14 May 2007

Myanmar Gas: The Pipeline Psywar
Chennai Centre For China Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Extract: "In a despatch of April 21, 2007, China's official Hsinhua news agency has quoted the SINOPEC, the state-owned Chinese oil company, as stating that the construction of the China-Myanmar oil pipeline is expected to start this year. According to the company, at the beginning of April, 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved the Sino-Myanmar oil pipeline, which would link Myanmar's deep-water port of Sittwe (Akyab) with Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan Province. It did not, however, indicate when the pipeline would be completed. [...] 3. The emerging picture is that Myanmar has allowed Chinese companies to construct two pipelines connecting the Arakan coast with Yunnan -- one for oil and the other for gas. While the oil pipeline will start from Sittwe, it is not yet clear from where the gas pipeline will start. Most probably, from Kyaukpu. Both the pipelines will be used to transport part of China's imports of oil and gas from West Asia and Africa in order to reduce the dependence on the Malacca Strait. Subsequently, these pipelines will also be used to transport any oil or gas that may be discovered by the Chinese companies to whom contracts for exploration in the Arakan area have been awarded." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
URL http://www.c3sindia.org/southeastasia/86/myanmar-gasthe-pipeline-psywar/
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.c3sindia.org - ed.
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

08 May 2007

Internet Usage in Asia
Miniwatts Marketing Group, Bogota, Colombia
Self-description: 'Internet Usage in Asia (Internet Users & Population Statistics for 35 countries and regions in Asia)."
Excerpt: "Asia Only: % Pop. of World - 56.5 %; Internet Users, Latest Data - 398,709,065; Penetration (% Population) - 10.7 %; % Usage of World - 35.8 %; Use Growth ( 2000-2007 ) - 248.8 %
Rest of the World: % Pop. of World - 56.5 %; Internet Users, Latest Data - 715,565,361; Penetration (% Population) - 25.0 %; % Usage of World - 64.2 %; Use Growth ( 2000-2007 ) - 190.1 %." - www.internetworldstats.com
Site content: * Afganistan; * Armenia; * Azerbaijan; * Bangladesh; * Bhutan; * Brunei Darussalem; * Cambodia; * China; * East Timor; * Georgia; * Hong Kong; * India; * Indonesia; * Japan; * Kazakhstan; * Korea, North; * Korea, South; * Kyrgystan; * Laos; * Macao; * Malaysia; * Maldives; * Mongolia; * Myanmar; * Nepal; * Pakistan; * Penetration; * Philippines; * Population; * Singapore; * Sri Lanka; * Taiwan; * Tajikistan; * Thailand; * Turkmenistan; * Use Growth; * Uzbekistan; * Vietnam; * TOTAL ASIA; * Telecommunications and Broadband in Asia - Special Reports.
URL http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* 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 1000

08 May 2007

Elman, Benjamin A. - Selected online papers on Chinese intellectual and cultural history
Program in East Asian Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US
Site-contents: [in early May 2007, all documents in PDF format] * China and the World History of Science; * The Chinese Prize Essay Contest and the Late Qing Promotion of Modern Science; * Comparing and Classifying: Ming Dynasty Compendia and Encyclopedias (Leishu); * Criticism as Philosophy: Conceptual Change In Ch'ing Dynasty Evidential Research; * Early Modern Classicism and Late Imperial China; * Education in Song China--A Review; * The Emergence of Phonology; * From Pre-modern Chinese Natural Studies to Modern Science in China; * Imperial Politics and Confucian Societies; * ISIS Review of "On Their Own Terms"; * Ming-Qing Border Defense and the Inward Turn of Chinese Cartography; * Nietzsche and Buddhism; * Nietzsche and Buddhism--Errata; * Philology and Its Enemies; * Philosophy Versus Philology; * Reply to a Recent Review; * Reproduction via Civil Service Examinations; * Rethinking the Twentieth Century Denigration of Chinese Science in the Twenty-First Century; * The Unraveling of Neo-Confucianism: From Philosophy to Philology In Late Imperial China * [See also an online book: Elman, Benjamin A. Classicism, Politics, and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6g5006xv/ - ed.]
[Dr Benjamin A. Elman is the Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University. His teaching and research interests include late imperial and modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, history of education in China, and history of science in imperial and modern China. - ed.]
URL http://www.princeton.edu/~elman/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.princeton.edu/~elman/
Link reported by: Benjamin A. Elman (elman--at--princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

