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What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter

Editor: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au), Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra.

The "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" online newsletter (ISSN 1323-9368) is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. This facility is provided by the Australian National University (ANU) as a service to the World Wide Web community.

On-line resources listed in this newsletter are also recorded in the
ANU-Asia-WWW-Gopher-News-L dbase
Past issues of "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" are kept in the
Archives of What's New - WWW Asian Studies
Past issues of "What's New in WWW Social Sciences" are kept in the
Archives of What's New - WWW Social Sciences
What's New in WWW Asian Studies Online Newsletter ISSN 1323-9368
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/asian-www-news.html
Details of new or significantly improved networked resources are added to this newsletter on a request basis.

WWW Asian Studies Announcements: May 1995

30 May 1995
Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page
Super Link Communications, USA
This page has been set up for the purpose of organizing resources on Chinese philosophy that can be found in the 'cyberspace'.
URL http://mars.superlink.net/user/fsu/philo.html
Information supplied by: Francisco Su (fsu@mars.superlink.net)

29 May 1995
Orientique Fine Antiques & Works of Art
www.hk.super.net, Hong Kong
Information and advice on antique Chinese porcelain, snuff bottles, paintings and prints.
URL http://www.hk.super.net/~joeyf/orientiq/orientiq.htm

29 May 1995
Chinese Literature & Art
City University of New York, USA
Chinese Classic Literature,Classic Poetry, Calligraphy, English translations of Chinese poetry, Paintings, Pictures of China, Portrait gallery, Chinese Poetry Magazine
URL http://www.mordor.com/pei/china.html

29 May 1995
Free Vietnam Alliance
Orange County, CA, US
A coalition for peaceful democratization of Vietnam. The site offers: Goals and Objectives, FVA Committees, Achievements and Activities, Proposal for a Democratic Vietnam, The Paris 92 Appeal, Vietnam Democracy Newsletter, Images Index, Contact address.
URL http://www.fva.org/

25 May 1995
KOREA.COM Services
korea.com, USA
English and Hangul info system covering: Korean Servers, Business Directory, Geography, Weather, The People, Language, The National Flag, The National Anthem, Clothing, Housing, Food, Ceremonies, Arts, Holidays, Money Matters, Korea Time, Transportation, Seoul, Kyongju , Cheju Island, Cooking, Five-Minute Korean, Tae Kwon Do, Today's Korea.
URL http://korea.com/CONTENTS.htm

25 May 1995
Hong Kong Exporters Directory
STW Inc., California, USA
Details of a paper publication which lists more than 500 companies offering over 10,000 products. Resource for Importers, Wholesalers, Retailers and Mail Order/Direct Marketing Entrepreneurs looking for new products.
URL http://www.stw.com/hk/hk.htm

25 May 1995
Burmese & Its Nationalities Language Font Depository Center
Birmingham Univ., UK
Burmese fonts (MAC & PC), contact with Burmese font vendors, downloading freeware Burmese fonts, computerization in Burmese language.
URL http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~lka/burmese-fonts/moe.html
Information supplied by: Leonard Aye (lenaye@nandawon.demon.co.uk)

24 May 1995
Australia South Asia Research Centre
Australia National Univ., Canberra, Australia
The Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC) is dedicated to research on the economics and politics of development in the South Asian region.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Depts/RSPAS/ASARC/ASARC-home.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

24 May 1995
Alamkara
National Heritage Board, Singapore
5000 years of Indian art. Now an electronic version of the exhibition organized by Asian Civilisations Museum, National Heritage Board, Singapore and National Museum, New Delhi.
URL http://www.ncb.gov.sg/nhb/alam/

24 May 1995
APFweb
Vancouver, BC, Canada
A joint service of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC), the APEC Study Centre in Canada, and the GLOBE Foundation of Canada.
URL http://www.apfnet.org/apfweb/

24 May 1995
Asia Trade Directory
Asia Internet Online Publishing, New Jersey, NY, US
Comprehensive directory of businesses in Asia, including manufacturing, hotels, travel-leisures, real estate and more.
URL http://ios.com/~asianet/Asia_Trade/

