Dear Asia-WWW-Monitor Readers,

I will be away from my office, and indeed from Canberra, until 6 August 2007.
The MONITOR's normal operation will be resumed on my return to work.

Meanwhile, do not hesitate to send me further news of various
valuable Asian Studies' web/email resources that you would like to commend to the attention
of the MONITOR.

T. Matthew Ciolek, 29 Jun 2007.

29 Jun 2007

Selected Online Papers by Hans-Dieter Evers
Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.
Site contents: * Benjamin Loh, Ai Chee Tang, Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay, Hans-Dieter Evers. (2005) "Challenges and Prospects of Applying Knowledge Management in University Research: The Case of the Singapore Management University"; * Evers, H-D. (2005). "Global Knowledge: the Epistemic Culture of Development"; * Evers, H-D. (2004). "The Global Context of Development Anthropoly: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Market Expansion"; * Evers, H-D and Solvay Gerke. (2003). "Local and Global Knowledge. Social Science Research on Southeast Asia"; * Evers, H-D. (2003). "Transition towards a Knowledge Society: Indonesia and Malaysia in Comparative Perspective"; * Evers, H-D, Markus Kaiser, Christine Mueller. (2003). "Entwicklung durch Wissen - eine neue globale Wissensarchitektur"; * Evers, H-D. (2001). "Towards a Malaysian Knowledge Society"; * Evers, H-D. (2001). "Poder e influencia en la politica de desarrollo. Nuevas contribuciones a la teoria de los grupos estrategicos"; * Evers, H-D and Ozay Mehmet. (1994). "The Management of Risk: Informal Sector Trade in Indonesia"; * Evers, H-D. (1987). "The Bureaucratization of Southeast Asia"; * Evers, H-D, Ruediger Korff and Suparb Pas-Ong. (1987). "Trade and State Formation: Siam in the Early Bangkok Period"; * Evers, H-D. (1965). "Magic and Religion in Singhalese Society"; * Evers, H-D. (1968). "Kinship and Property Rights in a Buddhist Monastery in Central Ceylon"; * Evers, H-D. (1969). "Monastic Landlordism in Ceylon: a Traditional System in a Modern Setting"; * Evers, H-D. (1975). "Urbanization and Urban Conflict in Southeast Asia"; * Evers, H-D. (1968). "Buddha and the Seven Gods: The Dual Organization of a Temple in Central Ceylon"; * Evers, H-D. (1966). "The Formation of a Social Class Structure: Urbanization, Bureaucratization and Social Mobility in Thailand"
[Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers is a Senior Fellow at the ZEF - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany - ed.]
URL http://www.uni-bonn.de/~hevers/papers/papers.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uni-bonn.de/~hevers/papers/papers.htm
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

28 Jun 2007

Monsoon On Line (MOL)
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
Self-description: "Welcome to the Monsoon On Line (MOL) web site ! The definitive information source for monitoring and forecasting the Asian monsoons. [...] The Asian summer monsoon affects the lives of 60% of the world population and has a major controlling effect on world food production."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Monsoons - Present and Past (#Rainfall Charts - All-India Daily, All-India Weekly, Subdiv. Weekly, Station Daily, #Rainfall Maps - Weekly Weekly Cumulative Seasonal. #Monsoon Circulation - Monsoon Monitoring by Kaji and Bin Wang, Monsoon Advance (IMD, Recent Monsoons (1997-2006) from Monsoon On Line Archives); * Monitoring (Current Weather over Asia, Climate Monitoring); * Forecasting (Historical perspective, Characteristic Features of Predictor Parameters, List of Predictors, Regional Predictors, ENSO indicators, Cross-equatorial flow, Global/Hemispheric conditions, Spatial patterns of predictor-rainfall relationships, Techniques used in LRF studies, Secular variations in the AISMR-predictor relationships, Interrelationships among the predictors); * Web Links; * Bibliography on Asian Monsoons; * Contact Us.
URL http://www.tropmet.res.in/%7Ekolli/MOL/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tropmet.res.in/%7Ekolli/MOL/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt./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