08 May 2007

Classical Historiography for Chinese History
Program in East Asian Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US
Supplied note: "[The site has been] updated as follows: 1) all entries are alphabetized within each section; 2) the romanization has been switched to Pinyin. Although this website uses Pinyin, it splits up words into phonemes, making Chinese appear to be a monosyllabic language. The Library of Congress has preferred a character-by-character romanization, and thus we follow LOC guidelines. But users of this website should note that the division into words (ci) as opposed to characters (zi) is still the usual basis for the Pinyin romanization of Chinese in China and most libraries there; 3) the entire site is now equipped with a Google internal and global search engine, in addition to the guided Table of Contents. 4) the guided Table of Contents for the Electronic Resources part has been enhanced and reclassified to be intuitively clearer. - bae."
Site-contents: 1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography; 2. Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Studies; 3. Dictionaries; 4. Selected List Of Bibliographical & Geographical Aids; 5. Biographical Aids; 6. Some Aids For Translating Chinese Official Titles & Institutions; 7. Reference Guide to Classical Book Titles; 8. The Four Parts of the Imperial Library 'Sibu' [...]; 9. Bibliography of Chinese Classics & Literature In Translation With Recent Related Histories; 10. Selected English Bibliography For Chinese Civilization: A Brief Topical and Historical Survey to Ming Times; 11. Sources For The Ming Dynasty; 12. Sources For The Qing Dynasty; 13. Civil and Military Examination Bibliographies; 14. Epigraphy.
[This information system is an official Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Associate (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) site. It was originally created at the Wesleyan University, and later on developed at the UCLA (www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/) address - ed.]
URL http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/
Link reported by: Benjamin A. Elman (elman--at--princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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 300

07 May 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue May 07, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on May 7, 2007 at Japan Focus.
*Hisane MASAKI, New Energy Fuels Japan's Diplomacy: From the Middle East to Central Asia
*David McNeill, Kaji Maki: First he gave us sudoku
*Mark Selden, A Forgotten Holocaust: US Bombing Strategy, the Destruction of Japanese Cities and the American Way of War from the Pacific War to Iraq
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: over 3,000 [in fact 4,910]

07 May 2007

Tajik and Uyghur Language Learning Materials Online
Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US
Supplied note: "We would like to draw your attention to the launch [on 23 Apr 2007 - ed.] of important new language resources for students of Central Asian languages. CeLCAR has developed online, web-based reading and listening materials for all of our languages, and beginning today, we will slowly be placing these on our website. As usual, we begin with Tajik and Uyghur languages, which represents the continued hard work and dedication of Dr. Gulnisa Nazarova, Uyghur language specialist and Dr. Nasrullo Khojayorov, our Tajik specialist. Nasrullo is the person who is most responsible for the design and programming of these important modules and CeLCAR is especially indebted to his selfless dedication. The modules can be accessed on our main website: [see the URL below] Please note that we ask all users to register, so as to better track the usage and efficacy of the modules. Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues and all those interested in Central Asian languages. - Paul M. Foster, Jr. Director."
Self-description: "The goal of the Intermediate Reading/Listening Exercises is to produce listening and reading exercises for students of Central Asian languages at the intermediate level to help build their listening and reading skills, broaden their vocabulary, enrich their appreciation of grammar, and deepen their understanding of the cultures of the region. Each module features original or adapted written and spoken texts that present language structures in authentic cultural contexts. The texts are accompanied by a series of multimedia exercises developed by our native-speaker developers. Please feel free to explore the modules at your leisure."
URL http://www.indiana.edu/~celcar/intermediate.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (iaau--at--indiana.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

