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Asian Studies WWW Announcements: late August 1998
Vol. 5, No. 60

31 Aug 1998

India Books
India Books, India
Supplied note: "Online bookstore carring India, Tibet & Nepal related books, books by Indian authors & books published in India."
URL http://www.indiabookstore.com
Link submitted by: Aneesha Madan (aneesha@indiabookstore.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

31 Aug 1998

State of the Environment (SoE) China 1997
State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), China, and UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway
Supplied note: "A tool [launched 24 Aug 1998] for disseminating information about the environment in China."
Site content: Driving Forces; Urban Environment; Water Environment; Biodiversity; Acid Rain; Ozone Layer Depletion; Land Resources; Forest Resources; Evironmental Management. Each of the SoE sections is divided into following areas: Pressure State; Response; Background Information; Other Links.
[SoE reports for Azerbaijan , Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tadjikistan are also available from the UNEP/GRID-Arendal (http://www.grida.no/) site - ed.]
URL http://svr1-pek.unep.net/soechina/index.htm
Link submitted by: Lawrence Hislop (Lawrence.Hislop@grida.no) and David Cowhig (dcowhig@public3.bta.net.cn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

28 Aug 1998

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
BUET, Bangladesh / www.buet.edu, USA
Supplied note: "BUET [est. 1876 as the 'Dhaka Survey School' to train Surveyors for the then Government of Bengal of British India - ed.] is one of the most prestigious institutions for higher studies in [Bangladesh]. About five thousand students are pursuing undergraduate and postgradute studies in engineering, architecture, planning and science in this institution. The total number of teachers is over four hundred."
Site content: Historical Background of BUET; Academic; Institutes; Consultancy; Admission; Campus Life; Virtual Tour; Contacts
URL http://www.buet.edu/
Link submitted by: Nikst (nikst@glasnet.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Aug 1998

History of Science in East Asia, Aug 99
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Self-description: "The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, is pleased to announce that the 9th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia will be held in Singapore, 23-27 August 1999."
[Deadline for paper/panel topics & abstracts: 30 Sep 1998 - ed.]
URL http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/conf/ICHSEA.html
Link submitted by: Chan Kam-Leung, Alan (alanchan@nus.edu.sg) and Frank Conlon (conlon@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Aug 1998

China Journal - online version
Contemporary China Centre, The Australian National University, Australia and JSTOR, USA.
Self-description: "In 1995, 'The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs' became 'China Journal'. The volumes under the current title, 'China Journal', do not yet appear in the database, as JSTOR coverage [Issues 1-28, 1979-1992] of the journal currently ends at 1992."
[A fulltext searchable collection of facsimile (TIFF) pages of the journal. JSTOR materials are available only for a substantial membership fee and annual cost that covers access to many other titles as well - ed.]
URL http://www.jstor.org/journals/01567365.html
Link submitted by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

27 Aug 1998

H-Bahai Discussion List
H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line, USA.
Self-description: "H-Bahai encourages scholarly discussion of the culture and history of The Baha'i Faith and makes available diverse bibliographical, research, and teaching aids. [...] H-Bahai maintains a Digital Publication Series (http://h-net2.msu.edu/~bahai/index/pubs.htm) consisting of 'Occasional Papers on Iranian Religions'; of 'Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies'; of shorter 'Research Notes in Shaykh i, Babi and Baha'i Studies'; of 'Documents on the Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Movements'; of 'Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Primary Texts'; and of the 'H-Bahai Digital Library', including 'Sources in European Languages' and 'Sources in Arabic, Persian and Turkish'."
URL http://h-net2.msu.edu/~bahai/
Link submitted by: Juan Cole (jrcole@umich.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

27 Aug 1998

Kamat's Potpourri
Kamat's Potpourri, USA.
Supplied note: "Misc. topics on history, arts, culture and people of India; includes travel tales and a photographic archive."
Self-description: "Kamat's Potpourri is the webzine showcasing the works [aimed at the general audience - ed.] of the Kamat family. You will find topics ranging from pre-historic rock art to protecting the environment."
URL http://www.kamat.com
Link submitted by: Vikas Kamat (vikas@kamat.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