24 May 1995
Asian Language Translation & Typesetting
Minneapolis, MN, US
Foreign Ink Ltd. specializes in Asian language translation and typesetting. We can provide 1200-dpi plain-paper or high-res imagesetter output.
URL http://www.primenet.com/~fornink/

24 May 1995
Asian/Bilingual Books
Fremont, CA, US
Pan Asian Publications is a reseller of Asian books, cassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs. PAP also publishes bilingual, children's picture books in English/Asian-language.
URL http://www.panap.com/

24 May 1995
National Centre for Software Technology
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
A premier R&D and educational institute - operates the ERNET gateway to the Internet at Bombay.
URL http://www.ncst.ernet.in/

24 May 1995
Trade Point Taiwan
Anjes Information Systems, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Intl trade and electronic commerce: information, advertizing, promotion and facilitation service to companies doing business with Taiwan. Web service for companies wishing to reach out to the Chinese-speaking population.
URL http://tradepoint.anjes.com.tw/

21 May 1995
Enayet Shabon
Nth Carolina State U,USA
Afghan list server, email addresses, letters, articles and news about Afghanistan
URL http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/e/eshabon/kabul/
Information supplied by: enayet shabon (eshabon@eos.ncsu.edu)

19 May 1995
The Thai Heritage Page
AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Culture and heritage of the old kingdom of Siam, or Thailand.
URL http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/~wutt/wutt.html

19 May 1995
Vietnam Business & Travel
Maingate Corp, Houston, TX, US
To promote travel and commerce in Vietnam.
URL http://maingate.net/vietnam/

17 May 1995
QIBLA, the Qur'an & Islamic Books Library Archive
Muslim Students Assoc., U. Penn., Philadelphia, PA, US
The Muslim Students Association at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with ISL Software, presents QIBLA, the Qur'an and Islamic Books Library Archive.
UR: http://qibla.msa.upenn.edu/

17 May 1995
South East Asian Area Specialists
W.L.R. Cassidy & Associates, Irvine, CA, US
Important reference point for Vietnamese area specialists. Links to all major sites impacting South East Asian political affairs.
URL http://www.deltanet.com/users/wcassidy/

15 May 1995
Jweb... Japan's Hottest Links
Information Access Center, Inc., Tokyo, Minato-ku, Japan
Come check Tokyo Journal Unpublished, Sumo paintings and drawings by Lynn Matsuoka, and much more. Internet Access Center IAC provides dial-up and ISDN connections to the Internet from Tokyo. Soon local access from Osaka and general Kansai areas.
URL http://www.iac.co.jp

15 May 1995
Mage Publishers Catalog
Washington, DC, US
Catalog of books about Persian/Iranian literature, art, music, food, and poetry. In English, bridging East and West.
URL http://gpg.com/Mage/

15 May 1995
Photographs and Artifacts from China
St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, FL, US
Photographs of a New Year parade, a traditional Shaanxi Opera, and a silk factory. I collected these wood prints, pipes, and other artifacts in 1993-94 while teaching English in Shaanxi.
URL http://hooksj.spjc.cc.fl.us/china.html

15 May 1995
Filipina Write-Match Overseas Marriage Introductions
commercial Site : Filipina Write-Match, USA
Benefits of Filipinas as wives, selected history and opinion. How to initiate and conduct a correspondence relationship.
URL http://siesta.packet.net/public/filipin.html
Information supplied by: Stacey Baird (sbaird@ege.net)

15 May 1995
Carrefour Japon-Japan Studies Center
Universite Laval, Canada
We provide information about french speaking countries and Japan.
URL http://mac12.bnf23.ulaval.ca/
Information supplied by: Richard Leclerc (cjapon@faa.ulaval.ca)

13 May 1995
The First Philippine Page of Trivia
Northwestern University, USA
This page is divided into several sections and contains popular and obscure information on Philippine history, culture, business and industry, entertainment, performing arts, science and technology, travel, politics, cuisine, music and many other facets of the Philippines, the Filipinos, and the Filipino diaspora.
URL http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~flip/ken.html
Information supplied by: Ken Ilio (flip@casbah.acns.nwu.edu)

