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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Dec 1999
Vol. 6, No. 102

The Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU
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24 Dec 1999

Naropa Online: The E-campus
Naropa University, Boulder, CO, USA
Self-description: "Naropa University (formerly known as The Naropa Institute) is a private, nonsectarian, non-profit liberal arts college [...] which offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in the arts, social sciences and humanities. [...] Founded in 1974 and fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Naropa is characterized by a [Tibetan] Buddhist inspired heritage and a unique contemplative approach to education."
Site contents: About Naropa, Academic Information, Financial Information, Course Schedule, Technical Information.
URL http://www.ecampus.naropa.edu
Link suggested by: Jose M. Nobre (jmn@bigfoot.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 Dec 1999

National Minorities Policy and Its Practice in China - White Paper, Sep 1999
Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, PRC
Site contents: (i) A United Multi-Ethnic Country; (ii) Adherence to Equality and Unity Among Ethnic Groups; (iii) Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities; (iv) Promoting the Common Development of All Ethnic Groups; (v) Preservation and Development of the Cultures of Ethnic Minorities.
[The document is a part of the official White Papers site (www.china.org.cn/English/WhitePapers/) with English language documents from the period 1997-99.
Acc. to the 'National Minorities' paper there are 56 ethnic groups identified and confirmed by the Central Government, namely, the Han (91.96 percent of the of the country's total population in 1990), and the national minorities (8.04 percent in 1990): Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Bouyei, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazak, Dai, Li, Lisu, Va, She, Gaoshan, Lahu, Shui, Dongxiang, Naxi, Jingpo, Kirgiz, Tu, Daur, Mulam, Qiang, Blang, Salar, Maonan, Gelo, Xibe, Achang, Pumi, Tajik, Nu, Ozbek, Russian, Ewenki, Deang, Bonan, Yugur, Jing, Tatar, Drung, Oroqen, Hezhen, Moinba, Lhoba and Jino.
The Tibetan Government's response of 9 Oct 1999 noting China's ongoing attempts of ethnic cleansing is available online (www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/diir9.html). The White Paper related cyber press kit (www.caccp.org/activities/cyber-press-kit1.html) of 17 Dec 1999 by 'UCF-Students for a Free Tibet', and 'Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda (CACCP)' of Orlando, Florida, with links to views from Inner Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan, Tibet, and Taiwan is also available on the Net. - ed.]
URL http://www.china.org.cn/English/WhitePapers/MinoritiesPolicy/
Link suggested by: Jack Churchward (trinley@churchward.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

24 Dec 1999

Japanese Text Initiative (JTI) - Update
Electronic Text Center, Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Supplied note: " Eight new texts have been added to the online Japanese Text Initiative (JTI) [...]: Sei Shonagon, Makura no soshi; Shinkokinshu; Buson, Haikushu; Kanadehon Chushingura; Ryokan, Kashu; Futabatei, Ukigumo; Hagiwara Sakutaro, Tsuki ni hoeru; Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Jigokuhen.
Our edition of Shinkokinshu is newly edited from the Tamesuke manuscript with an introduction and editorial note by Professor Lewis Cook of Queens College. The JTI now includes 41 titles. All of the titles are searchable by characters or words. They can be searched as a group or individually."
Site contents: The Online Texts; Japanese-English Dictionary Portal; Jim Breen's Japanese-English Dictionary; Interactive Searching of the Japanese Texts; What's New?; Introduction by Thomas Rimer; Scope and Goals of the Initiative; Other Web Sites; Accessing Japanese Character Texts on the Web.
URL http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/
Link suggested by: Kendon L. Stubbs (kstubbs@virginia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

24 Dec 1999

Conservancy for Tibetan Art & Culture (CTAC)
CTAC, Washington DC, USA
Self-description: "A non-profit corporation formed in 1997 under the patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, works to preserve and promote Tibet's unique cultural heritage. Collaborating with Tibet Fund and Tibet House, the Conservancy aims to increase public awareness of Tibet's living cultural heritage by developing projects to preserve the most threatened aspects of Tibetan culture."
Site contents: CTAC Information; Message from the Dalai Lama; Celebrate Tibetan Culture; Images of Tibet [pages under construction - ed.]; Get Involved.
URL http://www.tibetanculture.org
Link suggested by: Thubten Samdup (samdup@cae.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