06 May 2007

Home-grown Jihadis (Jundullah) In UK & US
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, 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: "(To be read in continuation of my earlier article of 3-5-03 titled "AL QAEDA & LASHKAR-E-TOIBA" at http://www.saag.org/papers7/paper678.html , the article of 2-7-03 titled "LET: Al Qaeda's Clone" at http://www.saag.org/papers8/paper729.html, and the article of 5-5-07 titled "Countering Jihadi Terrorism in UK" at http://www.saag.org/papers23/paper2235.html [....]) This is my second article analysing the British fertiliser bomb case in which the judgement was delivered by a British court on April 30, 2007. In my earlier article, I had referred to the extensive roots taken by the Pakistanised version of Al Qaeda in the UK and the danger of this spreading to the US and Canada. 2. From this, one should not jump to the conclusion that the US is not yet facing threats from home-grown jihadis of Pakistani origin in its territory. It has been since the 1980s. [....] A saving grace is that the US intelligence has a better awareness than the British of the dangers that could arise from its population of Pakistani origin and has been keeping a tight watch on them. The British are paying a heavy price for their negligence till now." - b.raman
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. He is also associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies. - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers23/paper2236.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 - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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

06 May 2007

Chennai Centre For China Studies
CCCS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Self-description: "The Chennai Centre for China Studies (CCCS) [est. Mar 2007 - ed.] is a non-profit public policy think-tank, with the following objectives: # Carry out in-depth study of developments relating to China with priority to issues of concern to India like * the Sino-Indian border problem. * China-Pakistan nexus. * Prospects of Sino-Indian economic and trade relations. * Future evolution of China's politics and its impact on India and the world. * China-India-ASEAN relations. * Scenarios on China's new found role in SAARC. * Growing importance of Southern India for Chinese interactions, investments etc. * India-China-Southeast Asia cultural links. # Offer workable solutions/ policy alternatives on the basis of studies, to the strategic planners and decision makers in India, on questions of bilateral, regional and global importance. [...]"
Site contents: * About Us; * [Papers published online till 6 May 2007]: * About Us; * [Papers published online till 6 May 2007]: India-China Relations: Challenges And Opportunities April 28, 2007 by R.Swaminathan; India, Japan and China April 28, 2007 by B.Raman; Confusion Over Myanmar-China Gas Supply Talks April 16, 2007 by B.Raman; Chinese Quest for Soft Power April 15, 2007 by B.Raman; 2008 Olympics-in-China Security Threat Assessment April 13, 2007 by B.Raman; India's Foreign Policy: Emerging Trends in the 21st Century April 2, 2007 by R. Swaminathan; China's Oil Quest Across India's Cauvery Basin March 26, 2007 by B.Raman; Stock Market - The Chinese Puzzle March 14, 2007 by K.Subramanian; Sinology: Issues and Trends March 14, 2007 by Prof.S.Ramachandran; Gwadar, Hambantota and Sitwe: China's Strategic Triangle March 6, 2007 by B.Raman) * Team; * Projects (China's Border Disputes, A Comparative Study; India-China Border Trade Aspects; India-Myanmar-China Relations); * Events; * Links; * Search; Contact Us. * Team; * Projects (China's Border Disputes, A Comparative Study; India-China Border Trade Aspects; India-Myanmar-China Relations); * Events; * Links; * Search; Contact Us.
[CCCS works in close collaboration with the SAAG - South Asia Analysis Group (http://www.saag.org/) - ed.]
URL http://www.c3sindia.org
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: B.Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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 100