28 Jun 2007

Online English-Chinese-English Glossary of Legal Terms
Law Drafting Division, Department of Justice, Hong Kong Government, HK, China
Self-description: "* English-Chinese Glossary of Legal Terms - The fourth edition of the English-Chinese Glossary of Legal Terms was published in December 2004. The Glossary was compiled by the Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice and is a handy reference tool for locating bilingual legal terms and expressions used in the Hong Kong legislation. The fourth edition consists of three volumes. Volumes one and two contain 32,000 selected terms and expressions. Volume three contains, among other materials, a list of English-Chinese short titles and citations of our laws and an updated list of major Government organisations. [...]
* Chinese-English Glossary of Legal Terms - The Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice published in December 1999 a Chinese-English Glossary of Legal Terms, which contains around 11500 entries. The entries contained in this Glossary echo those contained in the third edition of the English-Chinese Glossary of Legal Terms published in September 1998. To facilitate quick access to entries, both Strokes Index and Hanyupinyin Index are provided. [...] * Glossary of Terms Used in Electoral Legislation - [...] This bilingual glossary, which is indexed alphabetically in English and by the number of character strokes in Chinese, covers some 660 terms and expressions used in electoral legislation enacted from August 1997 until the end of February 1998. [...]."
URL http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/glossary/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/glossary/index.htm
Link reported by: Thomas DuBois (histdd--at--nus.edu.sg), forwarded by h-net list for asian history and culture (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]: Govt.
* 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

26 Jun 2007

Institut Francais de Pondicherry / French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP)
IFP, Pondicherry, India
Self-description: "The IFP, research center of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs carries out research expertise and training missions in South and South-East Asia in the fields of Indology, Social Sciences and Ecology."
Site contents: * The Institute (IFP in images, Staff, Partners, Activity Reports, Links); * Research; * Resources (Geomatics and Applied Informatics Laboratory, Library, Publications, Manuscripts [A collection of palm leaf manuscripts on South Indian Sivaism (the largest collection in the world of texts on Saivasiddhanta) - ed.], Photo Archives [136 000 photographs of temples, buildings and statuary of South India, some of which have since disappeared.- ed.], Map archives [Nearly 3,000 topographic maps and around 500 thematic maps on India and South and Southeast Asian countries - ed.]; * News; * Practical; * Just published; * Focus on (Scientific News, Publications IFP 2003-2007, Welcome / Goodbye; * Search.
URL http://www.ifpindia.org/-en-.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ifpindia.org/
Link reported by: IFP Info (info--at--ifpindia.org), forwarded by h-net list for asian history and culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt./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 1,000 [in fact, 320]

25 Jun 2007

Tawang: some Indian plain-speaking at 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: "18. Shri Antony [India's Defence Minister - ed.] told journalists at New Delhi on June 18, 2007: ' China has been building infrastructure (near the Line of Actual Control). We are also building infrastructure. Nobody can prevent both sides. There is nothing wrong in that. They have the right to build infrastructure on their territory. We have the right to do that on ours. We are also trying to hasten the development of our infrastructure. They have their perception (about Arunachal Pradesh). On our part, we are very categorical that Arunachal Pradesh is part of India.' 19. These are welcome signals to Beijing of our determination to defend Arunachal Pradesh, including Tawang. But signals without strength will serve little purpose. Strength can come only from concrete action on the ground to strengthen our intelligence and military-related capabilities in Arunachal Pradesh." - b.raman
[The author, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed. ]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers23/paper2273.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 - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

25 Jun 2007

That's Impossible: Politics from Taiwan [a blog]
a-gu.blogspot.com, US.
Supplied note: "For those of you interested in Taiwan, I'd like to draw attention to blogger A-gu's blog [est. Nov 2006], which is focusing strongly on the upcoming legislative elections here in Taiwan. - mt."
Site contents:
* June 2007 (27 posts, incl. One thing on Vincient Siew after all...; Someone else will cover KMT VP stuff; Apologies; Great article; Budget, Chen, Chen Chu, and Ma; KMT threatens budget; Ma and Hsieh on mutual recognition; Quick, buy off farmers!; small problem for PFP-KMT election cooperation; KMT doing damage control on Farmers' Party; Winston Wong wants Wang Jin-pyng to be Prez; KMT's referendum issues; Media blackout on Farmers' Party posts); * May (42 posts); * April (25 posts); * March (52 posts); * February (30 posts); * January (10 posts); * December 2006 (15 posts); * November 2006 (24 posts); * Blog Roll [with links to other blogs on Taiwanese politics]
URL http://a-gu.blogspot.com/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Michael Turton (turtonm--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by h-net list for asian history and culture (h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 [in fact, 1350]

