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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Jul 1999
Vol. 6, No. 88

08 Jul 1999

Tibetan Formulas
www.tibetanteas.com, USA?
Supplied note: "Tibetan Formulas manufactures and markets herbal tea based on ancient Tibetan medical formulas created [...] by our traditional Tibetan doctors in Nepal using wild harvested Himalayan herbs."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.tibetanteas.com/
Link suggested by: Joseph Chinnock (josephtea@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

07 Jul 1999

Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies (RSPAS)
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "RSPAS is Australia's pre-eminent centre for research and postgraduate training on the Asia-Pacific region. The core research priorities of the School are Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Research includes strategic and defence studies, archaeology, the impact of globalisation on local societies and cultures, urbanisation and development."
Site contents: Site Links (RSPAS Departments & Divisions, Electronic & Print Publications, Information for Prospective Students, Academic Positions Vacant, RSPAS Background Information, Director's Section, Academic Staff & Their Research, Interests, RSPAS Internal Pages); Current Events at RSPAS (TAPIER - The Asia Pacific Information and Education Resource, Message from the Director); Useful Links (Contact RSPAS, Scholarships and Fellowships, A Little Information About Canberra, Links to Related Sites)
[Since 2 Jul 1999 a separate site with RSPAS corporate information, originally a subsection of the Coombsweb - ANU Social Sciences/Asian Studies Server (http://coombs.anu.edu.au) - ed.]
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/
Link suggested by: Peter Raftos (rspas-web@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

07 Jul 1999

The First Tourism Company Ltd. - Tbilisi, Georgia
In-Tourism Ltd., Tbilisi, Georgia
Self-description: "The history of our Company begins from 1950. Up to 199O annually we received more than 300,000 visitors here in Georgia. The Company's staff includes high-professional management with own guide-interpreters [...] We offer cultural, historical, church tours and soft adventurer tours."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://itour.8m.com/
Link suggested by: Avtandil Sulukhia (intourism@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

07 Jul 1999

South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
SAJA, New York, NY, USA
Self-description: "We're now 600+ journalists of South Asian origin in [...] the US and Canada [...]. We are a professional networking group for journalists. Our goal is to foster ties among South Asian journalists in North America and improve standards of journalistic coverage of South Asia and South Asian America."
Site contents: About SAJA; What's New; The Tiny Newshole; Washington Chapter; SAJA Stylebook for Covering South Asia & the South Asian Diaspora; Press Releases; Mailing Lists; Membership Info; Speakers Bureau; Journalism Awards; Job Bank; South Asian Events Calendar; Newsletter; Past Events; Ask SAJA; Students; US Media in South Asia; List of Members; Senior SAJAers; Profiles; Site Suggestions (Free news sources from South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; Journalism Associations; Selected Journalism Resources; U.S. South Asian Resources; Sites Run by SAJA Members; U.S. Asian American Resources)
URL http://www.saja.org/
Link suggested by: Asim Mughal (pakistan@netcom.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

07 Jul 1999

Kashmir Liberation Cell (KLC)
www.klc.org.pk, Pakistan
Self-description: "This Website is dedicated to alleviate the suffering of Kashmiris."
Site contents: Maps; Books; Daily news; Related links; Weekly Update; Booklets.
URL http://www.klc.org.pk/
[A site without a colophon. Apparently it is affiliated with Pakistan News Service (PNS). The site also uses 'kashmir.org' address - ed.]
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

07 Jul 1999

PNS: Kashmir Crisis Center
Pakistan News Service (PNS), Pakistan/USA
Supplied note: "Kashmir Crisis center with latest news, articles, video clips of speeches by Kashmir leaders, Media reports on human rights violations in Kashmir, United Nation documents and links to many Kashmiri resources on Internet."
[PNS bulletins are distributed daily via email, ftp, newsgroups and www to readers world-wide. PNS (at www.paknews.com, est. 1991) also uses the 'www.paknews.org' address - ed.].
URL http://www.paknews.com/kashmir
Link suggested by: Asim Mughal (pakistan@netcom.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Jul 1999