27 Aug 1998

China Geoinformatics and Socioinformatics, Jun 99
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Supplied note: "International Conference on Geoinformatics and Socioinformatics will be held June 19-21, 1999 at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. [...] The conference will focus on (1) the integration of geographical, environmental and socioeconomic information, (2) new and emerging developments in GIS technology and models in the social and natural sciences, and (3) applications of GIS in China and other regions of the world."
[The China stream of the conference will focus on GIS Applications in China and Asia-Pacific Regions; Availability and Reliability of Spatial Data; Demographic Studies; Electronic Resources on Asia and China; GIS Development; Historical GIS; Industrial Analysis; Investment Analysis; Land Use in Asia; Marketing Analysis; Natural Resource Management; Population, Environment and Sustainability; Public Health and Safety; Regional Development & Disparity; Spatial Transition; Transportation; Urban Planning - ed.]
URL http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/chinadata/geoim99/
Link submitted by: Dr Shuming Bao (sbao@gpcc.itd.umich.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Aug 1998

Islamic Legal Studies
Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, USA
Supplied note: "The site [launched end of Jul 1998 - ed.] has many features which include course descriptions, publications, employment opportunities and more. Also see our upcoming events for future conferences, lectures and more..."
URL http://www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/ILSP
Link submitted by: Islamic Legal Studies Program (ilsp@law.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Aug 1998

Open Cities and Counties in China
Kham Aid Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Self-description: "This [9 pages of Chinese text scanned as a GIF, each about 75Kb strong - ed.] list comes from the foreign affairs bureau in Beijing. It's not dated, but I believe it was issued in the first half of 1998."
Site contents: About municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai; plus a list of open places in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.
[Ms Logan works for the Tibetan monastery conservation program and is an author of reports on private schooling, a rinpoche's life, and forestry and development in Tibetan Sichuan - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/5640/china_open.html
Link submitted by: Pamela Logan (pamlogan@alumni.caltech.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

25 Aug 1998

South Asian Initiative
South Asian Initiative, USA.
Self-description: A home page of an "electronic network of organisations [...] who, [...] promote the secular and democratic culture in the societies of the region and work towards promoting peace between the countries of South Asia."
Site contents - short summaries and occasional [7 out of 16 possible] links to home pages of: Centre d'Etudes et de Ressources sur l'Asie du Sud; Alternatives Action and Communication Network for International Development; South Asian Network for Alternative Media; Communalism Combat / Sabrang Communications; Economic and Political Weekly; Tamil Nadu Science Forum; Doon Science Forum; National Literacy Resource Center; Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad; Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi; Society for Awareness and Development Action; People's Watch-Tamil Nadu; The Other Media; Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action; Apnalaya; Confederation of Voluntary Associations; National Fishworkers Forum.
[22Kb of a polite text encumbered by a 61Kb logo and some 240Kb of ornamental graphics. In terms of the information/fluff ratio, the site is a serious rival to a postage stamp - ed.]
URL http://www.south-asian-initiative.org
Link submitted by: S. P. Udayakumar (spkumar@tc.umn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

25 Aug 1998

South Asia Diaspora
Library, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Self-description: "We are collecting memorabilia, personal papers, correspondence, photographs, early publications, ephemera, posters, newsletters of early community organizations, and realia of the early South Asian immigrants to the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world. "
Site contents: Archive of the South Asian Diaspora; Bibliographic Guides; Essays; Electronic Resources; Photographs/Documents/Maps; Diaspora Project Database; Web Art Exhibit: India 50 Presents The Indian Emigre, A Photo Story.
[The site is an official Associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://library.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/diaspora.html
Link submitted by: Suzanne McMahon (smcmahon@library.berkeley.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