22 Jun 2007

Himalayan Art Resources (HAR)
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, NY, US.
Self-description: "An online educational resource with over 25,000 images. The mission of the Himalayan Art Resources website (HAR) is to create a comprehensive education and research database and virtual museum of Himalayan art: First, the website exhibits images of art from museum, university and private collections throughout the world. Second, the website documents all Himalayan art objects that are known through past or present collections or publications. Third, the database identifies and catalogues all images (comprised of painting, sculpture, ritual objects, murals, etc.). When an object image is not available for lack of permission from the copyright holder, the database uses a place card image. Book cover images are used for publications and generic place cards for collections.
Submitting Images - Museums, institutions and private collectors of Himalayan art are invited, and encouraged, to submit images for cataloguing and display. To submit an image for consideration, please send a digitized image, by e-mail or CD, preferrably 1000 dpi in size. Additionally, you must submit a written statement attesting to your ownership of either the object itself or the rights to the image being submitted."
Site contents:
* About us;
* Colllections [in America, Asia, Europe] (Museums and Institutions, Photographic Archives, Private Collections, Publications);
* Index (General People Iconography (GENERAL INDEX, INDEX OF ART SUBJECTS, PEOPLE: Indian Names, Tibetan Names, ICONOGRAPHY: Bon Buddhist Female Deities Hindu);
* Search (Bhutanese Art, Bon art; Gandharan art; Nepalese art; Sculpture and Artifacts; Tibetan Buddhist Art; Search by ID number; Search by keyword);
* Introduction (INTRODUCTION: Maps of Enlightenment by James Shaheen, A Virtual Museum: Himalayan Art Resources by Barry Boyce, Virtual Treasures: The Himalayan Art Project to the rescue by Joan Duncan Oliver, Buddhist Artifacts as the Support of Spiritual Realization by Tulku Thondup, Tibetan Religious Thangkas and their Religious Significance by Tulku Thondup, Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet by Chogyam by Trungpa Rinpoche, ART HISTORY: The Development and Symbolism of Tibetan Buddhist Art and Iconography by Peter Della Santina, Painting Styles in the Rubin Collection: Identifications and Clarifications by David Jackson, Myth and Symbolism by Peter Della Santina, The Identification of Individual Teachers in Paintings of Sa-skya-pa Lineages by D.P. Jackson, PHOTO ALBUMS: Tibet in black and white: The images presented here reflect aspects of journeys in 1990 and 2002 by Matthew T. Kapstein, Chortens in Amdo: A Photographic Album by Rob Linrothe, The Great Applique Tangka of Drepung Monastery a photo essay by Nancy Jo Johnson, Historical Photographs of Tibet primarily made by Sonam Gyatso Thartse Khen Rinpoche (1930-1988), Recent Photos of Tibet Ancient sites in Tibet and the Himalayas by Michael Katz, Images of Kham Photos from the 1990's of the monasteries, people and landscape of Eastern Tibet by Joseph Duane, Shalu Association Photographs documenting conservation and restoration projects in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR));
* New on the site;
* Links (Geographic Region: Bhutan, Gandhara (ancient), India & South Asia, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet (China), Subject: Academic Studies, Archaeology, Architecture, Arhats, Art - Iconography, Art Exhibitions, Biography, Block Print Images, Conservation, Dance, Jataka - Previous Life Stories, Mahasiddha, Mandalas, Miscellaneous, Museums (Asia), Museums (Europe), Museums (North America), Organizations, Painting, Photo Exhibits, Sculpture, Textiles, Texts & Manuscripts);
* Collection Help;
* Paintings with Chinese descriptions;
* Glossary;
* Newsletter (March - April 2007, January - February 2007, November - December 2006, September - October 2006, Summer 2006);
* Sitemap.
URL http://www.himalayanart.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [Not archived. Access to the site has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 [in fact, 1120]

