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THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was originally established in Jun 1994 under a title "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" and is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU). The Journal regularly monitors new developments in the Asian Studies' cyberspace and compiles summaries and evaluations of the latest web sites and other online information systems relevant to social sciences research of the Asia and the Pacific region.

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" acts as a current awareness bulletin for a broad range of readers: academics, students, librarians, journalists, business people, government administrators and the wider on- and off-line community.

All resources listed below are inspected and rated in terms of the scholarly/factual quality and usefulness of their content to the Asian Studies' research. All ratings reflect the Editor's judgment without 'fear or favour', and are not negotiable. Also, all links are categorized according to the following system: (1) News (information about recent events; postings of mailing lists); (2) Documents (numerical data, translations of documents, photographs, images, maps, bibliographies, databases with raw textual information); (3) Study (interpretations, analyses, discussions); (4) Corporate Info (details of individuals, organisations, institutions, events [eg. conferences]); (5) Online Guides (catalogs of online resources, databases of links).
Details of location, nature and usefulness are correct for the date each of the networked site was accessed, inspected and evaluated by the Journal. Naturally, due to the great volatility of the Internet, it is possible that details of the resources identified below might have changed since the time they were reported by this Journal.

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Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

Asian Studies WWW Announcements: late December 1997


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The Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS
would like to wish the Network friends, colleagues and associates

Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year

The Asian Studies WWW Monitor will recommence its online activities
on 19 January 1998.

For earlier materials see the Past Issues - Archive.
To input new material use Announce New/Improved Web Sites page.

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30 Dec 1997
3star
Indonesian Network Information Data
Tukang Internet, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Comprehensive data on Indonesian Internet Network. Including domain searches within the TLD-ID, and IP blocks assigned and used within the Indonesian Internet network. Unix gateways to finger, rwhois, traceroute, dnswalk are also provided."
URL http://tukang.access.net.id
Link submitted by: Johar (johar@access.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 Dec 1997
999star
Matrix Informer: Indian Business and Economy
Matrix Information Services, India
Supplied note: "This is a paid site which has business and economic information on India including searchable newspaper archives, company information, economic reviews, stats etc."
[A professionally designed site with access to several databases focussed on India; directory and financial information on 6200+ Indian companies; reports on 170+ industry sectors; the complete text of articles from 8 Indian newspapers and newswire services; India's international trade statistics for the past 5 years. Use of these services is by subscription only - ed.]
URL http://www.matrix.co.in
Link submitted by: Sanjiv Singhal (Sanjiv_singhal@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available

29 Dec 1997
3star
XenoType Technologies - Asian Languages on the Macintosh
XenoType Technologies, USA
Supplied note: "XenoType Technologies has enhanced its website and now offers on-line ordering. Several new products are now available including our latest addition -- the Burmese Language Kit -- and many pages have been updated."
[XTT is a small company, est. 1989, that specializes in uncommon or unusual languages and scripts solutions for Macintosh platform, eg. Burmese Language Kit, Georgian Language Kit, Khmer/Cambodian Language Kit, Laotian Language Kit, Tibetan Language Kit, Mongolian Language Kit (to be released in Summer 1998) - ed.]
URL http://www.nwlink.com/~bokai/index.html
Link submitted by: Daniel Kai (bokai@nwlink.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 Dec 1997
1star
Books from India
The India Group, USA
Supplied note: A "web site created by Anil Srivastava and Shampa Banerjee in association with the National book Trust (India) to promote books from India, about India, and by Indian authors."
[Online sellers of books listed with Amazon.com's database (http://www.amazon.com) - ed.]
URL http://www.bookindia.com
Link submitted by: Anil Srivastava (anil@indonet.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

28 Dec 1997
???star
Bangla Mouk: Bangladesh Online Radio
Bandhutto, Bangladesh?
Supplied note: "For your fun in the web Bandhutto org creat [sic! - ed.] Bangla online radio 'Bangla Mouk'. If you did not visit yet. Please just visit one time we hope you will enjoy it."
[The site, adorned with images and animations, is in a mixture of Bengali and English - ed.]
URL http://www.bandhutto.org/radio.html
Link submitted by: Woashim (woashim@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available