04 May 2007

Handbook on Central Asian Theatre [A Free E-Book]
IETM (Informal European Theatre Meeting), Brussels, Belgium
Supplied note: "We are pleased to announce that the first Handbook on Central Asian Theatre is now available on line. [...] This publication is a result of the ongoing 'Central Asian Caravan Theater' project, implemented by IETM (www.ietm.org) and Central Asian Initiatives (www.central-asian-initiatives.org) and mainly supported by Open Society Institute and HIVOS. This project aims to create a Central Asian Performing Arts network and strengthen connections between Central Asian performing arts operators within the region and with the 'West'. The Handbook on Central Asian Theatre is intended as a practical guide for international cooperation between performing art professionals, from Central Asia, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world. It provides culture specialists and field operators with an interesting (net)working tool. It is a 94 page publication consisting of: - A database of performing arts companies in Central Asia and Afghanistan - A summary of the key points discussed and the overall conclusion of the Theater meetings hold in Tajikistan 2005 and in Kyrgyzstan 2006. - Some case studies and good practice examples of international cooperation in artistic creation."
Site contents: * Summary of Discussions Held in the Second Regional Theatre Meeting (Dushanbe - Tajikistan- September 2005) 6;
* Summary of Discussions Held in the Third Regional Theatre Forum (Bishkek Ð Kyrgyzstan - June 2006) 11;
* Afghanistan 14 (Country Profile 14 General Overview of the Political Situation 15 Cultural Profile : 16 An Introduction to Theatre in Afghanistan (Pr. Mohammad Hussain Zadeh) 18 International Theatre Initiatives 20 Theatres in Afghanistan 20 in Afghanistan, Comedians Joke the ir Way to Civic Renewal (Lane Hartill) 22 International Organisations Involved in Theatre Projects 25);
* Kazakhstan 27 (Country Profile 27 General Overview of the Political Situation 28 Kazakhstan Cultural Profile 29 International Theatre Initiatives 30 Theatres in Almaty 31 International Organisations Dealing With Theatre Projects 33);
* Kyrgyzstan 34 (Country Profile 34 General Overview of the Political Situation 35 Kyrgyzstan Cultural Profile 36 International Theatre Initiatives 38 Theatres in Kyrgyzstan 38 International Organisations Involved in Theatre Projects 40);
* Tajikistan 41 (Country Profile 41 General Overview of the Political Situation 42 Tajikistan Cultural Profile 43 Interview With Barzu Abdurazzakov (Stage Director, Sept. 2005) 44 International Theatre Initiatives 45 Theatres in Tajikistan 46 Tajik Theatres on the Road 49 International Organisations Involved in Theatre Projects 51);
* Turkmenistan 53 (Country Profile 53 General Overview of the Political Situation 54 Theatres in Turkmenistan 55);
* Uzbekistan 57 (Country Profile 57 General Overview of the Political Situation 58 A Small History of Theatre in Uzbekistan 59 Interview With Mark Weil (Artistic Director of the Ilkhom Theatre, Sept. 2005) 60 International Theatre Initiatives 62 A Small Theatre in An Ancient town: A History of Theatre in Karchi (Ildar Mukhtarov) 63 Woman in the Uzbek Theatre (Ildar Mukhtarov) 66 Metamorphoses of the Classic in Theatre (Ildar Mukhtarov) 68 Some Theatres in Uzbekistan 71 Uzbek Theatres on the Road 76);
* International Organisations Involved in Theatre Projects 78
* Updating Information: Central Asia on the Web 79
[Warning - a 8.7 MB strong PDF document - ed.]
URL http://www.on-the-move.org/documents/CentralAsia_07_final.pdf
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Michel Quere (michel.quere--at--ietm.org), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* 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 May 2007

Investigating the Grey Area of the Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia (seminar proceedings) [Free E-Book]
Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), Bangkok, Thailand.
Supplied note: "Investigating the Grey Area of the Chineses Communities in Southeast Asia (seminar proceedings) [ IRASEC, Occasional Papers, no 1, 2007, 168 pages, ISBN 978 974 7709 40 7, 4.27 Mb, PDF format - ed.] By LEVEAU Arnaud (eds) The French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia has launched a series of Occasional Papers in order to facilitate the diffusion of seminar proceedings and short monography. It can be downloaded for free on our website : [at the URL below]"
Self-description: "The presence of mafia groups and gangs of Chinese origin and their collu- sion with the world of finance and politics are historical facts in the [SEAsian] region and could represent today a real threat for its stability. These criminal networks tend to forge business link with their Japanese, Russian, Korea, Italian or South American counterparts and sometimes could interfere with the process of political decision making."
Site contents: The Papers * Introduction by Arnaud LEVEAU (Irasec) * The Ang-yi or Chinese Secret Societies of Thailand. Understanding a Total Social Phenomenon by Jean Baffie (CNRS-University of Provence) * The Triads: Past and Present by T. A. Bancroft, BSc (Hons), MSc * Political influences of the Chinese communities in Thailand and Myanmar by Ratanaporn Dhammakosol, Politic Counscellor * Grey Side of Chinese Community in Indonesia by Frans Hendra Winarta, S.H., M.H. * Triad Involvement in the Sex Service Industry in Hong Kong and Its Impacts on Southeast Asia by Dr CHU Yiu Kong, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong * The Chinese diaspora and prostitution at the Thai-Malay frontier (Hat Yai, Sadao- Dannok, Betong and Sungai Kolok) by Dr. Emmanuel DIALMA, Jurist, AFESIP Campaign Director and Dr. Pierre LE ROUX, Ethnologist, AFESIP Research Unit Director * Triads : From street level to transnational crime by Peter Michael, Journalist * Notes on the Chinese communities in Burma and Thailand by Guy Lubeigt (CNRS-PRODIG) * Notes on the foreign mafias in Thailand by Jean Baffie (CRNS University of Provence) * Historical note on the Chinese communities in South- East Asia by Alain Forest (University of Paris VII, CNRS) * Links between Organized Crime and terrorist networks by Philippe Migaux, Chief police superintendent, French Embassy in Malaysia.
URL http://www.irasec.com/en/documents.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irasec.com/en/documents.php
Link reported by: Publications (publications--at--irasec.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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]: under 100

