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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late November 1998
Vol. 5, No. 69

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 13
Entries rejected : 5

27 Nov 1998
2star
The Zen Studies Society Inc.
The Zen Studies Society Inc., New York, USA
Self-description: "The Zen Studies Society was established in 1956 to assist the Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki in his efforts to introduce Zen to the West. In 1965 it came under the leadership of a Japanese Zen monk, Eido Tai Shimano, who shifted the emphasis towards zazen (Zen meditation) practice."
Site contents: The Zen Studies Society (What is Zen?, Newsletter, About this site); New York Zendo Shobo-ji; Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji.
URL http://www.zenstudies.org/
Link suggested by: (announcement@zenstudies.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

27 Nov 1998
3star
Indian books on Indology and Classics
Low Price Publications, India
Supplied note: "Indian books on indology, religion, philosophy, sanskrit sociology, linguistics, rare and classic reprints, general books, printing, self publishing, performing arts, music, history, hinduism, buddhism."
[An online bookseller's site - ed.]
URL http://www.lppindia.com
Link suggested by: Pradeep Mittal (lpp@nde.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Nov 1998
2star
Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD)
CSCSD, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Australia
Supplied note: "The CSCSD will be a permanent focus for research and teaching on people of Chinese descent in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific and their interaction with other societies and cultures in the region."
[A site under construction - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Diaspora
Link suggested by: Jude Shanahan (shanahan@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

27 Nov 1998
5star
The Cambodian Genocide Program
Yale University, USA
Self-description: "The Cambodian genocide, in which at least 1.7 million people lost their lives, stands as one of the worst human tragedies of the modern era. [...] The Cambodian Genocide Program aims 1) to collect and study all extant information about this period [1975-1979] in Cambodian history, 2) make this information available to a court or tribunal willing to prosecute Cambodian war criminals, and 3) generate a critical, analytic understanding of genocide which can be marshaled in the prevention of political violence against populations elsewhere in the world."
Site contents: Online Databases (bibliographic [3,000 references], biographic [details of over 7,000 individuals], photographic [5,000 photographs] and geographic [geo-positioned maps of the genocide sites]); More Findings; Links; Contact the CGP.
URL http://www.yale.edu/cgp/
Link suggested by: Helen Jarvis (h.jarvis@unsw.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

26 Nov 1998
5star
Papua New Guinea Agriculture Bibliography
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Australia
Supplied note: "The Land Management Group in the Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the ANU, has compiled an electronic bibliography of agriculture in Papua New Guinea. This bibliography currently contains about 12,750 references, all indexed by keyword. Agriculture is defined broadly, and keywords refer to many other categories other than agriculture. The bibliography contains papers from elsewhere in the world, particularly in the Pacific."
URL http://database.anu.edu.au/rspas/hug
Link suggested by: Natalie Stuckings (natalie@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

26 Nov 1998
3star
Chinese/Mongol Study Resources
www.ezlink.com, USA/CHINA
Supplied note: "This is a list of books available in Chinese and Mongolian which deal mainly with Mongol and Altaic Language family studies."
[An online bookseller's site - ed.]
URL http://www.ezlink.com/~culturev/CulturBooksTapes.htm
Link suggested by: Todd Cornell (culturev@earthling.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Nov 1998
1star
GoMaldives - The Maldives Travel Guide
GoMaldives, Maldives
Supplied note: A "... travel Guide for the Maldives with detailed information on all Resort Islands, Safari Liveaboards in the Maldives and the Maldives itself. Get answers to your questions at our www board, send a free digital Maldives Postcard, browse the image gallery and download our free Maldives Screensaver."
URL http://www.gomaldives.net
Link suggested by: Joe (webmaster@gomaldives.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

24 Nov 1998
4star
Perspective E-journal
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy (ISCIP), Boston University, USA
Supplied note: "We are a research institute at Boston University that studies the political transformation and international policies of the post-Soviet states.
Our bimonthly publication, Perspective, offers analyses of current events in Russia and the NIS. We have made available full texts of articles contributed by experts -- primarily from Russia's academic community, government and the mass media, as well as US analysts.
We provide web-based access to our database (http://www.bu.edu/iscip/database.html) at no charge to the public. It describes in detail major events, trends, policies, institutions, and personalities from the Gorbachev period onward. A broad range of materials from various sources has been utilized to provide what is believed to be a comprehensive collection of information, commentary, and analysis on post-Soviet affairs."
URL http://www.bu.edu/iscip/perspective.html
Link suggested by: Miriam Lanskoy (mlanskoy@bu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

