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Vol. 6, No. 98
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 18
Entries rejected: 4
07 Nov 1999
Chinese Martial Art: Wushu
U.S. Wushu Center, Portland, OR, USA
Supplied note:
"Offers information, history and techniques of
Chinese martial arts. Classes schedule and supplies sale."
[A site maintained by a team also in charge of the Tai Chi www.ustaichi.net
pages - ed.]
URL http://www.uswushu.com
Link suggested by: Shaowen Yu (uswushu@spiritone.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
07 Nov 1999
Asia-art.net
Runckel & Associates, Portland, OR, USA
Supplied note:
"This site promotes Asian art appreciation. It offers
paintings, Asian artist profiles, history of the art,
techniques and much more."
[A site maintained by a team also in charge of the www.business-in-asia.com
and www.business-in-asia.net/insight_asia.htm
pages - ed.]
URL http://www.asia-art.net
Link suggested by: Chris Runckel (crunckel@pcez.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
06 Nov 1999
Written sources on Yao religion - A research project
Institute for East Asian Studies, University of Munich, Germany
Supplied note:
"The Munich Yao project, initiated in Oct 1995, is based on a
collection of more than 1000 Yao manuscripts, acquired by the
Department for Rare Manuscripts of the Munich Bavarian State Library
during the last few years. The manuscripts date from the beginning of
the 18th to the eighties of the 20th century and originate from
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the southern provinces of China.
The project aims at computer supported cataloguing, classifying, and
analysing of the manuscripts with special regard to date, regional
origin, and persons mentioned. The resulting catalogue will be
published as part of the 'Index to Oriental Manuscripts in Germany'
(Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland). An
exhibition of the most remarkable manuscripts in the Bavarian State
Library from Nov 4th to Dec 22nd 1999 will conclude the
project."
Site contents: Institute; Address; Research Team; Scope of the
Project; Exhibition; Publications; Lectures.
URL http://www.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/sin/projekte/yaoe.htm
Link suggested by: Lucia Obi (yao@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
06 Nov 1999
Exhibition of Yao manuscripts
Bavarian State Library Munich, Germany
Supplied note:
"The Bavarian State Library stages the exhibition 'Instructions to the
Gods. Religious manuscripts of the Yao - South China, Vietnam, Laos,
Thailand, Myanmar' from 4th of Nov to 22nd of Dec 1999. Within the
last years more than 1000 manuscripts of the Yao, an ethnic group
living in China and her southern neighbouring states, have been
acquired. The manuscripts written in Chinese characters are up to 260
years old, most of them are religious manuals and show clear relations
to Chinese Daoism. The Department of Rare Manuscripts of the Bavarian
State Library herewith owns one of the most outstanding collections of
its kind in the West. Together with ritual objects of the library's
collections a selection of manuscripts will be shown to the public for
the first time."
URL http://www.bsb.badw-muenchen.de/english/yao_e.htm
Link suggested by: Lucia Obi (yao@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
04 Nov 1999
The Tibetan Bulletin
Department of Information and International
Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration,
Dharamsala, H.P., India.
Self description: "The official bi-monthly journal of the Central Tibetan Administration of
H.H. The Dalai Lama."
Site contents:
Volume 3 Issue 1 January - February 1999 (The News - Tibetan Style,
Dalai Lama on Asian Values, Secret War in Shangri-La, State of the Art
Prisons); Previous Issues; Index of All Articles.
[Individual articles and news items are available in html format.
Entire issues of the Bulletin can be downloaded as an Adobe
Acrobat File - ed.]
URL http://tibetnews.com/
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
04 Nov 1999
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
Pacific Union College, Angwin (Napa Valley), California, USA
Supplied note:
"The Pitcairn Islands Study Center contains the
world's largest single-site collection of materials
relating to The Bounty Saga - Bligh/Bounty/Pitcairn/
Norfolk. The study center's purpose is to provide
accurate information to scholars, writers, students
and others."
Site contents: A Guide [+ map] to Pitcairn Island; Pitcairn Island
News Reports; Contacting the Study Center; Location of the Study
Center; Hours the Study Center is Available; Loan Policy and copying
of materials; Holdings of the Study Center; Books in the Pitcairn
Islands Study Center; Items Available; Purchase from Pitcairn Island;
Pitcairn Islands and Bounty Links; Pitcairn Island and Pacific Union
College; A history of Pitcairn; Book Review of the Bounty saga.