22 Jun 2007

Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, US
Supplied note: "The CACI Analyst launches its new, redesigned website! The new redesigned website is being perfected at [the URL below] . Until technical glitches are eliminated, the old version of the website [i.e. www.cacianalyst.org] is still available. [...] The 30 May issue of the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst (Volume 9, no. 11) is now online at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite.[...] Full contents: Analytical Articles * The Afghanistan-Russia Rapprochement And Its Geopolitical Implications - Dmitry Shlapentokh [...] * Changes In Armenia's Political Landscape Set Scene For Presidential Elections - Niklas Nilsson [...] * Turkish Initiative For Pakistani-Afghan Dialogue - Haroun Mir [...] * Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Time-Out Until 2009 - Fariz Ismailzade [...] Field Reports * Nazarbayev Prevails Over Political Competitors, Family Members - Erica Marat [...] * An Ombudsman Institution For Tajikistan? - Sergei Medrea [...] * Constitutional Amendments Bolster Nazarbaeyev's Throne - Marat Yermukanov [...] * Tajikistan's Only Airline Faces Bankruptcy - Maruf Kandikov [...] NEWS DIGEST: http://www.cacianalyst.org/news.php
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a bi-weekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and Uppsala University, Sweden.
The CACI Analyst welcomes submissions of articles and field reports. At this moment, we are particularly interested in submissions on development, economics and finance matters in Central Asia and the Caucasus region, but all inquiries are welcome. Please contact the Editor, Svante Cornell, at scornell--at--jhu.edu with a short description of your article idea. [...] - sec."
[The Analyst provides a rigorous, concise and nonpartisan forum where specialists can assess issues and events in the Central Asia-Caucasus region for a broad audience of business people, journalists, policy makers, government officials, diplomats and academics - ed.]
Site contents: * Joint Center * Editorial Principles * Analytical Articles * Field Reports * News Digest * Search * Archives * Contact * Editor Page * Other Publications * Forums & Events.
URL http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [The new site was not archived at the time of this abstract. The old site is available from http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cacianalyst.org/]
Link reported by: Svante E. Cornell (scornel4--at--jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news -documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* 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]: new site under 30, old site 6,850.

21 Jun 2007

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 1,390 [1110 acronyms were listed in Aug 2006 - ed.] leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html)."
Site contents: [File structure:] *Acronym, * Entity [and its URL], * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAI' (Asia-Australia Institute, UNSW, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U,. US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'YCIAS' (Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale U., US)
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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]: 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

20 Jun 2007

Sri Lanka's Human Rights Crisis - Asia Report No.135 - 14 June 2007
International Crisis Group (ICG), Brussels, Belgium
Supplied note: "Colombo/Brussels, 14 June 2007: The international community must press the warring sides for urgent action to address wide-spread human rights abuses in Sri Lanka as a first step to restoring a climate in which the long conflict can ultimately be resolved. 'Sri Lanka's Human Rights Crisis' - the latest report from the ICG See URL [below. For full report in PDF format, 720KB, see at http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/sri_lanka/135_sri_lanka_s_human_rights_crisis.pdf - ed.] International Crisis Group, examines abuses committed by both the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) since they resumed their war in 2006. While the LTTE has continued its deliberately provocative attacks on the military and Sinhalese civilians as well as its violent repression of Tamil dissenters and forced recruitment of adults and children, the government is using extra-judicial killings and disappearances as part of a brutal and counter-productive counter-insurgency campaign. - icg."
Site contents: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I. INTRODUCTION. II. HOW NOT TO FIGHT AN INSURGENCY. III. A SHORT HISTORY OF IMPUNITY. IV. HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NEW WAR. V. THE STATE RESPONSE. VI. THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. VII. HALTING THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL . A. THE GOVERNMENT'S CHALLENGE. 1. The seventeenth amendment. 2. The emergency regulations. 3. Paramilitaries. 4. Extrajudicial killings and abductions. 5. Longer-term legal and institutional reforms. B. THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY. C. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES. 1. UN mechanisms. 2. Pressure on child soldiers. 3. Pressuring the LTTE. VIII. CONCLUSION. APPENDICES. A. MAP OF SRI LANKA. B. ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP. C. INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON ASIA. D. INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[The International Crisis Group (www.crisisgroup.org) is an independent, non-profit, NGO covering over 50 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean), working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict - ed.]
URL http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4896&l=1
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: International Crisis Group (notification--at--crisisgroup.org), 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]: 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 1,000