25 Aug 1998

Indonesian Business Information
Castle Group, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Castle Group is Indonesia's leading provider of business information and market entry strategies. We offer a range of business information products and services on various sectors of Indonesian Business. Check our website for a free copy of our electronic newsletter, and a sector-wise yearly review of Indonesian business."
Site contents: Company Profile; TCG Team; Major Clients; Products & Services; Press Release; Consulting; Indonesia Country Program; Indonesian Business Reports; Indonesian Consumer 1998; Indonesia Business Road Map; Telecom Road Map; American Business Directory; 1998/99; The Soeharto Family Business; President B.J. Habibie Profile; The Year in Review 1997; Food Report 1996; Indonesia Infrastructure 1996; Indonesia Business Groups.
[A commercial site. Mainly TOCs of the available reports and briefs - ed.]
URL http://www.castleasia.com
Link submitted by: Sachin Gopalan (sachin@castleasia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Aug 1998

Human Rights in China (HRIC)
Human Rights in China (HRIC), New York, NY, USA
Self-description: "An international non-governmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars in March 1989. HRIC monitors the implementation of international human rights standards in the People's Republic of China and carries out human rights advocacy and education among Chinese people inside and outside the country."
Site contents: About HRIC; Current Human Rights Situation in China; 'Human Rights Forum' and other HRIC publications; Human Rights Educational Materials [United Nations Documents]; Take Action!; The HRIC Gopher.
[Online materials are available in English and in Chinese (GB & BIG5). The crisp, factual and fast-loading site was established with support from the Olof Palme Foundation - ed.]
URL http://www.hrichina.org
Link submitted by: S. Beach (mrswang@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

24 Aug 1998

Malaysia News & Views
MalaysiaNews, Malaysia
Supplied note: "Get all the true news about Malaysia from local and international sources."
[The site republishes/recycles Malaysia-related online information by The Star, Malaysia; Bernama Current; Straits Times, Singapore; South China Morning Post; Washington Post; CNN; Asiaweek; Far Eastern Economic Review; Yahoo! News; Time Magazine; Lim Kit Siang's Homepage. Also it offers access to Currency Exchange; Weather Forcast; Today's Comic; Links to Malaysian Sites - ed.]
URL http://www.1388.com/news
Link submitted by: news (news@1388.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 Aug 1998

The International Conference on Son Buddhism, Aug 1998
indra.indranet.net, Korea
Supplied note: "The Conference was held at the Paekyang-sa temple complex in Kwangju, Korea, August 18-22 [1998]. It was part of a much larger [... religious meeting during which Zen masters] Seo Ong sunim, Ji-seon sunim, Jongnim sunim and others drew crowds of local practitioners over 5,000 in number. Among the non-Korean scholars were [...] Sung Bae Park, John McRae, Robert Sharf, Carl Bielefeldt, Lewis Lancaster, Nishimura Eishin, Kiyotaka Kimura. Representing the Indian and Tibetan perspectives were Johannes Bronkhorst and Matsumoto Shiro."
[The site publishes several of the conference papers - ed.]
URL http://indra.indranet.net/kobul/english/conference.htm
Link submitted by: Charles Muller (acmuller@human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 Aug 1998

China Central Television (CCTV)
China Central Television (CCTV), China
Supplied note: "News, economy, culture, weather."
[A site infested with animated graphics - ed.]
URL http://www.cctv.com/index.html
Link submitted by: Rolf Melheim (rolfme@forsok.vgs.no)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

24 Aug 1998

Associated Kyoto Program (AKP)
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Supplied note: "The AKP is a two-semester program [est. 1972] at Doshisha University in Kyoto, sponsored by a consortium of 15 U.S. colleges and universities. [...] The curriculum consists of intensive Japanese language and courses taught in English on Japanese history, economics, literature, government, art history, religion, etc. [...] All students live with homestay families in the Kyoto area."
URL http://www.wesleyan.edu/all/akp
Link submitted by: Anthony Chambers (anthony.chambers@asu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Aug 1998