URL http://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/
Link suggested by: Herbert Ford, Director (hford@puc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
04 Nov 1999
Films and Videos on Tibet: Catalogue
SUNY Empire State College, USA
Self description:
"Films and videos on Tibet. Last updated: 1 Nov 1999. This list [of
just under 300 titles - ed.]is maintained by A. Tom Grunfeld
(tgrunfeld@sescva.esc.edu ). It was begun several years ago by Sonam
Dargyay and others have contributed since. I welcome - and encourage -
any contributions of ideas, suggestions for changes, corrections and,
of course, additions. [...] I will update this list as I receive
additional information so checking it periodically would be prudent."
[A mountain (160KB) of unique and authoritative information placed on
a single page, not for regular access by those on a slow link, i.e.
not for the most of the developing world - ed.]
URL http://www.esc.edu/personalfac/tgrunfeld/
Link suggested by: A. Tom Grunfeld (tgrunfeld@sescva.esc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
04 Nov 1999
Multilingual Multiscript Plant
Name Database
Institute of Land & Food Resources, University of Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note:
"It contains a lot of Asian vocabulary found nowhere else and more
importantly each specific name is associated with matching names in
many other languages (including botanical Latin) and whenever possible
with corresponding photos / description (in different languages). It
is all on line, all free access and no special software is required to
read foreign scripts."
Site contents:
Lists of names (multilingual, multiscripted, in alphabetical order of
genera, with links to sites in various languages); Indexes of plant
names (in various languages, linked to multilingual lists of names);
General notes on plant names (in English); Bamboos (in various
languages); Fodder crops, weeds (in various languages); Fruits (in
various languages); Fungi (in various languages); Grains (in various
languages); Herbs / Medicinal plants (in various languages); Legumes
(in various languages); Vegetables (in various languages); Other
useful plants (in various languages) [not yet activated];
Bibliography; On-line references and resources.
[Botanical names in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai,
Vietnamese - ed.]
URL http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/
Link suggested by: Michel H Porcher (m.porcher@landfood.unimelb.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
03 Nov 1999
Semipalatinsk [Nuclear] Relief and Rehabilitation Programme, Kazahstan
The Government of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazahstan
Supplied note:
"A website which focuses on the Government's Semipalatinsk Relief and
Rehabilitation Programme. As some of you may know, Semipalatinsk
received the brunt of the nuclear testing throughout the Soviet
period. Over a 40 year period, 470 atmospheric, surface and
underground explosions were conducted, leaving an array of problems,
largely on the population's health. It is estimated that 1.6 million
people were affected in some way. [...] The programme has a bi-monthly
newsletter. Back issues will be placed on the website."
Site contents [excerpts]:
Polygon location; Semipalatinsk region; Radiation doses map; Test site
layout; Explosion summary; Demography; Employment and Inflation; Life
expectancy and Indicators of life security; Information; (Health,
Humanitarian, Ecology, Economy); Press Articles; Program Structure;
Reports.
URL http://www.semipalatinsk.org/
Link suggested by: Richard Dion (rd@helpsemei.almaty.kz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
02 Nov 1999
Centre for Social Research, Kyrgyz Academy of Science
Centre for Social Research of Kyrgyz Academy of Science, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Supplied note:
"The Centre [...] is the semi-independent research institution of the
National Academy of Science of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. Since 1989 the
Centre has been conducting the series of the survey studies and
researches on ethnic, political and social issues in Kyrgyzstan and
Central Asia."
Site contents:
About the Centre; Previous Researches; Publications of the Centre;
Contacts in Bishkek; Our Library and Archive; Staff Profile; Useful
Bibliography; General Information about Kyrgyzstan; Map of Kyrgyzstan;
More Information about Kyrgyzstan; Other Centres, Foundations...
URL http://www.angelfire.com/ar/researchkyrgyzstan/
Link suggested by: Rafis Abasov (r.abasov@latrobe.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
02 Nov 1999
Indonesian Internet Sites: a guide
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Self-description:
"The National Library of Australia has recently revitalised its Indonesian
Internet Sites Web pages. The address is [listed below]."