The Size of Asian Cyberspace 1997-1999
www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The document publishes results of a systematic survey of the volume of WWW information world-wide about Asian countries, as recorded by Altavista database (http://www.altavista.com) since Feb 97. The page is a part of the Asia Web Watch (http://www.ciolek.com/Asia-Web-Watch/main-page.html) collection of statistical data."
Coverage: All countries of Asian continent; nine (9) measurements taken at half-yearly intervals - Feb 97; Sep 97; Dec 97; Mar 98; Jun 98; Sep 98; Dec 98; Mar 99; Jun 99.
[In Feb 97 Altavista kept track of 5.2 mln English language web pages dealing with Asian countries. Approx 43% of this materials dealt with countries from East Asia, 25% from SEA, 18% from Middle East, 12% from South Asia, 1% from Central Asia, and 1% from the Caucasus. In Jun 99 there were 22.5 mln of such web pages; with the regional percentages being: EA 37%, SEA 22%, Middle East 25%, South Asia 13%, Central Asia 2%, and the Caucasus 1%. The data show that during the last 28 months the overall size of Asian cyberspace has grown 303 percent. At the same time, the number of web pages dealing with East Asia grew from 2.2 mln to 8.3 mln, i.e. 276 percent; that dealing with China grew from 709,000 to 2.8 mln, i.e. 306 percent; and that dealing with Tibet grew from 39,000 to 212,000, or 443 percent - ed.]
URL http://www.ciolek.com/Asia-Web-Watch/tables/table-003.html
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Jul 1999

NoFSA South Asia Catalogue
Norwegian Forum for South Asia (NoFSA), University of Oslo, Norway
Self-description: The database "is continually updated, and contains listings of Norwegian South Asia resources [...] persons, NGOs, businesses, institutions etc with a professional interest in South Asia. [...] You can use any search word in part or in full: Names, subjects etc. (Norwegian only!) Contact info (addresses, e-mails, phone numbers etc) is not searchable for reasons of privacy protection."
Coverage: Research and teaching; Media; Businesses; Organisations; People; Associations and community groups; Embassies and consulates; Libraries catalog holdings.
[A monolingual (NO) site which keeps track almost of everything/everybody of importance in Norway. English version is planned for 2000. Coverage of resources from other Nordic countries is also envisaged - ed.]
URL http://www.nofsa.uio.no/katalog
Link suggested by: Ram Eivind Gupta (r.e.gupta@iks-stud.uio.no)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

06 Jul 1999

Pakistan Information Network
www.egroups.com, San Francisco, CA, USA
Supplied note: "You are invited to participate in a forum that believes in freedom of speech to liberate Pakistanis from the lies that have been fed to them by the Pakistan Ministry of Information for the last 52 years. This is not your typical Pakistani forum. Please give it a try. You will be surprised to see what progressive Pakistanis are saying."
Message Format: Individual Emails; Daily summaries available from the website; Full-text email digests.
[A very typical electronic forum: messages with low factual content, clumsy subject lines, and the exchanges (1289, as of 05 Jul 1999) dominated by a handful of vocal subscribers. The site is, however, searchable - ed.]
URL http://www.egroups.com/list/pakgovnetwork
Link suggested by: eGroups.com Manager (jeshamilton@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

06 Jul 1999

French Trade Commission in HK
Direction des Relations Economiques Exterieures, Paris, France
Supplied note: "Regular economic reports on the East Asia region. Most of the reports in French, but starting to be translated into English. Short reports [in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format - ed.] (4-5 pages) can be downloaded for free. Reports written by the French economic advisor for Asia, based in Hong Kong, and the correspondants in other Trade Commissions around East Asia."
Site contents: General information; Buy / invest in France; Import from France; About travel to France; Directory of French firms in Hong Kong [1998 edition - ed.]; Search our site.
[A bilingual (FR,EN) site, est. 1998 and still under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.dree.org/hongkong/francais/regionasie/pubenglish_fr.htm
Link suggested by: Nicolas Michelon (nicolas_michelon@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

06 Jul 1999

Indochina Arts Partnership
Indochina Arts Partnership, Newton Centre, MA, USA
Supplied note: "The Indichina Arts Partnership [est. 1988] conducts programs of cultural development and artistic exchange between the United States and the countries of South East Asia, with primary focus on Vietnam."
Site contents: Exhibitions; Artists; Artist Residencies; Crafts Center; Calendar of Events; IAP Information, Art Center; Fine Art University; Education; Funding Sources; Sales & Rentals; Video; Trips to Vietnam.
URL http://www.tiac.net/users/iap
Link suggested by: David Thomas (iap@tiac.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