27 Dec 1997
3star
Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN)
ACASIAN, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Supplied note: "Spatial (GIS - Geographical Information System) data bases for Asia and the former Soviet Union are available from ACASIAN. It fulfils the central fuctions of the Spatial Information Infrastructure for Asian Studies in Australia (SIIASA) Consortium, which provides the data to the UNS of Australian Universities. Spatial data can be provided to other clients on a partial cost-recovery basis."
URL http://www.asian.gu.edu.au
Link submitted by: A/Prof. L. W. Crissman, Director (crissman@asian.gu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Dec 1997
3star
Bangali Adda Mailing List
University of Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "A mailing list [est. 1 Dec 1997] to discuss anything and everything related to Bengal and Bengalees - from literature, culture, movies, music, politics, current affairs, lifestyles, history, education, food and recipes, to anything Bengalee. [...] Moderated and managed by Sanhita Mallick [of Dept of Architecture, U.Tokyo - ed.], this list will let you reach out, discuss, exchange and cross pollinate your views, opinion and your voice about the latest trends and shifts in Bengali culture."
[Proceedings of this very competently run list are archived - ed.]
URL http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~sanhita/mailing-list.html
Link submitted by: Jo Kirkpatrick (jkirk@micron.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Dec 1997
1star
Vietnamese Community of Orange County, Inc. (VNCOC)
1618 W. First St., Santa Ana, CA 92703, US
Supplied note: "A non-profit, multi-programmed, social and cultural service agency established in 1979 and dedicated to the betterment of the Vietnamese community in the United States [... an] electronic bulletin board for the VNCOC and an interactive electronic version for the print version of the CN magazine [are planned. - ed.] "
URL http://www.vncoc.org.
Link submitted by: meilee (vncoc@aol.com.)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

25 Dec 1997
2star
The Tokyo BoardWalker
The Tokyo BoardWalker, Japan
Supplied note: "An online magazine updated weekly about life and culture in Japan."
[A set of badly formatted gossip columns - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~leinadmoolb/TokyoBoardWalker.html
Link submitted by: Dan Bloom (danbloom@reporters.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

23 Dec 1997
3star
Methodology of Decoding Rongorongo (Easter Island) Script
Sergei V. Rjabchikov, independent expert, Russia
A short 1997 research note on 'Structural Linguistics as a Formal Key To Rongorongo' by Sergei V. Rjabchikov.
URL http://www.kuban.ru/users/Rjabchikov/index.htm
Link submitted by: Sergei V. Rjabchikov (root@biznes.kuban.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 Dec 1997
2star
The Voice of Mongolia Broadcasting Service
Mongolian Radio & Television, Mongolia
Self-description: "'The Voice of Mongolia' is the country's only overseas broadcasting service and is operated by Mongolian Radio & Television, a public service broadcaster of the Mongolian Government. [It is - ed.] designed to provide [factual - ed.] information about Mongolia and the Mongolians, their history, traditions and culture. [...] It broadcasts a total of 8 hours a day in 5 languages - Mongolian, English, Chinese, Russian and Japanese."
URL http://www.angelfire.com/biz/mrtv/index.html
Link submitted by: Mark Ostrowski (mrtv@magicnet.mn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

22 Dec 1997
5star
Japanese Text Initiative (JTI)
University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library, USA
Supplied note: "A collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web. 17 new Japanese texts are now available at the JTI Web site [... which has - ed.] an interactive search interface that lets you search online in Japanese or English for any characters or words in individual texts or in all the texts together. [...] The Japanese Text Initiative is part of the online library of the Electronic Text Center (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu) at the University of Virginia Library. The E-Text Center has on the Web 20,000+ texts in English, French, German, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and other languages. All of the texts are tagged in SGML according to Text Encoding Initiative guidelines. For Web display, PERL filters convert the SGML tags to HTML."
URL http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/
Link submitted by: Kendon L. Stubbs (kls9h@server1.mail.virginia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