23 Nov 1998
3star
Agricultural Development in Central Asia - Nov 1998
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Supplied note: "Agricultural Development in Central Asia: Between Russia and the Middle East November 20-22, 1998 University of Washington--Seattle Campus HUB 106 B. Sponsored by The Russian, East European and Central Asian Center and the Middle East Center, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies."
URL http://weber.u.washington.edu/~reecas/events/aridprog.htm
Link suggested by: John Schoeberlein (schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Nov 1998
1star
The Bali Travel Forum
PVL Ltd, Indonesia
Supplied note: "News and Views from the Ultimate Island - provided by recent visitors and residents. A very busy Forum."
[A page with over 250Kb (sic!) of daily and hourly clusters of gossip and opinions - ed.]
URL http://www.balivillas.com/baliforum/index.html
Link suggested by: Peter Rieger (rieger@villanet.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

22 Nov 1998
2star
Asian Centre, Penang, Malaysia
The Asian Centre, Penang, Malaysia
Supplied note: "The Asian Centre, Penang, specializes in research and documentation of traditional Malay performing arts. On this subject it has developed one of Malaysia's major resource collections. Materials include video recordings, slides and photographs. The Centre also has wider interest in traditional Malay culture as a whole.
Recent publications of the Centre include volumes on traditional Malay music and the shadow play (wayang kulit). Forthcoming publications include a book on Mak Yong, the ancient dance theatre."
[A kernel of a very fine scholarly information system - ed.]
URL http://www.angelfire.com/ga/Jannat
Link suggested by: Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (gsyousof@angelfire.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

21 Nov 1998
3star
Chinese Intellectual Property Website
Mark A. Cohen, USA
Supplied note: "Start up site for monitoring Chinese intellectual property developments. Currently soliciting new links, ideas. Web publishing on Chinese IPR, monitoring anti-counterfeit and antipiracy activities, bilateral and multilateral developments."
[Currently, a collection of un-annotated links. A site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.chinaipr.com
Link suggested by: Mark Cohen (markcohen@compuserve.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Nov 1998
5star
China: Environment, Science & Technology
U.S. Embassy Beijing, China
Self-description: "The U.S. Embassy Beijing Environment, Science and Technology Section covers a wide range of issues in the areas of environment, science, technology and health."
Site contents:
State Department Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental/Scientific Affairs; U.S. - China Energy Cooperation see China Energy Page, China Energy Group; Foreign Direct Investment in China's Power Sector from RFF; Powering Non-Nuclear Growth in China with Natural Gas and Renewable Energy Technologies; PRC State Environmental Protection Agency in English 1997 Env. Report State of the Environment China 1997; Inventory of Environmental Work in China US Gov't, NGOs; ES&T Sources from Embassy Beijing : Translations, Reviews; Sohoo China Environmental Site List (mostly in Chinese); US EPA National Enforcement Training Institute's Homepage, EPA China Environment links; USIS Environmental links; The Environment and U.S. Foreign Policy; The World Bank's China 2020, Working Papers, Country Brief: China and Project Information; The Chinese Political Economy and Central-Local Government Dynamics and Air Pollution; WB working paper: Policy Reform and the Future of Industrial Pollution in China; Wilson Int'l Center for Scholars Environmental Change Project; China Council for Int'l Co-op and Development Univ. of Toronto: Environment, State and Society: China; PACE Chinese environment information, discussion, contact list; Man & Biosphere Program; INFOTERRA Answers Environmental Questions; Beijing Seen From Earth Orbit; PRC Environmentalist Tang Xiyang on Saving the Golden Monkey Habitat; Links to U.S. Government Agencies and Regulations Net Links: Environment, Science, Technology and Health; Recent U.S. Government Reports on ES&T; Chinese Official and NGO Information: ES&T; Chinese Web Sites; International Cooperation: Environment, Science and Technology; UN and International Official ES&T Links; ES&T Sources from Embassy Beijing : Translations, Reviews;
Recent reports by the Embassy Beijing ES&T Section : Telecommunications and Computers; Agriculture and Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development on China's Grasslands; Environment; (Climate Change, Desertification); Energy; Health; Infrastructure; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Population and Family Planning; Return of the Chinese Students Abroad: A Key to China's S&T Future; PRC Science Policy: Science and Education for a Prosperous China.
URL http://www.usembassy-china.gov/english/sandt/index.html
Link suggested by: David Cowhig (dcowhig@public3.bta.net.cn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
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