05 Jul 1999

IndoMail and IndoWeb - Internet Software for Indian Languages
Lastech, Chennai, India
Self-description "IndoMail makes it possible to send email in 12 Indian Languages - Assamesse, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil & Telugu; [...] Allows to toggle between Indian Language and English [...]; Mail receipient can read the Indian Language Mail without installing any additional software including IndoMail; Any Email client software such as Netscape Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Eudora can be used to read the Indian Language Mail; Supports Web-based Email Services such as Hotmail; [...] Click here to download free evaluation copy.
IndoWeb: Available for 10 Indian languages (Assamese, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujrati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu); Supports CGI scripts & Java; Supports popular browsers such as Netscape Navigator & Internet Explorer."
[A commercial site - ed.]
URL http://www.lastech.com/
Link suggested by: Frederick Noronha (fred@goa1.dot.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Jul 1999

Kurdish and Turkish Community Centre
Halkevi Kurdish and Turkish Community Centre, London, UK
Self-description "A registered charity [est. 1984]. Our main priority is to welcome and provide support for Kurdish and Turkish refugees [...] that have fled repression and economic hardship in Turkey and Kurdistan and our object is to help our members with their cultural, social and political difficulties."
URL http://www.halkevi.com/
Link suggested by: Nikst (nikst@orc.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

05 Jul 1999

Thailand News Web Directory
www.geocities.com, USA?
Self-description "This site contains links to [...] newspaper, TV, radio, magazine and Thai goverment's reports."
Site contents: [instructions on how] To set Thai display and input; Newspaper, Journal & Magazine in Thai; Newspaper, Journal & Magazine in English; Newspaper, Journal & Magazine in other languages; TV & Radio stations broadcast in Thai; Thais Community Media Directory.
URL http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/9697/index.html
Link suggested by: Nikst (nikst@orc.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

05 Jul 1999

Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms (DEABT)
Toyo Gakuen University, Japan
Supplied note: "A newly updated version of the web Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms (DEABT) [a digital dictionary containing pver 5000 terms from Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism that are written in literary Chinese - ed.]. [...] Available in Shift-JIS and Unicode formats. Information on these formats, and how to set up the proper font support, is provided on the dictionary main entry page."
Site contents: Terms; Texts; Schools; People; Places; Radical Index; All CJK Terms; Pinyin; Korean; Japanese; Credits; CJK Character Dictionary; Dictionary Introduction; Style Sheet for New Entries; Lexicographical References; Downloads; Paper Presentations on the DEABT Project.
URL http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/bdict.htm
Link suggested by: Charles Muller (acmuller@human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

05 Jul 1999

Virtual Forum on Security in the Asia Pacific
National Centre for South Asian Studies, Monash University, Australia
Supplied note "The Virtual Forum [sponsored by the Rockefeller foundation - ed.] is currently divided into five sections: South Asian Perspectives I - Kashmir; South Asian Perspectives II - Relations With China; South Asian Perspectives: III - Relations With North Korea; Other Security Issues; Forthcoming Discussion Papers."
Site contents: Discussion Papers on Security and Disarmament; Melbourne Group Communique: Melbourne Aug 1998; Melbourne Group Communique: Washington Feb 1999; Other Web Sites on Security and Disarmament; Press Releases/Documents; Forthcoming Publications; Report on Melbourne Dialogue: August 1998; Report on Washington Dialogue February 1999; Resume's For Dialogue Participants; Preparations for Beijing Dialogue: May 2000 (TBC).
URL http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/savirtualforum/Virtual_Forum.htm
Link suggested by: Marika Vicziany (marika.vicziany@arts.monash.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Jul 1999

Stratfor Asia Intelligence Center
Stratfor, Inc., USA?
Self-description: "Stratfor's free Asia Intelligence Center monitors daily events in Asia, from Pakistan in the west to Japan and New Zealand in the east. The AIC regularly updates you on Asian affairs with the latest news, forecasts, analysis, and special reports on issues, affairs, and special topics affecting the region."
Site contents: Regional Forecast; Weekly Analyses; Country Profiles; Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brunei; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea (North); Korea (South); Laos; Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; New Zealand; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam; Pacific Islands; Special Reports; Maps/Multimedia; Wire Reports; Archives; Biographies; Multinational; Global Intelligence; Asia Intelligence Updates; Latest Asian Market; Search Stratfor.com
URL http://www.stratfor.com/asia/default.htm?section=2.3
Link suggested by: Bob Pyke Jr (repyke@akron.infi.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