19 Jun 2007

Bibliography of Tibet / Bibliographie du Tibet
www.bibliographietibet.org, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France
Self-description: "This 'Bibliography of Tibet / Bibliographie du Tibet' lists the existing publications in western and eastern languages (Chinese and Japanese publications only) : books, thesis, book sections and articles published from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. This electronic bibliography is part of the karma dgon tibetan bibliography database project which was started in the early 1980s, and up to now approximately 36,000 entries have been collected. For the moment, topics included on line are indo-tibetan buddhism, tibetan arts and history. Updates are regularly done."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Recherche - Search (Global, Autor, Title); * Contact; * Liens - Links; * Documents PDF (Pawo Rinpoche 02 collected works index, Situ Rinpoche 08 collected works index).
URL http://www.bibliographietibet.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bibliographietibet.org
Link reported by: Erwan Temple (erwan.temple--at--wanadoo.fr)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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 300

18 Jun 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue June 18, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Jun 18, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Heonik Kwon, Anatomy of US and South Korean Massacres in the Vietnamese Year of the Monkey, 1968
* Emma Jinhua Teng, Taiwan in the Chinese Imagination, 17th-19th Centuries
* Milton Osborne, The Water Politics of China and Southeast Asia: Rivers, Dams, Cargo Boats and the Environment
* Praful Bidwai and MV Ramana, Indian Mega Nuclear Plant Protested: Government short-circuits environmental hearings.
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 6,640]

18 Jun 2007

BanglaClick: Bangla Book Music Video Movie Telefilm
www.banglaclick.co.uk, Manchester, UK.
Self-description: "We are an online eCommerce company with offices in Manchester (UK), New York (USA) and Dhaka (Bangladesh)."
Site contents: * Books (Astrology, Bangladesh, Children, Cooking & Recipe, Computer, Comic, Health & Beauty, Home Remedies, Media, Novel, Poetry, Reference, Religious, Sports, Women); * Audio(Band, Folk, Modern, Nazrul, Oldies, Rabindra); * Video (Drama, Movie, Music Video, Telefilm); * Bowse (by Authors, by Price) * Bestsellers; * Help; * About our company; * Contact us; * Privacy policy; * Shipping & Delivery; * Terms & Conditions; * Links (Help, Community, Newspapers).
URL http://www.banglaclick.co.uk
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Ali Ahasan (ali.ahasan--at--chemtura.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Jun 2007

RangjungYesheWiki: Tibetan-English Dictionary, Dharma Glossaries, and Resources
Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal and Trace Foundation, New York, NY, US.
Self-description: "The Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture from Rangjung Yeshe Version 4 [aka The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dharma Dictionary - ed.] presents Dharma terminology as a free lotsawa-tool for translations of Buddhist literature especially Mahamudra and Dzogchen. It aims to assist translators of Dharma scriptures of the three vehicles - Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana. Containing essential vocabulary for meditation texts, this Tibetan-English dictionary is a compilation from numerous translators and translation-groups in the tradition of Shakyamuni and Padmasambhava. Background history: Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications, located in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal is an ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages, this Buddhist dictionary helps translation of Dharma terminology. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a collection of more than 276,000 entries. Comparatively, the original Tibetan-English Dictionary of Sarat Chandra Das had approximately 27,000 entries. The current version includes the dictionary of James Valby and Ives Waldo, and the vocabulary of Richard Barron."
Site contents: * Buddhist Masters, Lineages & Teachings; * Present day Tibetan Buddhist Teachers; * The Rangjung Yeshe Gilded Palace of Dharmic Activity; * Literature - Data on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections; * Translators & Translations - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work; * Resources for the study and translation of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature; * Study Programs related to Buddhist study and practice; * Categories on this website.
[The site in 1998 has operated on http://www.nitartha.org/Technology/Dictionary/dictionary.html address (now defunct). It's alternative current address is http://www.dharmadictionary.net - ed.]
URL http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