International Journal of Tantric Studies
Asiatica Association, Milan, Italy
Supplied note: "A new issue of the 'International Journal of Tantric Studies' [Vol. 3 (1998), No. 1, August 23, 1998 - ed.] has just been distributed via email [and WWW - ed.] to our members."
Site contents: Note From The Editor; Papers: (1) MahAmahopAdhyAya Dr. Gopinath Kaviraj, My Teacher: As I Saw Him by Debabrata Sen Sharma, (2) Philosophie de l'akula-kula selon les ecoles des kaulas du Tantrisme de l'Inde, by Dominique Boubouleix; Computer Space; Review Paper; New Titles; News;
[Access to the IJTS web site requires a password - ed.]
URL http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ijts/default.asp
Link submitted by: Dr Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@asiatica.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Aug 1998

Definitions (J>E)
BND Products Inc., USA
Supplied note: "Romanizes and defines whole blocks of Japanese text in one step."
[An advertisement of a commercial product, a reading tool that helps to read Japanese newsgroup articles over the internet - ed.]
URL http://pw2.netcom.com/~guilin/j2e.html
Link submitted by: Richard Yokomi (guilin@ix.netcom.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

22 Aug 1998

National University of Laos
CanPub, Canada
Supplied note: "Homepage of the National University of Laos based on an official text of the current organization, changes and divisions of the university."
Site contents: The University; The Council; Structure and Administration; Academic Structure and Programs of Study; Selection and Admission; Scholarship; Fees; Special Teaching Programs; Facilities and Services; The Post-Secondary Education Project; International Cooperation; Administration.
[Crisp and well organised site - ed.]
URL http://www.canpub.com/nuol/
Link submitted by: Rebecca Aiken (rba5@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Aug 1998

Escape Artists: Modernists in the Tropics
Cairns Regional Gallery, Australia
Supplied note: "Exhibition website for the touring exhibition of work by major Australian post-war artists detailing their relationship with the tropical north of Australia. Artists include Ray Crooke, Sidney Nolan, Donald Friend, Russell Drysdale, Margaret Olley and Ian Fairweather."
URL http://www.escapeartists.com.au
Link submitted by: Robert Heather (fnqgall@internetnorth.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Aug 1998

International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM)
ISIM, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Supplied note: The Institute (est.1998) "shall promote interdisciplinary scholarship on social and intellectual trends and movements in contemporary Muslim societies and communities."
[Site under construction. It's online research stature will become apparent in the next few months - ed.]
URL http://isim.leidenuniv.nl
Link submitted by: Shoma Munshi (munshi@cit10.wsd.leidenuniv.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

20 Aug 1998

Japan in WW II: War Crime Records
Simon Wiesenthal Center & Broadcast.com, USA
Supplied note: "More than two and half hours of testimony by Japanese participants in war crimes, including the Rape of Nanjing and the [Medical and Biological Weapons - ed.] Unit 731 experiments. Japanese [, Chinese,] and American scholars also provide commentary. One can listen [using RealAudio software - ed.] in either Japanese or English."
URL http://events.broadcast.com/events/swc/nanjingmassacre/
Link submitted by: Lawrence Fouraker (fouraker@landmarknet.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Aug 1998

Viet Nam News - National English language daily
Vietnam News Agency, Hanoi, Vietnam
Online edition of a National English language daily. Top headlines published Wed, August 19, 1998: National history first, says Party General Secretary; Party Advisor urges speedier study of Son La power plans; ASEAN Youth Day delegates discuss policies toward young people; New rules set for BOT projects; Noai moui brings academia closer to business set.
Site contents: Dragon Tales; Lifestyle; Sports; Domestic Press; Highlights; Today in History.
[A competent, crisply designed, alebeit a slow loading site - ed.]
URL http://203.162.5.133/
Link submitted by: Nikst (nikst@glasnet.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Aug 1998

IBJS Research & Links on Japan
IBJ Securities Co., Ltd., Japan
Supplied note: "Research and links to English language resources on Japanese economy, finance and politics. Includes links to Japanese government entities and the English language home pages of more than 500 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange."
[IBJ Securities (est. 1993) is an integrated securities firm of The Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) - ed.]
URL http://www.ibjs.co.jp/Kohgin.html/ResrLinkE.html
Link submitted by: David Harvey (david.harvey@ibjs.co.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