23 Dec 1999

National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
NBR, Seattle, Washington, USA
Self description: "A nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia. It also serves as the global clearinghouse for Asia research conducted by specialists and institutions worldwide. Through these activities NBR is uniquely positioned to promote informed and effective U.S. policy toward the region. NBR sponsors projects that examine the economic, political, and strategic questions affecting U.S. relations with East, Central, and South Asia, as well as Russia."
Site contents: NBR Home; Governance; Regional Studies; Accessasia; Publications; Policy Activities; Corporate Programs; Staff; Links; Search; Privacy Policy.
[The NBR's electronic journals carry numerous public access articles, including:
'Weapons Proliferation and Export Controls in the Former Soviet Union: Implications for Strategic Stability in Asia" by Gary K. Bertsch and Anupam Srivastava, ACCESSASIA REVIEW, vol. 3, no. 1 (Dec 1999) 'The Role of International Finance in Korean Economic Reconstruction and Reunification' by Gifford Combs & 'China and the WTO: The Politics behind the Agreement' by Joseph Fewsmith, NBR ANALYSIS, vol. 10, no. 5 (Dec 1999) 'Indonesia in Transition: The 1999 Presidential Elections' by Eric C. Thompson, NBR BRIEFING, no. 9 (Dec 1999) - ed.]
URL http://www.nbr.org/
Link suggested by: Richard J. Ellings (lists@nbr.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

23 Dec 1999

Taiwan's Economic History: Bibliography
Fooyin Institute of Technology, Taliao, Taiwan
Self description: "This page contains a partial bibliography [over 170 references to English language publications- ed.] for Taiwan's economic history. It focuses mainly on small business, political economy and history."
URL http://wwwdata.fy.edu.tw/for_lang/turton/bib.htm
Link suggested by: Michael Turton (turton@cc.fy.edu.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Dec 1999

OECD Statistics: Japan, Korea
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France
Supplied note: "The OECD groups 29 member countries [incl. Australia; Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Turkey - ed.] in an organisation that provides governments a setting in which to discuss, develop and perfect economic and social policy. The OECD Statistics provide a lot of useful economic data in a wide range of categories."
Site contents: OECD Statistics (Agriculture, Demography, Development Co-operation, The Development Assistance Comittee, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health, Public Sector, Science & Technology, Social Policy); Economic Statistics; Agriculture; Energy; Development Co-operation; Public Management; Education Labour and Social Affairs; Science, Technology and Industry; Health; Transport.
[Most of the documents are in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format - ed.]
URL http://www.oecd.org/statlist.htm
Link suggested by: Curt Davis (cdavis@syspac.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Dec 1999

China-Net - German Industry Delegation
Delegation of German Industry and Commerce, Shanghai, PR China
Supplied note: "China-Net provides our visitors with up to date information about business in China. Daily news, provided by Asia Pulse, databases, online letters and lots of more information are available for free."
[A dinosaur-sized (670K) logo and Macromedia Flash effects with a web site attached to them. It takes 2 minutes to download the home page, and more minutes to download other pages. It possibly has some valuable content, but this could not be ascertained without using up the rest of the Millennium - ed.]
URL http://www.china-net.de
Link suggested by: Bernd Reitmeier (b.reitmeier@ahksha.com.cn)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

21 Dec 1999

Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies (EJVS)
The Asiatica Association, Milan/Perugia, Italy
Self-description: "This journal is open to all bona fide scholars in Vedic Studies. It is monitored for style and content by the Editor-in-Chief [Michael Witzel, Harvard U. - ed.]. Our aim is to disseminate our work quickly. [...] We include articles, abstracts, reviews, and news (such as on conferences, meetings, PhD projects of our students, etc.)."
[The URL below is EJVS' european mirror at www.asiatica.org - ed.]
URL http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ejvs/
Link suggested by: Dr. Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 Dec 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 (www.altavista.com) since Feb 97. The page is a part of the Asia Web Watch (www.ciolek.com/Asia-Web-Watch/main-page.html) collection of statistical data."
Coverage: All countries of Asian continent; eleven (11) measurements taken at quarterly intervals - Feb 97; Sep 97; Dec 97; Mar 98; Jun 98; Sep 98; Dec 98; Mar 99; Jun 99, Sep 99, Dec 99.
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

