February 23, Synopses of Debates, LS February 22, Synopses of Debates, LS); * Announcements (European Social Science History Conference 2006: Panels on Asia, Annual BASAS Nirman Lecture, BASAS Annual Conference, PUKAR: Engendering Urban Publifor Space: Call for Papers, First Management Consultation on Health Care in India); * The Indian Legislator (Budget:'Not Enough for Education, India-US Joint Statement, All India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural and Rural Labour falls, India being seen as preferred destination for petro investment); * Recent Paper Upload (Pakistan: Budget Speech: 2005-06 - Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, Why is Exchange Rate Pass-through So Low? - Amit Ghosh, Was India,s tribal demographic behavioursuper - Arup Maharatna, Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Time to be Wary - D.Raghunandan, Union Budget 2006-07: Too Little Attention to - Yoginder Alagh, Gender Audit of Budgets - Vibhuti Patel); * Interesting Papers (India and the World of Mathematics? - M S Raghunathan, Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Count - Martin Medina, Property Legislation in Kerala: Gender Aspect - Praveena Kodoth, Decentralisation on Fallow and Fertile Ground - Anirudh Krishna, Infant And Child Health: Nber Research Summar - Ted Joyce); * Book Reviews - Robert Anderson.
[Readers need to register before they can use the site - ed.]
URL http://www.esocialsciences.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.esocialsciences.com
Link reported by: Dr Padma Prakash (padmaprakash--at--esocialsciences.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/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

14 Mar 2006

The China-Profile: Facts, Figures, and Analyses
www.china-profile.com, Vienna, Austria
Supplied note: "Dear Mr. Ciolek, Years ago, you have included my ChinaFood web site ('Can China feed itself') in the Asian Studies WWW Monitor [07 Sep 1999, coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/database/1999/Monitor1999-396.html - ed.]. Perhaps you are also interested in my new Web Site on China. It is available at: [the URl below]. The China-Profile site includes some 40 tables, figures, animations, and maps that should provide insight into China's economic, social and political development. Each display includes a short analysis or interpretation. The web site also provides a detailed bibliography on contemporary China studies with almost 1000 references. There is also a chronology of key events since 1949, organized into a time-line, which is still under development. [...] - gkh."
Self-description: "Many authors have predicted a glorious future for China. They believe that the country will soon rise as an economic 'superpower' [...] and re-establish itself as a new empire [...] Other authors, however, believe that China's economic bubble will burst and that the emerging empire will collapse. [...] In this Web site we analyze whether China has the necessary natural and human resources, the appropriate economic structure, the right political vision and the necessary military strength to become the new superpower of the 21st century."
Site contents: * INTRODUCTION; * DATA & ANALYSES (Human Development - Animation of China's population by age and sex, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramid"), Animation the population by age and sex in China, Europe and the USA, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramids), Population by age and sex in 1990 (based on the population census), Male and female life expectancy at birth in 2000 by province, Average life expectancy at birth in 2000 and increase in life expectancy 1990 - 2000 by province, Total population, crude death rate, crude birth rate, 1949-1996, Life expectancy at birth in 2000 versus per capita GDP in 2001 by province, Urban and rural population in China, 1978 and 2002, China and India: Estimated and projected population by age groups, 1950 and 2050, Average years of received education, 2000. Natural Resources - Cultivated land as a percentage of total land area, 1996, First-grade arable land as percentage of total cultivated land area, 2000, Areas affected by flooding and drought in % of cultivated land, 2001, Three Gorges Dam: Areas submerged in 2003. Policy - Number of Social Organizations (NGOs), 2003. Economy - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by sector, 1978 - 2002 (in 100 Mio. Yuan/RMB), Chinese Companies among the Top 500 Companies (FORTUNE GLOBAL 500) in 2005, Employment: Total and by economic sector, 1978 - 2003, Laid-off workers in State-Owned Enterprises per 10,000 employed persons, 2001, Gross Regional Product and per capita GDP by province, 2004 (in 100,000 Mio. Yuan/RMB), Rural labor by economic sector, 1985 and 2002 (at year-end), Rural labor by economic sector and province, 2002, Per capita foreign exchange earnings, 2001 - ranking of provinces, Automobiles per 100 urban households, 2002, Top Ten Countries in Gross National Product, 2005 and 2050, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China, 1989-2004, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China by place of origin, 1990-2004, China's Merchandise Trade: Exports, Imports and Trade Balance, 1978-2004, Major exports by product, 2002-2004, China, Europe, USA: Net-Import of Oil in 2004. Science & Technology - Number of patent applications, 2002, Number of granted patent applications, 2002, Success rate in patent applications, 2002 (in %), Post-graduate students and students studying abroad, 1978-2004, Infrastructure - Sewage infrastructure in cities, 2001, Number of hospital beds and doctors in cities and counties, 1952 - 2002, Internet Users per 100,000 of the Population, 2001. Culture - Newspaper and book publishing houses and their personnel per 100,000 of the population, 2002, Number of newspapers per 100,000 of the population; Number of newspaper pages published per person, 2002);
* TIMELINE OF THE PRC (All Events, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s [in mid-Mar 2006 the site included entries as recent as Jan & Feb 2006 - ed.], Policy, Economy, Science, Technology, Environment, Society, Culture, Military, Health, Legal, Education, Religion, Other);
* WEB LINKS (General, News, Statistics / Data, Geography, Policy, Environment, Economy, Science, Education, Population, Culture, Military, Technology, History, Infrastructure, Photos / Video, Health, Agriculture, Res. Institutes, Other);
* BIBLIOGRAPHY [892 refs. in mid March 2006 - ed.] (Demography; Family Planning; Mortality; Migration; "Missing Girls"; Agriculture / Food; Famine; Natural Resources; Water; Arable Land; Coal / Oil / Gas; Environment; Economy; Growth; Poverty; WTO; Disparities; Health; Science / Technology; Policy; China - Japan; China - India; China -USA; Taiwan; Military / Defense; History);
* SEARCH; * SERVICES; * ABOUT.
URL http://www.china-profile.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr. Gerhard K. Heilig (gerhard.heilig--at--chello.at)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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