20 Aug 1998

Hindustan : Search India
India Search Hindustan Network, India-USA-UK-Singapore
Supplied note: "A search engine and directory of India and India related resources worldwide. Offers 500 categories and a wide variety of info on all India related global resources on the net in the friendliest format. Covers from academic to industries and business to culture, social, personal and geo-economic, social welfare, activism, current issues and almost all areas of life. India related webpages are invited for submission. Also offers intelligent debate on current and important issues of India and Indian people worldwide."
Site contents: Hindustan, Add your Site-Page, Modify, New sites, Popular, Random, Search, Discussion Boards, Classified Ads, Cities States, India Overseas, Culture, News, Issues? Your Views, You Vote & see results, Astro Forecast
[Another Yahoo!-style directory of self-registered links - ed.]
URL http://www.hindustan.net
Link submitted by: Kumar (india@hindustan.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Aug 1998

Bilingualism in Japan
Kagawa Junior College, Japan
Supplied note: "Website of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Bilingualism National SIG. Online resources particularly on Japanese-English bilingualism for research as well as child-raising. Includes bilingual abstracts of all 1995-97 feature articles from the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, which is published by this group. There are CGI shortcuts to the Shodouka Launchpad for readers without Japanese software to view the characters as GIF images."
URL http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/JALT-BNSIG.html
Link submitted by: Steve McCarty (steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Aug 1998

Chinese Commercial News Online
Chinese Commercial News, Philippines
Supplied note: "Oldest Chinese language daily in the Philippines since 1919. Publishes local Philippine news, International, Business, Sports, Editorials, Commentaries about Philippines etc. (In Chinese Big-5)."
URL http://www.siongpo.com
Link submitted by: Wesley Chua (editor@siongpo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Aug 1998

SAARC - the SouthAsian Search Engine
southasia.net, USA?
Supplied note: "Over 300 different categories, related to almost any issue and topic covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet Afghanistan, Bhutan & Maldives etc."
Site contents: Home, Add URL, Modify, New, Cool, South Asia Talk, Search, Discussions, Join Lists, Latest Reports - Articles, SouthAsia Network?, SriLanka Talk, SouthAsia Economy?, Pakistan India Talk, Bangladesh Discussion, Business Opportunities.
[Yahoo! style directory of self-registered links - ed.]
URL http://southasia.net
Link submitted by: Southasia.net (search@southasia.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Aug 1998

Buddhist Heritage Centre - Singapore
www.filmo.com, Singapore
Site contents: Audiotape Programmes on Buddhism; Applying Buddhism in Difficult Situations; Brief History of Buddhist Heritage Centre; 4-faced Brahma Enshrinement; Giving Alms to Buddhist Monks; Pali Chanting Sessions; Vesak 1998 Pictures; Videotape Programmes on Buddhism; What does being a Buddhist Mean to me?; What is Kathina (Robe Offering) Ceremony?
URL http://www.filmo.com/bhc.htm
Link submitted by: Filmo (filmo@cyberway.com.sg)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

19 Aug 1998

China Internet Information Center
China Internet Information Center, Beijing, China
Site contents: Friendly exchange, News release, China News, White Papers of the Government, Chronicle of Events, Tribune for Special Topics, Press Conference, China ABC, Publishing, Across the Country, Film & TV; The Ninth Winter Games.
[The PRC Government's site, according to which ('Special Topics' section) US Human Rights record is very poor, The Dalai Lama engages in trickery, India's nuclear tests deserve condemnation, Independent Taiwan is a fallacy, and visitors to China are "impressed by prisons in Beijing and Tibet because [...] conditions in prisons in Lhasa are even better than in some European jails." The heavily illustrated site has a US mirror - ed.]
URL http://www.china.org.cn/
Link submitted by: Rolf Melheim (rolfme@forsok.vgs.no)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Aug 1998