20 Dec 1999

Kamakura Print Collection
Kamakura, Japan
Supplied note: "The Kamakura Print Collection website includes guidance for print collectors and anyone who buys or invests in artwork: Print collecting, framing, and conservation; Investing in Art; Image-linked maps [in EN and JP] of cultural resources of Japan's ancient capital, Kamakura; [...] An essay, 'Inklings' links Japan's Zen aesthetic to the European printmaking tradition in contemporary gravure prints; [...] An illustrated explanation of the photogravure etching and printmaking technique."
URL http://www.kamprint.com
Link suggested by: Peter Miller (kamprint@gol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Dec 1999

Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University
Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Catholic University at Surabaya East-Java, Indonesia."
[A site in Indonesian - ed.]
URL http://www.wima.ac.id
Link suggested by: Webmaster (webmaster@wima.ac.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

16 Dec 1999

IMCBook, Japan
IMCBook, Tokyo, Japan
Self Description: "The gateway to information and publications from and on Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar plus Pacific Islands and the Russian Far East [...] Our focus here is on magazines, books and other publications for researchers, companies and people living outside of Japan."
Site contents: Japan Publishing and Association List of Websites; Catalog of the Best English Magazines Published in Japan; Catalog of The English Magazines Published on Southeast Asia; Tokyo Journal;  Japan Links; East and Southeast Asia Links; Book and Periodical Search Links; Japanese National Holidays 1999-2000; INFORM'99 [Exhibit of books and magazines published in English in Japan and S.E. Asia]; Bookfairs; J@PAN INC [e-business, e-commerce, Japan venture capital]; Japan Trade Directory 1999-2000; Quality books on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Macau; Quality books on Food.
[A very uneven site. Some of the information is excellent, some of it is childish - ed.]
URL http://imcbook.com/
Link suggested by: (imcbook@imcbook.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Dec 1999

China in the WTO: The Debate
Foreign Policy in Focus and The Interhemispheric Resource Center, USA
Supplied note: "'China in the WTO: The Debate' by James H. Nolt, World Policy Institute.
Joining the WTO will not give China any trading advantage with the U.S. that it does not already enjoy, but China anticipates that securing permanent NTR will remove the political embarrassment of Congress' annual scrutiny of its human rights, labor, and environmental record. More importantly for the U.S., the agreement grants unprecedented access to the Chinese market for both U.S. exports and investments - including in politically sensitive sectors like banking, insurance, and telecommunications - and it will improve the chances for relations to develop peacefully on the basis of mutual interest. In seeking WTO membership for China, the U.S. government has rejected arguments by many labor, human rights, and environmental groups that this should be tied to commitments by China to improve human rights and environmental standards."
Site contents: China in the WTO - Key Points; Problems With Current U.S. Policy - Key Problems; Toward a New Foreign Policy - Key Recommendations; Sources for More Information - Publications & Web Sites; The China-WTO Debate - Dissenting Voices within the United States.
URL http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n38china.html
Link suggested by: Interhemispheric Resource Center (ircalb@swcp.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Dec 1999

China Labour Bulletin (CLB)
All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong, PRC
Self-description: "The contradictions in China's economy are sharpening as the lethal combination of the legacy from the command economy and market-reforms leaves millions of workers destitute and angry. Yet freedom of association, the most fundamental right of the working class, is still denied. China Labour Bulletin [est. by the labour activist Han Dongfang - ed.] seeks to promote independent trade unionism and provide information on the activities of the official All-China Federation of Trade Unions [est. 1989], as well as attempts by workers to organise outside it."
Site contents: Features; Special Reports; Press Releases; Detainees; Workers Speak Out; News Briefs; Foreign Investment; Other Links; Contact Us; Archive.
[A bi-monthly bulletin (in Big5, GB and English) of the 'Solidarity'-style Chinese trade union - ed.]
URL http://www.china-labour.org.hk
Link suggested by: Mark Selden (ms44@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Dec 1999

Asian Company & Business Information
Asian Company Profiles, Hong Kong, PRC
Supplied note: "A database covering Asian regional corporate intelligence, including product sources in Asia, company profiles, manufacturers, importers, inter-ownership links between countries, company directors, and brandname/trademarks. Searching can be performed in more than 15 different search criteria."
[A commercial service - ed.]
URL http://www.asianbis.com
Link suggested by: Mary Mah (mmah@asianbis.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

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