14 Mar 2006

Tibetan Sky Burial in China
Rotem Eldar, www.travelblog.org, Israel
Supplied note: "Hello I have witnessed a burial [in April 2005, in Litang, Eastern Tibet - ed.] and even got permission to take pictures and join the family. Have a look here [at the URL below]. Will be more than happy if you add this link to your article [i.e. Dr Mondo Secter's 1999 field note in www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/tib-burial.html - ed.] [...] Will be also happy to share some more photos and movie clips I have which are harder to watch, if needed. Thanks, Rotem."
URL http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-7890.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Rotem Eldar (eldar_rotem--at--yahoo.com)
* 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]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

13 Mar 2006

Bhutan - Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
Bhutan Government - Ministry of Home and Cutural Affairs, Thimphu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "Long-awaited website with some documentation (eg: organization charts, current Dzongkhag and Gewog chatrim [rules]); forthcoming detailed housing and population results will be presented in tabulated form on this site later in 2006. Also outlines some functions and policies for the Ministry's four departments (civil and registration, culture, immigration, and local governance. - bcs."
URL http://www.mohca.gov.bt/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Government
* 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

11 Mar 2006

Indiawijzer - India in Nederland
Wahid Saleh, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands.
Supplied note: "Indiawijzer is an information portal. It is a comprehensive overview of the Dutch organisations, institutions and individuals involved in one way or the other with India. - ws."
Site contents: * India in The Netherlands (Adoption from India, Airlines flying to India, Ayurveda, Cultural Organisations, Doing Business with India, Dutch Government in India, Dutch NGO's active in India, Indian Languages, India in Dutch Municipalities, India in Dutch Museums, Indian Cuisine, Indian Diaspora, Indian Music and dance, Information on India, Libraries with books on India, Painters, Sculptors and Writers, Philosophy and Spirituality, Religion and Spirituality, Tourism and India, Translators and Interpreters, TV and Radio Stations, University Education, Yoga); * Agenda - Cultural Programmes; * Bricks; Bouquets & Awards; * Disclaimer; * Feedback; * Interesting facts of India; * Links (India centric links, Links to the Netherlands related sites); * Statistical outline of India (Statistical Outline, Education, Employment, Foreign Direct Investment in India, General Information, Infrastructure, Languages, Major Ports, Population, Poverty and GDP, Ranking in the world, Tourism, TV and Telephone); * Useful Information; * Vision for India.
URL http://www.indiawijzer.nl/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.indiawijzer.nl/
Link reported by: W. Saleh (w.saleh--at--indiawijzer.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 300