17 Jun 2007

China Economic Databases (CED) project
Center for China Studies, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Self-description: "The China Economic Databases consists of nine databases, which are continually updated: 1. China Economic Literature Database gives an overview of relevant journal articles. [...] 2. China Economic Experts Database connects experts and scholars. To add your profile contact us. 3. China Economic Books Database provides a platform of relevant books and book chapters. [...] 4. China Economic Websites Database offers a list of governmental agencies, and research institutions, etc related to China's economy. [...] 5. China Economic Policy Reports Database provides up-to-date information from government bodies including many full-text articles. [...] 6. China Economic Report Database gives articles published from various universities and international institutions. [...] 7. China Economic Conference Database is a forum to advertise upcoming conferences and call for papers. [...] 8. Renminbi Database is currently not being updated; however, any suggestions or comments please contact us. 9. The OpenCourseWare (OCW) Project gathers syllabi and related course materials to further promote research and learning in the field of China's economy. [...]"
Supplied note: "The China Economic Databases (CED) aims to promote research and study for scholars, students, and all persons interested in China's economic development - cs."
Site contents: Databases Overview * Books (212); * Literature Index (448); * Policy Reports (157); * Economic Reports (57); * OpenCourseWare (29); * Conferences (37); * Websites (77); * Experts (53); * Call for papers (9); * RMB Research; * CED Forum.
URL http://ics.nccu.edu.tw/eced/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Linus Scherrer (inus.scherrer--at--gmail.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide/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]: under 30

17 Jun 2007

Caucasus Context - online journal
The World Security Institute (WSI), Washington, DC, US
Self-description: "The World Security Institute is proud to announce that the Spring 2007 issue of Caucasus Context is now available (Vol. 4, No. 1). Caucasus Context is a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary journal focused on regional integration and cooperation between the three South Caucasus republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The journal will offer in-depth analyses and commentaries on issues pertinent to the region, including perspectives from individuals in the media, government, civil society and academia. We welcome guest opinions, articles, and contributions. The contents of Spring 2007, Vol. 4, No. 1 include: * Statement - Levon Ter-Petrossian -- President, Armenia - National Security Council Session, Jan. 7-8, 1998 - Foreword by Ashot Sargsyan * Interview - Elmar Mammadyarov -- Foreign Minister, Azerbaijan - Baku, Azerbaijan, July 17, 2006 * Interview - Arkady Ghukasyan - President, Nagorno Karabakh - Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, July 12, 2006 * Interview - Serzh Sarkissian - Prime Minister, Armenia -Yerevan, Armenia, July 14, 2006 * Interview - Samvel Babayan - Chairman, "Dashink" Political Party - Yerevan, Armenia, July 14, 2006 * Nagorno Karabakh: The "Frozen Conflict" that Remains Unthawed - by Jon Sawyer * The International Relations Dimension of Political Demography: The Example of Georgia - by Medea Kochoradze."
Supplied note: "As a comprehensive, multidisciplinary journal [published in PDF format - ed.], Caucasus Context offers in-depth analyses and commentaries from individuals in the media, government, civil society and academia. The goal of the first issue is to expose the complexities of Nagorno Karabakh, one of the frozen conflicts paralyzing the region, by sharing the often contradicting perspectives of key political figures who at one time or another were involved in the settlement process of the conflict. A link to our first issue has been included free of charge for your review: [...] In order to continue receiving the electronic (free) copy of our journal, please contact Lilit Petrosyan [...] Director, WSI Caucasus Project, World Security Institute, 202.797.5288 lpetrosyan-at--worldsecurityinstitute.org [...] - wsi."
URL http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org/showarticle.cfm?id=218
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: WSI Caucasus Project (info--at--worldsecurityinstitute.org)
* 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