Site contents:
General; Government and Politics; Library Sources and Other Resources;
Maps; News and Media; Aceh, East Timor and Irian Jaya.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/indo/indsites.html
Link suggested by: Oliver Mann (omann@indo.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
01 Nov 1999
East Asia: Cyber Journal
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill, USA
Self-description:
A recently launched multilingual (EN, CN, JP, KR, FR, DE, IT, PT, ES,
RU) "international forum to discuss the issues on the peoples and
cultures of East Asia. We invite contribution of scholarly articles,
essays for general public, reports of work in progress, dissertation
abstracts, prospectuses of books, book reviews, and political debates
and commentaries."
[A promising online initiative which is still much too young to be
meaningfully rated - ed.]
URL http://www.siue.edu/EASTASIA/
Link suggested by: Sangki Kim (skim@siue.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating unavailable
01 Nov 1999
Mongolia: a photographic travelogue
www.ask.ne.jp, Japan
Supplied note:
"My travel [1995,1997, 1998,1999] records and some link resource page."
Site contents: a collection of scantily annotated colour photographs -
Ulaanbaatar; Terelj; Children's horse race (Mini Naadam) at South
Gobi; Peoples at South Gobi; Yolin am; Molzok sandhill; Bayan za
Khara-Khorum; Erdene zuu monastery; View from Gurvan zuu; The Orkhon
Falls; Trip to Gobi Again; I met Mr.Bahera again at south Gobi; Let's
go to Molzok sandhill; Go to the northland of Mongolia; At the side of
Lake Hovsgol; Little friends in Ulaanbaatar; My favorite little
friends.
URL http://www.ask.ne.jp/~tomokazu/
Link suggested by: Tomokazu Okada (tomokazu@ask.ne.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Marginal
01 Nov 1999
China Travel Talk e-forum
ChinaVista, China
Supplied note:
"A public forum [est. 26 Oct 1999, 5 messages so far] about travelling
in China. Please feel free to use our board to communicate with other
interested users or just find help here."
URL http://www.chinavista.com/travel/talk/index.html
Link suggested by: Frances Leng (cool@chinavista.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
01 Nov 1999
The Future of East Timor: Interview
Asia Society, USA
Supplied note:
"An exclusive interview [of Oct 22, 1999] with Mr. Constancio Pinto,
the Council of East Timorese National Resistance (CNRT) Representative
at the UN and in North America. Mr. Pinto discusses, inter alia: the
composition of the UN transitional government, the role of the
Falintil in the independent state of East Timor, future relations with
Indonesia and ASEAN, and the changes within the structure of the CNRT
as it transforms itself from a liberation movement to a political
party or national government."
URL http://www.asiaSource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=3901
Link suggested by: Nermeen Shaikh (nermeens@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
01 Nov 1999
Japan's Bank Mergers - Special Report
Asia Society, New York
Supplied note:
"In this Business and Economics Special Report,
AsiaSource provides news, analysis, and collected
resources on Japan's bank mergers. In addition, we offer
resources on the key factors that have impacted this
year's series of mergers: the bank rescue plan and the
major deregulation initiatives of the last two years. For a
broader perspective and future outlook, go to our
resources on the Japanese economy and Asian
recovery."
URL http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=3781
Link suggested by: Jared Green (jaredg@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
01 Nov 1999
Where There Be Dragons - Educational Programs
Where There Be Dragons, USA
Supplied note:
"Summer progams for students [...] in China, India, Nepal, Thailand,
Tibet, Vietnam and Laos. All our programs include language training,
home stays, cultural studies, service projects, wilderness exploration
and independent study project opportunities."
URL http://www.WhereThereBeDragons.com
Link suggested by: Brad Choyt (Varanasi_semester@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
01 Nov 1999
Asia-Pacific.com!
Asia-Pacific.com!, USA
Supplied note:
"Timely strategic business information on the Asia Pacific with links
to experts, analysis, news, data and other resources of interest to
managers and researchers."
URL http://www.asia-pacific.com
Link suggested by: Usha C. V. Haley (uhaley@asia-pacific.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
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