08 Mar 2006

TyvaWiki Tyvan Language and Culture Website
www.tyvawiki.org, www.mediawiki.org, US
Supplied note: "A new website, devoted to Tuva, has been recently created. TyvaWiki is a documentation project intended to collect and disseminate information about Tuva in English. The site is designed for the promotion, use, and education of the Tuvan language on the Internet. The wiki software paradigm is leveraged for this purpose, allowing anyone to participate in the creation. Visit us at [the URL below]. We especially invite the participation of native speakers. - sdb."
Site contents: * Basic Information (About Tyva, TyvaWiki News and Announcements, References, Discography, Tyvan Websites); * Categories (Lyrics, Instruments, Artists, Language, Culture)
[A specialist site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.tyvawiki.org
Internet Archive [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Stacey Doljack Borsody (hjernespiser--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 300

08 Mar 2006

Himal Southasian
The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal
Supplied note: "In the cover feature of the Himal Southasian March - April 2006 issue, we have charted the course of two forms of extremism in Nepal, scrutinising the continuing warfare and sudden democracy deficit in the country where we are based. We also present articles on Darjeeling/Sikkim, Balochistan, remittance trends, regional cinema and much more. - vs."
Self-description: "Himal Southasian is Southasia's first and only regional magazine. [...] Independent, non-nationalist, pan-regionalist Ð Himal tells Indians and Nepalis about Pakistanis and Afghanis, Sri Lankans and Burmese about Tibetans and Maldivians, and the rest of the world about this often-overlooked region. Critical analysis, commentary, opinion, essays and reviews Ð covering regional trends in politics and economics with the same perspective as culture and history, Himal stories don't stop at national borders, but are followed wherever they lead."
Site contents: [Volume 18, No. 5 March-April 2006] * Cover Feature (Two chairmen and a people - by Kanak Mani Dixit, An international pariah - by Irene Khan, The rise and fall of the Maobaadi - by Puskar Gautam, Nepal's two wars - by Sam Cowan, The ÔRoyal' Nepal Army - by Dhruba Kumar, Negotiating Peace - by Liz Philipson); * Photo Feature (Jana Andolan 2062); * Commentary (Back to 2002, No, Mr President, Violence, structural and otherwise, The Yar Express of Thar, "Sita forgiving Ravana" - by Venantius J Pinto); * Essay (The imaginary orient of Richard Wagner - by Ted Riccardi, Gandhi in the grip of violence - by Gopalkrishna Gandhi); Analysis (Sacrifice of the pipeline - by Sukumar Muralidharan, In the name of security - by Kaushiki Rao, Seeking the tribe: Ethno-politics in Darjeeling and Sikkim - by Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin, An intriguing absence of outrage - by Andrew Nash, Remittance Economy - by Pranab M Singh, Affirmative action for a shared India - by Chandra Bhan Prasad); * Reflections (The age of entanglements - by Samina Mishra, Imagining Darjeeling and Sikkim - by Tanka B Subba, The ambivalence about Gandhi - by Ashis Nandy); * Report (Flashpoint Balochistan - by Suhas Chakma, Cold feet in the atoll - by Carey L Biron, A quick jab - by Louise Russell, Joymoti : The first radical film of India - by Altaf Mazid); * Interview with Altaf Mazid; * Interview with G P Koirala; * Opinion (Hindi cinema, Indian cinema - by Utpal Borpujari); * Time and a Place (The pain of Dardpora - by Peerzada Arshad Hamid); * SouthasiaSphere (The primacy of politics - by C K Lal); * Elsewhere (Monuments to what? - by Niilofur Farrukh); * Book Review (The political economy of scavenging - by Vijay Prashad, The Pakistani Dalit - by Yoginder Sikand, Political is personal - by Ira Singh); * Lastpage (Registering in Lahore - by Rinku Dutta); * Contributors.
Past Issues by Year: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 [12 issues per year]
URL http://www.himalmag.com
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.himalmag.com
Link reported by: Veneeta Singha (veneetas--at--himalmag.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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]: over 3000, in fact, 7840 links.