16 Jun 2007

Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes (CEH)
CEH, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villejuif, France
Self-description: "The Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes (CEH) [Centre of Himalayan Studies] is a library and documentation centre of the CNRS covering the entire Himalayan region (Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim and northeast India). It is primarily intended for the use of researchers and students in the humanities and social sciences (anthropology, religion, geography, history, economics, politics, linguistics, the arts, etc.). The Centre's holdings include 15,000 books, dissertations, theses and reports; more than 1,000 maps and 600 periodical titles. All documents are catalogued and indexed; articles in periodicals and chapters in collective works are selectively indexed. The library is in the process of computerization; more than 40,000 bibliographic records may currently be consulted. The CEH is part of the new Andre-Georges Haudricourt documentation centre. It brings together the holdings of several CNRS units : LACITO - Langues et Civilisations a tradition orale; LLACAN - Langues et Cultures d'Afrique noire; EREA - Ethnologie amerindienne; LASEMA - Asie du sud-est et monde austronesien; CELIA - Linguistique amerindienne; LEAPLE - Acquisition et pathologie du langage chez l'enfant; OSTERLITS : Oral/Oural : Systemes en transit et recherches linguistiques sur la traduction du sens; LMS : Langues - Musiques - Societes."
Site contents: * Publications (TOCs of the last four issues of periodicals on the Himalayas received by the Centre: Ancient Nepal; Contributions to Nepalese Studies; European Bulletin of Himalayan Research; Himalayan Research Bulletin; Kailash; Mountain Research & Development; Studies in Nepali History and Society; The Tibet Journal. Online catalogues: catalogue of the Centre's books; acquisitions list 58 (January-June 2003); acquisitions list 59 (July-September 2003); list of periodicals) * Related sites * Address.
[A bi-lingual (FR, EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/ceh/index.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/ceh/index.htm
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

16 Jun 2007

English-Indonesian/Indonesian-English dictionaries
www.babylon.com, Network Solutions, LLC, Israel
Extract: "My name is Silvio and I've recently concluded a set of English-Indonesian/Indonesian-English dictionaries which I thought you might be interested in sharing with your site visitors. My compilation of dictionaries provides clear and precise translations and it is absolutely free of charge. Basically, Look Up is a search-box (like Google) but it's focused on both the English and Indonesian languages. Here's the link to it: [See the URL below]. (Another option is to browse each and every glossary simply by clicking on its title.) Feel free to use it and if you have any feedback, I'd be happy to hear."
Self-description * Babylon Ltd. is a desktop software company, founded in 1997. [...] Babylon offers text translation in 17 languages and Wikipedia results in 13 languages, all in a single click. Babylon's translation and dictionary software offers results from a database of 1,300 sources in 75 languages."
URL http://www.babylon.com/define/108/Indonesian-English-Dictionary.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Silvio Branco (silvio--at--babylon.com)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* 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

16 Jun 2007

Correlates of Public Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World
US Institute for Peace (USIP), Washington DC, US
Extract: "Correlates of Public Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World, Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Washington University in St. Louis, May 17, 2007, www.usip.org Working Paper-1 [...] This report examines the correlates of individual-level support for terrorism in fourteen Muslim countries [incl. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan - ed.]. I identify a variety of factors that are correlated with support for terrorism. These factors can be divided into a several categories: attitudes toward Islam, attitudes toward the United States, attitudes toward politics and economics in the home countries, and demographic factors. The analysis uses individual-level data collected by the Pew Research Center in their survey, 'What the World Thinks 2002: How Global Publics View Their Lives, Their Countries, The World, America.' These data are augmented with national-level data on the economy, the size of the Muslim population, governance, and the level of terrorism. I find that support for terrorism is positively correlated with anti-Americanism, the belief that Islam should play a significant role in politics, the belief that the United States poses a threat to Islam, and, surprisingly, the perception of free expression. Moreover, education, perceived state of the economy, and support for democracy are not found to have any significant relationship to support for terrorism. [...] Summary of Correlates of Terrorism CORRELATION: Islam should play large role in politics (+); Islam does play large role in politics (+); U.S. threat to Islam (+); Home government threat to Islam (-); Perceived free expression (+); State efficiency (-); Age (-); Female (+). UNCORRELATED: General threat to Islam; Religious threat to Islam; Attitude toward the United States; Attitude toward democracy; Perceived state of the economy; Education; Marital status."
Site contents: * About This Report.; * About This Series; * Contents; * Abstract; * 1. Terrorism and Public Support; * 2. The Data; * 2.1 Dependent Variable: Support for Terrorism; * 2.2 Independent Variables; * 3. Statistical Analysis; * 4. Interpreting the Results; * Appendix 1: Results of the ordered Logit; * References; * About the Author; * About The United States Institute of Peace; * Related Publications.
[A PDF document, 2M strong - ed.]
[Ethan Bueno de Mesquita is an Assistant Professor of Political Science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. - ed.]
URL http://www.usip.org/pubs/working_papers/wp1.pdf
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
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]: Govt.
* 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