02 May 2007

Chinese Archives [An Online Guide]
Modern Chinese History program, University of California, San Diego, CA, US
Self-description: "This site [est. 1999 - ed.] has two purposes: to serve as a place to collect and exchange information on actual experience doing research in Chinese archives, and to provide information on Chinese local archives."
Site contents: * Archive Users' Experiences - General Comments; * Archive Users' Experiences - National Archives (1. Libraries and Archives in China, 2. The Schedule of Chinese Libraries and Archives, 3. The Sensitivity of Research Topics, 4. About Ordering and Borrowing, 5. Copying and Charges); * Archive Users' Experiences - Provincial And Municipal Archives (1. Beijing Municipal Archives, 2. Chongqing Municipal Archives, 3. Chongqing Municipal Historical Library Archives, 4. Guangdong Provincial Archives, 5. Hebei Provincial Archives, 6. Heilongjiang Provincial Archives, 7. Jiangsu Provincial Archives, Nanjing, 8. Shanghai Municipal Archives, 9. Sichuan Provincial Archives, 10. Yunnan Provincial Archives); * Archive Users' Experiences - Local Archives (1. General Comments, 2. Baxian County Archives (also called Chongqing Municipal Banan, District Archives -- Sichuan), 3. Beijing Municipality: Dongcheng District Archives, 4. Changshu Municipal Archives (Jiangsu), 5. Chuxiong Prefectural Archives (Yunnan), 6. Guangzhou Municipal Archives, 7. Nanjing City Archives, 8. Shanghai Municipality: Xuhui District Archives, 9. Wujiang County Archives (Jiangsu), 10. Xiangshan County Archives (Zhejiang), 11. Yibing County Archives (Sichuan), 12. Yixing County Archives (Jiangsu), 13. Yongchuan Municipal Archives (Sichuan)) ; * Local Chinese Archives (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi); * Chinese Archives Information on the Web [compiled by Professor Li Huaiyin of the U. of Missouri - ed.].
[The site is a part of a larger resource 'Chinese History Research Site' (http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/) with information on: (a) Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976; (b) English and Chinese materials relating to historical research on modern China; (c) The archives; (d) English-language works on Qing, Republican, and PRC history; (e) China- and East Asia-related web sites; (f) Critical essays by UCSD undergraduate students on Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's 2005 book 'Mao: The Unknown Story' - ed.]
URL http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/chinese_archives.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/chinese_archives.htm
Link reported by: Thomas Dubois (histdd--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - 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 100

01 May 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue May 01, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on May 1, 2007 at Japan Focus.
*M K Bhadrakumar, In the Trenches of the New Cold War: The US, Russia and the new great game in Eurasia
*David McNeill, Japan's History Wars and Popular Consciousness
*Heather Bowen-Struyk, Proletarian Arts in East Asia
*Barbara Watson Andaya, Oceans Unbounded: Transversing Asia across "Area Studies"
*Vaclav Smil, The Unprecedented Shift in Japan's Population: Numbers, Age, and Prospects
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
Site contents:
* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: over 3,000 [in fact 4,910]

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