WisdOM: India's Gift to the World
WisdOM Books Pvt.Ltd. - Calcutta, India
Supplied note: A "catalog of select publications on Indian Civilization. [...] Find here books on: Indology, South Asia studies, Indian Philosophy and Religion, Veda, Yoga, Hinduism, Bhakti, Krishna, Buddhism, Vedanta, Upanishad, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, Purana, History, Vedic Arts, Vedic Mathematics, Ayurveda, Astrology, Sanskrit, dictionaries, glossaries and concordances."
[The pun in the domain name is a part of the company's PR - ed.]
URL http://www.WisdOMbooks.com
Link submitted by: Angelo Pugliese (admin@wisdombooks.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Aug 1998

Ming Studies Journal
University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
Supplied note: "A web page, with subscription and submission information, information on the Society for Ming Studies, and tables of contents for upcoming issues."
[The site ofers a very limited amount of online information, and often only in PDF format. It provides, however, access details of the 'Ming Studies Mailing List' (minglist@colby.edu) - ed.]
URL http://www.hist.umn.edu/Ming.htm
Link submitted by: Ann Waltner (waltn001@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Aug 1998

WWW Hmong Homepage
www.hmongnet.org, USA
Self-description: "The WWW Hmong Homepage is a collection of resources relating to Hmong history, culture, language, and current events."
Site contents: Current Events and Announcements; Top Picks; General Information About Hmong People and History; Hmong Creative Works: Papers, Opinions, Essays, Stories, and Poetry; Hmong History; Hmong Culture and Traditions; Hmong Organizations and Conferences; News and Mailing List Resources; Publications Resources for the Researcher; How to Help.
[The site is an official Associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) - ed.]
URL http://www.hmongnet.org/
Link submitted by: Craig D. Rice (cdr@stolaf.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

17 Aug 1998

Russian Far East Travel
The Interregional Association of Independent Tour Operators of the Russian Far East (IAITO), Russia?
Self-description: "We travel to the newly opened lands of the exotic Russian Far East, through cities and cultures of rich history and stunning beauty, enchanted lands of fire and ice."
Site contents: About This Site; An Overview; History; Maps; Regions; Amur Oblast; Chukotka Autonomous Region; Jewish Autonomous Oblast; Kamchatkaya Oblast/ Komandorsky Islands; Khabarovski Krai; Koryak Autonomous Region; Magadan Oblast; Primorski Krai; Sakhalin Oblast/Kurile Islands; Republic of Yakutia (Sakha); Travel Information; Tourist Guide Books; A Photo Tour (Adventure, Birding, Botany, Fishing, Geology, Indigenous Cultures, Trekking, Volcanology, Wildlife); IAITO Tours.
URL http://www.iaito.com/overview.html
Link submitted by: Sherrie K. Henne (webmaster@iaito.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

17 Aug 1998

Asian Demographics
Asian Demographics Ltd, HK/NZ
Supplied note: "This company maintains 40 demographic and macro economic data series from 1970 to latest available for each of the 14 major coutnries in Asia. It also provides forecasts to 2006 and statistical models for forecasting trends and distribution of household income for these countries."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.asiandemographics.com
Link submitted by: Dr C Laurent (laure26@ibm.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Aug 1998

Australia-Japan Historical Materials Database
Australia-Japan Research Project, Australian War Memorial, Australia
Supplied note: "A database of historical materials concerning the Australia-Japan relationship from 1901-1957, especially those relating to the wartime relationship. AJRP staff have concentrated initially on AWM 82, a collection of material requisitioned by the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS)during WW2 , and material captured from Japanese soldiers at Rabaul after the war. The AJRP has also commissioned a number of essays on historical sources by leading experts, including an essay containing a selection of images from the AWM's photograph database."
Site contents: About, Essays, Database, Thesauri,Sitemap, Links, Search
[A unique project with a counter-intuitive interface - ed.]
URL http://www.awm.gov.au/ajrp
Link submitted by: Steven Bullard (steven.bullard@awm.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Aug 1998

Koleksi Indonesia News
www.geocities.com, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Collection of Daily News and Articles about Indonesia. It includes a list to freely distribute selected news via email."
URL http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1627/
Link submitted by: Meilardo Simbolon (meis@iname.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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