08 Mar 2006

Varnasi Explosions
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 three explosions at Varnasi on March 7, 2006, which killed 21 persons and injured many more, would be universally categorised as acts of terrorism, whatever be the motive, since the targets were innocent civilians in a Hindu temple and a railway station. [...] It is important to prevent the public from taking the law into their own hands. Unwise actions like the reported call of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for observing a day of protest would only play into the hands of the terrorists by adding to inter-communal tensions and keeping large numbers of the police preoccupied with crowd control duties at a time when they would have to focus on investigation, arrest of those responsible and prevention of more acts of copy-cat terrorism. The unfortunate tendency---more pronounced in India than elsewhere---- on the part of political parties to exploit acts of terrorism to highlight or promote their own political agenda with an eye on the elections adds to the already formidable difficulties of the Police and other counter-terrorism agencies and provides unintended encouragement to the terrorists. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1724.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--at--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

07 Mar 2006

Cotton Sector in Central Asia: SOAS 2005 Conference Materials
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS, University of London, UK
Supplied note: "On 3-4 November 2005, the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London held a conference entitled 'Cotton Sector in Central Asia: Economic policy and development challenges'. Now the materials of this conference (conference programme, summaries of papers, PowerPoint presentations, list of participants) are available online at: [the URL below] The full text format publication is forthcoming. - js."
Site contents: * Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Dr Deniz Kandiyoti * Panel 1: The Cotton Sector in Development: asset or liability? (Max Spoor - Cotton: Curse or Foundation for Development in Central Asia? Mike Thurman - The Role of International Financial Institutions in the Production and Marketing of Cotton in Central Asia); * Panel 2: Export and the International environment (John Baffes - Cotton-Dependent Countries in the Global Context, Alisher Ilkhamov - Cotton and textile fair trade and labour standards: implications for Central Asia, Mavlyuda Kulikova - The legal framework of Uzbek cotton procurement and export); * Panel 3: The role of domestic policies (Sandjar Djalalov - Implicit Taxation of Uzbekistan Cotton Sector: Estimation and Policy Consequences, Alexander Kim - Abandoned by the state: Cotton production in southern Kyrgyzstan, Olga Dosybieva - The cotton sector in Kazakhstan : the thorny way to the market economy); * Panel 4: Organization of production - labour and productivity Tommaso Trevisani - The Emerging Actor of Decollectivization' in Uzbekistan : Private farming between newly defined political constraints and opportunities, Iskandar Abdullayev - Cotton in Uzbekistan : Water and Welfare, Daur Dosybiev - Uzbek labour migrants in Kazakh cotton fields); * Panel 5: Governance issues: Case studies (Michael Hall - Governance and the cotton sector in Tajikistan, Farid Tukhbatullin - Turkmen cotton: treasure turned into burden, Raphael Jozan - Recombining socio-technical networks of the Uzbekistani agrarian system: the Ferghana Valley during the transition period, Ian Houseman - Demonstration and Advisory Services in the cotton sectorÐ A Case Study in Ak Altin, Uzbekistan); * Panel 6: Socio-political context (Tashpulat Yuldashev - Uzbek cotton: on the crossroads of vested interests, J.Otto Pohl - A Caste of Helot Labourers: Special Settlers and the Cultivation of Cotton in Soviet Central Asia: 1944-1956); * Panel 7: Social and environmental impact (Nargis Halimova - The cotton sector in Tajikistan from macro-economic impact to social and environmental consequences, Akhmad Hoji Khoresmiy - Impact of the cotton sector on soil degradation, Elliott Cannell - The Role of Children in Uzbekistan 's Cotton Harvest); * List of Participants; * Conference Program; * Photos.
URL http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/centreinfo.cfm?navid=1030#Anchor-In-44591
Internet Archive [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Jane Savory (js64--at--soas.ac.uk), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