22 Dec 1997
3star
Electronic Identities in East Asia Media, Culture and Diasporas, Feb 1998
Humantities Research Center, The Australian National University, Australia
Self-description: "This two-day [21-22 Feb 1998 - ed.] workshop will provide a forum in which to develop ideas on the interaction between electronic media (e.g. television, video, computer networks) and constructions of national/ethnic/gender identities in Japan, China and Korea."
URL http://www.anu.edu.au/HRC/johan.html
Link submitted by: Benjamin Penny (benjamin.penny@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Dec 1997
5star
HK Bilingual Laws Information System
Department of Justice, Hong Kong Government, China
Self-description: The official database of "the statutory Laws of Hong Kong and selected constitutional documents. It will also soon include a bilingual glossary of terms used in the Laws."
Site contents: Hong Kong Letters Patent; Hong Kong Royal Instructions; Standing Orders of the Legislative Council; Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance; Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance; Sino-British Joint Declaration; Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; National laws applying to HK
URL http://www.justice.gov.hk
Link submitted by: Michael Young (itr@justice.gcn.gov.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

20 Dec 1997
4star
The Asia Society: Asian Updates and Country Briefings
The Asia Society, New York - California - Texas - Washington D.C.- Hong Kong - Australia
Self escription: "Asian Updates provide incisive background and analysis of newsworthy issues and events in Asia and U.S.-Asia relations for a wide audience of journalists, business executives, policy makers, scholars, and others interested in Asia."
Site contents: Growing Pains: ASEAN's Economic and Political Challenges (Dec 1997); The 1997 Korean Elections (Nov 1997); The 1997 Sino-American Summit (Oct 1997); The Philippines at the Crossroads: Sustaining Economic and Political Reform (Nov 1996). Forthcoming Asian Update topics include: South Asia (Feb 1998); Central Asia: Asian Context and Political Economy (Apr 1998)
[The Asia Society (http://www.asiasociety.org) online publications on contemporary and foreign affairs - ed.]
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/asianupdates.html
Link submitted by: Hylton Jolliffe (hyltonj@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 Dec 1997
3star
Asia In Global Context, Sep 1998
Asian Studies Association of Australia, Australia
Self-description: Between 28 September - 1 October 1998 "The University of New South Wales [Sydney - ed.] hosts the 12th Anniversary Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, celebrating 21 years of scholarship, lobbying and growth. The ASAA held its first conference in Melbourne in May 1976. The theme is 'Asia In Global Context' (though in keeping with custom, papers not directly related to the theme are also eligible)."
URL http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/asaa/
Link submitted by: Anthony Reid (axr@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Dec 1997
4star
Asia, Asian Studies and the National Security State
The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (BCAS), Oakland, CA, USA
Self-description: "The complete text of our [1997 - ed.] symposium on 'Asia, Asian Studies and the National Security State'. This symposium consists of a powerful article by Bruce Cumings, challenging the ideological roots of Asian Studies, with responses by a wide range of people active in the profession. Because of the importance and timeliness of the concerns raised, we have posted the entire contents of the symposium on line."
[The BCAS web site is at http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/bcashome.html - ed.]
URL http://csf.colorado.edu/bcas/sympos/current.htm
Link submitted by: Mark Selden (ms44@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 Dec 1997
4star
BBC World Service - East Asia Today
BBC World Service, UK
Supplied note: "East Asia Today - On this site you can access current programme information and programme archives from the BBC World Service's flagship news and current affairs programme for East Asia. Every weekday East Asia Today brings you a stimulating blend of up-to-the-minute reports, lively features and topical interviews with leading politicians, world-class experts and the people who make the news across East Asia."
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/eastasiatoday
Link submitted by: Joe Havely (eastasia.today@bbc.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Dec 1997
999star
JobSite Singapore
PCE Services Pte Ltd, Singapore
Self-description: "Objective - to assist Singapore Companies recruit theirs choice employee at the shortest possible time by introducing them to all prospective applicants at the cheapest cost. Similarly to assist job seekers from all over the world to find a job in Singapore which pay competitive wages [...]."
Site contents: About JobSite, JobSite Links, Add Available Jobs - New Users!, Add Wanted Jobs - New Users!, Change Available Jobs, Change Wanted Jobs, Remove Available Jobs, Remove Wanted Jobs, Search Applicants, Search Companies.
[The use of the system requires a registration: free to job seekers, free or for a fee to companies depending on the level of required online service - ed.]
URL http://www.pceservices.com
Link submitted by: Philip Png (pce-info@freeyellow.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Rating not available