13 May 1995
Iranshahr
University of Washington, USA
A resource page on topic that are Iranian, from history, music, and book reviews.
URL http://weber.u.washington.edu/~iranshar/
Information supplied by: K. Golshan (iranshar@u.washington.edu)

12 May 1995
The Anti-Japanophile Japan Page
The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, US
This is the ultimate Japan Page -- capable of answering any Japanophile's question about Japan.
URL http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~stevenso/japan.html

12 May 1995
Indonesia Festival
The Hague, The Netherlands
A major cultural event in The Netherlands, from 30 November to 10 December 1995. It includes, drama, dance, film, literature, visual arts, from Indonesia and The Netherlands, focusing on 50 years of Republic of Indonesia.
URL http://www.bart.nl/~tvdl/english.html

12 May 1995
Online Chinese Libraries
Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National Univ., Australia
Web page by Darrell Dorrington keeping track of telnet addresses of major Chinese language collections libraries in China, HK, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore. Please mail darrell@info.anu.edu.au if you know of relevant library not in this list.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/ChineseLibr.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

9 May 1995
Asia Now - Online
KHET/Honolulu, KCTS/Seattle USA and NHK/Tokyo, Japan
"Asia Now," the weekly PBS news series covering 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region launched it's home page ASIA NOW ONLINE on the World Wide Web. "Asia Now Online" features quicktime video clips from recently broadcast "Asia Now" stories, educational resources on the Asia-Pacific region, the program's broadcast schedule and transcripts from recent shows and announcements of upcoming stories. Current online features include a story on U.S. nuclear testing on human beings in the Pacific Islands; the role of dance in Bali and a little known ancient language in China.
URL http://www2.hawaii.edu/hptv/
Information supplied by: Tony Barry (tony@info.anu.edu.au)

9 May 1995
INDOlink
Genius Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, US
INDOlink is an electronic magazine and a comprehensive resource of information on India as well as Indian communities and businesses world-wide. INDOlink features news, articles, announcements of activities and events concerning the Indian community as well as classified and business advertisements.
URL http://www.genius.net/indolink/

9 May 1995
Internet Thailand Services
Bangkok, Thailand
The leading Internet service provider located in Bangkok, Thailand. We bring with us our expertise in providing quality Internet services to the academic and government community. We now serve Thailand in providing full Internet services to the corporate and household community.
URL http://www.inet.co.th/

9 May 1995
Tokyo!
Tokyo, Japan
A cyber window looking in on Japan. Explore Tokyo as a foot-loose virtual tourist. Tokyo mini infoweb. Links to many English sites in Japan. More.
URL http://www.twics.com/~repka/service.html

9 May 1995
Vedic Astrology
Fairfield, IA, US
Vedic astrology comes from the more than 6,000 years old encyclopedias still used in India today. Education, free charts online, software, etc.
URL http://www.fairfield.com/jyotish/index.html

9 May 1995
The UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
La Jolla, California, United States of America
The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation is a multicampus research unit of the University of California system, focusing on conflict resolution, regional conflicts (Middle East and Eastern Europe) environmental and strategic issues, and Pacific Rim and Russian studies.
URL http://www-igcc.ucsd.edu/igcc/igccmenu.html
Information supplied by: Matthew Maxwell (mmaxwell@ucsd.edu)

8 May 1995
Japan - Science & Technology Pointers
The JITNet Action Group, Tokyo, Japan
Pointers to Japan related Documents and Databases, Government Agencies, Research Labs, Japanese Corporate and Business Information, Universities, Internet Information, General Information on Japan.
URL http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/india/jitnet/japan/japan.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

8 May 1995
India - Science & Technology Pointers
The JITNet Action Group, Tokyo, Japan
Pointers to India related Documents and Databases, Government Agencies, Research Labs, Universities, Internet Information, General Information on India
URL http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/india/jitnet/india/india.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

8 May 1995
Nyingma Centers
Stanford Univ., USA
A collection of documents & images describing activities and research programs of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. The pages provide addresses and contact of centers world-wide.
URL http://www-leland.stanford.edu:80/~wgs/nyngctr.html
Information supplied by: Will Spiegelman (wgs@leland.stanford.edu)