05 Mar 2006

Online Working Papers 2003-2005 -- Asia Research Institute, Singapore
The Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supplied note: "The Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore hosts an online Working paper Series in which ARI members, visitors and seminar-givers present their ideas to a wider audience in a timely and easily accessible form. In 2005, 21 papers were published in this format. All of these papers, listed below are available online, gratis at: [the URL below] Libraries can also link directly to these online pieces. - gw."
Site contents: * Working Paper Series: 2003 [WP01-WP16], 2004 [WP17-WP33], 2005 [WP34-WP54], 2006 [WP55 - ]; * Colloquia Proceedings; * ARI Newsletter (Mar 2003 - Jan 2006); * ARI Annual Report; * List of Recent Staff Publications (Anthony Reid, Brenda Yeoh, Gavin Jones, Geoff Wade, James Warren, Jamie Davidson, Jennifer Lindsay, John N. Miksic, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Mark Ravinder Frost, Mika Toyota, Sun Laichen, Theresa D/O Wilson Devasahayam, Theresa Wong, Vatthana Pholsena, Yong-Sook Lee, Xiang Biao) * New Publications by ARI Members; * Southeast Asia and China: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
URL http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm
Link reported by: Geoff Wade (arigpw--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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 30

04 Mar 2006

Bush in India: The Smiles & the Scars
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 US intends to bring about a regime change in Iran not through military invasion, but through political covert action. The newly created Iran Office will co-ordinate this covert action. India, which has the world's second largest Shia population after Iran, with many of them having links with Iran, will be an important window on Iran for the US intelligence agencies for the collection of intelligence from Iran and for the identification of assets, which could be used for the covert action. [...] Indian silence and acquiescence over the use of its territory by the US agencies for their covert action against Iran could be one of the prices demanded by the US as a quid pro quo for the implementation of the nuclear deal. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1718.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--at--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

04 Mar 2006

The China and Eurasia Forum
Central Asia Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala, Sweden
Supplied note: "The China and Eurasia Forum is an independent forum which seeks to bring together regional experts, academics, government policy makers, and business leaders with an interest in the growing relationship between China and Eurasia. The forum is affiliated to the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program, a joint transatlantic research center of Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and Uppsala University.
Focusing primarily on Sino-Central Asian, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Caucasian relations, the goal of the website, the China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly (formerly the CEF Monthly), and the weekly newsletter offered is to foster discussion and information sharing between a geographically distant community that recognizes the significance of China's emergence in this important part of the world. All material on the website is offered free of charge. - nn."
Site contents: * Headlines (daily updated news from the China-Eurasia region: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Security Situation and Regional Cooperation, Economics, Trade, and Assistance, Energy and Natural Resources, Politics, Summits and Meetings); * CEF Quarterly ("Each number is dedicated to a specific problem (Energy and Security - November 2005; Narcotics - February 2006; Terrorism - May 2006; Soft Security Threats - August 2006)"); * Archive (CEF Monthly and CEF Quarterly, Sep 2003 - Nov 2005); * Links (Think tanks and research institutions, Reference, Featured Papers and other Publications, Government websites and Non-Governmental Organizations, News (in English), News (in Russian)); * Membership; * Contact; * Submissions; * About Us.
URL http://www.chinaeurasia.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chinaeurasia.org
Link reported by: Nicklas Norling (nnorling--at--silkroadstudies.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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]: 30

04 Mar 2006

Korean-American Family Tree.net (Kaft.net)
KAFT.NET / Korean American Information Services, Los Angeles, CA, US
Self-description: "Welcome to the Korean-American Family Tree [est. Dec 15, 2005 - ed.] home page. You can find information about your root and ancestors, as well as your friends in the United States. Please sign up as a member to create your own family tree, and family bulletin board that you can share with your family, relatives, and friends. KAFT.NET is dedicated to serve Korean-Americans: * It is the best way for Korean-Americans to record and save their family legacies permanently by creating family tree with privacy protection. * It allows easy communication among family members in text and/or picture. * It provides extensive searching and networking capabilities among Korean Americans. * It provides Korean-American histories, census and other statistical information. * It provides Korean American news, and a forum to discuss about the current Korean-American issues."
[A password-protected site for registered members. Some portions of the site (e.g. 'Family Tree Reference', 'Korean-American histories') are open to all readers - ed.]
URL http://www.kaft.net/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Moo-Young Han (myhan--at--phy.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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