18 Dec 1997
3star
Bangladesh WWW Virtual Library
University of Texas, Austin, USA
Self-description: "This document keeps track of leading information facilities for the Bangladesh section [...] of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Project (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and of the South Asia WWW Virtual Library (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai)"
Site contents: General Information (Bangladesh : Basic Facts; The Bangladesh Home Pages; Virtual Tour; Bangladesh at a Glance; Geography; Economy; Environment and Ecology); History/Government/Politics (History, Political/Ethnic Issues, Bangladesh War, SHOBAK: Bangladesh Oral History Project); Economy and Development (Economy, Environment and Ecology, Development Projects); Bangladesh Information Resources (Bangladesh Online, Bengal Studies Conference Papers, Bangladesh Search Index, Links to Other Bangladesh Pages, Internet Yellow Pages Bangladesh, Himal South Asia); Travels and Tours; Clubs/Organizations/Newsgroups
URL http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/bangla/
Link submitted by: Kamal R. Adhikary (kamal@asnic.utexas.edu )
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Dec 1997
1star
Contact China
www.china-contact.com, USA?
Self-description: "Here is the bridge between China and the world. You can chat with Chinese here. You exchange message with Chinese here. You can contact China business here. You can advertise your business free here. Welcome to China!"
Site contents: 3 Chat rooms: English, Chinese (GB), Chinese (Big5); a Bulletin Board; a search engine of PRC web sites.
[A site frequented by adolescents arguing (de)merits of various ethnic groups and businessmen keen on selling 30,000 tons of 'Fertilazer (sic!) from Russia & Ukraine' - ed.]
URL http://www.china-contact.com
Link submitted by: Webmaster (webmaster@china-contact.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

17 Dec 1997
3star
Tibetan Religious and Cultural Centers & Foundations
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Self-description: "The purpose of this document is to provide a central access point to online resources dealing with Tibetan religious and cultural Centers, Groups, Foundations and Institutes. This page is regularly updated [...]. Please mail murrayk@cygnus.uwa.edu.au if you know of relevant networked resource not in this page. "
[An annotated catalogue comprising a specialist sub-section of the Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~murrayk/tib-centers.html
Link submitted by: Murray Kessell (murrayk@cygnus.uwa.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Dec 1997
3star
Kamal Darshan - Bharatiya Janata Party WWW site
Bharatiya Janata Party, India
Self-description: "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or Indian People's Party is a national party with its distinct identity in India's political arena. It is a party of dedicated leaders committed to a cause of nation-building, a party of committed grass root workers, fired with the goal of bringing all-round prosperity in India. BJP is a party deepl y rooted in the true Indian culture and ancient heritage, a party which draws inspiration from the novel teachings of modern sages and reformers such as Vivekananda, Dayananda and Aurobindo."
Site contents: Welcome Page; Opinion & Analysis [a chat-room - ed.]; Latest News [related to BJP - ed.]; Main Contents; Media Watch; Parivar Links; Free India [news]; Free India Poll; Archives
URL http://www.bjp.org/
Link submitted by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Dec 1997
3star
InternetIndia
PureTech, India
Supplied note: "An Indian site on culture, business and travel in India, including a business directory, online culture & film & glamour magazines, business and travel whiteboards, links to govt., corporate and other client sites, Hindu calendar, event listings, ashowkase [sic! - ed.],theatre news, etc."
URL http://www.internetindia.com
Link submitted by: Divya Bhatia (divyab@internetindia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
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