02 Jul 1999

Japan-US Friendship Commission
Japan-US Friendship Commission, Washington, DC, USA
Self-description: "An independent Federal agency dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States and Japan through the issuing of grant programs in the following areas: Japanese studies in the United States; policy-oriented research; public affairs and education; the study of the United States; and the arts."
Site contents: History of the Commission; Members; Program Guidelines; Application Cover Sheet; Frequently Asked Questions About Submitting Proposals; Biennial Reports; Grants; A Call For New Ideas; US / Japan Creative Artists' Program Guidelines and; Application; Staff Biographies; Newsletters [1996,1997,1998 - ed.]; Prior Research Projects; US CULCON Homepage; US-Japan Links [to homepages of individual Japan-America Societies in US and Japan - ed.]; Customer Service.
URL http://www.jusfc.gov/commissn/commissn.html
Link suggested by: Eric J. Gangloff (egangloff@jusfc.gov)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Jul 1999

Dictionary of Turkish Etymology, 1999, by Hasan Eren
members.theglobe.com, USA?
Supplied note: "Turk Dilinin Etimolojik Sozlugu - Dictionary of Turkish Etymology by Prof. Dr. Hasan Eren is now published [in Ankara, May 1999, covers relations between Turkish, Turkic Languages, Arabic, Persian, Armenian, Finno-Ugric and Slavic Languages - ed.], 512 pages, hardcover, ISBN 975-94577-0-1."
Site contents: Ordering information; About the author; Contact the author; Links; Other titles in Turkish; What is etymology?
[Details of a paper publication - ed.]
URL http://members.theglobe.com/seckineren/ed.htm
Link suggested by: Seckin Eren (seckineren@superonline.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Jul 1999

Japanese Imperial Administration official Web site
Japanese Imperial Administration, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "From July 1 [1999], the administrative office of imperial family in Japan will have WWW."
[An extensive, elegant, and monolingual [JP] site - ed.]
URL http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/
Link suggested by: Mizuno Mitsuaki (d9870017@post01.osaka-gaidai.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Jul 1999

The Anti-War and Peace Movement in India and Pakistan
The South Asia Citizens Web, France
Self-description: "This [Web site] is a modest attempt to counter war hysteria prevailing in India and Pakistan. In solidarity with anti-war & peace activists in Pakistan and India."
Site contents: [Newspaper] Articles on Kashmir & Indo Pak ties prior to the current dispute; Declarations by Citizens Groups; Citizens Initiatives (Pakistan India Peoples forum for Peace and Democracy; Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND); The Action Committee Against Arms Race (ACAAR) Pakistan; Citizens Peace Committee Pakistan; Pakistani Rights Activists; South Asian Against Nukes; AMAN: Peace Pals Project; 'South Asians for Peace' mailing list)
URL http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/Kargil/Kargilindex.html
Link suggested by: Irfan Khan (khania@super.net.pk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Jul 1999

The Asian Diaspora in Australia, Sep 1999
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Self-description: "Asian-Australian Identities: The Asian Diaspora in Australia. Conference focusing on theatre, film, and literature by Asian-Australians, 27 - 29 Sep 1999 (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia). Participants Include: Ien Ang, Ghassan Hage, Merlinda Bobis , Kee Pookong & Don Nakanishi, Alison Broinowski, Suvendrini Perera, John Docker, Cheryle Yin-lo, Tony Ayres, Simone Lazaroo."
URL http://www.uq.edu.au/~entkhoo/Banana/aaconference.html/
Link suggested by: Tseen Khoo (t.khoo@research.uq.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Jul 1999

Indian American Bar Association of DC
IABA-DC, USA
Supplied note: "A Washington, D.C. based voluntary bar association for South Asian attorneys. IABA-DC sponsors seminars, conferences and other events on developments on South Asian law."
URL http://www.iabanet.org/dc/
Link suggested by: Krishna Kumar (iaba-dc@iabanet.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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