03 Mar 2006

Silk Road Society (UK) Web Site
Silk Road Society (UK), Farnham, Surrey, UK
Supplied note: "The Silk Road Society (UK) aims to raise awareness in the UK of the regions of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and China through which the ancient Silk Roads traversed. The website at [the URL below] will provide a forum for discussion on a range topics related to the Silk Road from travel and photography to charity work and academic historical research. The Society is run as a free club for members and we encourage your active participation in its development. For more information please contact Nick Rowan, nick--at--travelthesilkroad.org - nr."
Site content: * Forum, * Travel Blog, * Photo Gallery; * History (Detailed History, Research Articles [restricted for Silk Road Society members only - ed.], Silk Road Religions, Research Organisations, Resources & References); * Travels; * Charities; * Contact us; * Search.
[A general audience site which erroneously states in the Silk Road History Timeline section that around 400 BC "Empire of Alexander the Great expands into Asia," that the 1st Crusade has occurred between 950 and 1050 AD (which - according to the website - is also the very time when "Genghis Khan unites Mongols and expands empire") and finally, that around 2000 AD "Tibet comes under Soviet Rule." In short, a site to be taken with a camel-train of salt - ed.]
URL http://www.travelthesilkroad.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tibetculture.net/
Link reported by: Nick Rowan (nick--at--travelthesilkroad.org), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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

03 Mar 2006

New Chinese website on Tibetan culture
China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture (CAPDTC), China
Supplied note: "New Chinese website on Tibetan culture (Xinhua) A website about Tibetan culture run by the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture (CAPDTC) has gone online. The website, [at the URL below], 'provides a panorama of Tibetan society and features the protection and development of local culture', according to the state news agency Xinhua. The CAPDTC is an NGO with official endorsement, and has as its chairmen Ragdi (Chin: Raidi), vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, formerly vice chairman of the TAR, and Ngapo Ngawang Jigme, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body. - tin."
[A site exclusively in Chinese - ed.]
URL http://www.tibetculture.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tibetculture.net/
Link reported by: TibetInfoNet (tin--at--tibetinfonet.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Government
* 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 1000

02 Mar 2006

www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org
www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org, Milano, Italy
Supplied note: "Tibetanmedicine-edu.org [..] website is dedicated to the transmission of Sowa Rigpa, the Tibetan art of healing. An extensive resource on Tibetan medicine, astrology, history, materia medica, and other related sciences. - sb."
Self-description: "Prof. Pasang Yonten Arya Tendi Sherpa's website is an informative and educational site dedicated to the transmission of the Tibetan culture's world heritage to the West. Its contents go from Tibetan shamanism to Buddhist philosophy, and its healing knowledge and practices. The goal of the website is to become a source of information as well as a meeting point between interested people, serious students and specialized professionals."
Site contents: * History (Short History of Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism & Medicine, Schools & Training, Development in the West, Current legal status of Tibetan Medicine in the West); * Theory & Teachings (Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Astrology, Tibetan Buddhist Psychology, Tantric Yoga, Dreams, Bardo, Tsa-rlung Therapy, Tibetan Gynecology, Materia Medica, Moxibustion, Body/Mind Cleansing, Medicine Buddha practice, Buddhist Philosophy); * Practice (Medical practice; Self-evaluation; FAQs); * General Information (Dr P.Y. Arya, Publications, Events, Medicine Buddha Hall, Library Project, Links, Contact, Newsletter, Website map).
[Dr P.Y. Arya is the author of "History of Tibetan Medicine" (published in Tibetan, India, 1988); "Dictionary of Tibetan Materia Medica" (published in English and Tibetan, India, 1994; and in German as "Handbuch aller Heilmittel der Traditionelle Tibetischen Medizin", Scherzverlag, Deutchland, 2001); and "Handbook of common illnesses and their treatments in Tibetan medicine" (published in Tibetan, Delhi, India, 1995) - ed.]
URL http://www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Sylvie Beguin (webmaster--at--tibetanmedicine-edu.org)
* 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]: 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

02 Mar 2006

Karachi Explosions
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: "Four persons, including an American member of the staff of the US Consulate in Karachi, are reported to have been killed in a car bomb explosion near or in a car park of a hotel adjacent to the US Consulate on March 2, 2006 [...] The explosion of March 2 came two days before the visit of President George Bush, [...] While the Pakistani intelligence and security agencies should be able to provide effective security to Mr. Bush against the jihadi terrorist organisations, the presence of anti-Musharraf and anti-US elements in the Pakistani Army and Air Force and its intelligence agencies should be a matter of concern to the US authorities. Some of these elements had played an active role in the two unsuccessful attempts to kill Musharraf at Rawalpindi in December, 2003. - b. raman."
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1715.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--at--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

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
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