7 May 1995
Hakka
InTechTra, USA
Hakka is a special ethnic group of the "Han" in China. They are distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi mostly. They are believed to be the decendents of royal families which fled the intrusion of northern tribes starting from the Jin dynasty. Hakka people is the most conservative among Chinese in terms of retention of the customs, language, etc. typical of the Qin-Han period.
URL http://www.ganet.net/~ITTI/Hakka/intro.html
Information supplied by: S. L. Lee (sllee@infinet.com)

5 May 1995
Vietnamese Professionals Society
San Jose, CA, USA
Non-profit worldwide membership organization of Vietnamese professionals committed to the advancement of knowledge and contribution to the welfare of the people of Vietnam.
URL http://www.webcom.com/~hcgvn/

5 May 1995
News About China
James Miles, Hong Kong
A guide to finding free sources of news on the Internet about China, Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan.
URL http://www.hk.net/~drummond/milesj/china.html

5 May 1995
Kabuki for Everyone
Tokyo, Japan
Actor Ichimura Manjiro began Kabuki for Everyone to introduce this traditional form of Japanese theater to the world using pictures, video and sound bites to open the exciting world of Kabuki.
URL http://www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html

5 May 1995
Hong Kong Terminal
Zero Multi-Media Productions, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Offers a number of best options to companies and organizations interested in establishing promotion on the Internet. We will guide its business customers through the Internet thicket and help them develop a place in cyberspace. Current project: Hong Kong Tourist Association.
URL http://zero.com.hk

4 May 1995
APEX-J Asia-Pacific EXchange (Electronic) Journal
Kapi'olani College,Hawaii,USA
APEX-J is a refereed, cross-disciplinary journal, which is published three times a year: March, July, November. Its purpose is to promote international and multicultural education on college campuses, with a special emphasis on Asia and the Pacific. It focuses on trends and issues on a wide range of topics--including curricula, instructional strategies, educational resources, professional development, and campus/community activities--that are related to the Asia-Pacific region.
URL gopher://naio.kcc.hawaii.edu:70/1D-1%3A1010%3AAPEX-J
Information supplied by: Jim Shimabukuro (jamess@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu)

4 May 1995
Register of Asian Studies E-Journals
Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National Univ., Australia
Keeps track of leading on-line serials world-wide of value/significance to researchers in Asian and Pacific Studies.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/AsianE-Journals.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

3 May 1995
Jewish Study Center
Washington, DC, US
Classes cover religious and secular themes, historical and contemporary topics. Taught by lay people and rabbis alike, the Center seeks to be a community-wide effort.
URL http://www.charm.net/~jsharf/jsc/homepage.html

3 May 1995
Images from Japan
Univ.,Idaho, US
Collection of images related to Japan.
URL http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~marc9442/japan.html

3 May 1995
National Centre for South Asia Studies Newsletter
The newly established NCSAS electronic newsletter published by
National Centre for South Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 3000, Victoria, Australia, ph. + 61 3 629 1844, fax +61 3 629 1001, e-mail: I.Dawes@latrobe.edu.au,
is now archived by the Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Bank at ANU.
URL ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/asian-studies-archives/sth-asia-archives/NCSAS-news/
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

1 May 1995
The UCNet Information Services in Taiwan
UCNet in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Information services which can help you find more about Taiwan.
URL http://www.ucnet.hinet.net/welcome.html

1 May 1995
Pacific Asia Travel Association
PATA, Singapore
The most updated information on what's happening in the travel industry in the Asia Pacific region. It links travel research, statistical data, marketing information and product information.
URL http://www.singapore.com/pata

1 May 1995
The Japan-India Technology Network (JITNet)
The JITNet Action Group, Tokyo, Japan
JITNet has been created to serve as a communication link between technologists, researchers, businessmen and others on issues related to science and technology in Japan and India. There are two mirror sites at SUNSITE, Japan and Tokyo Institute of Technology.
JITNet is being developed jointly by Hari Srinivas - hari@soc.titech.ac.jp (Fax: 03-5734-2926), of Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Dr. Devendra Narayan - narayan@sut.ac.jp (Fax: 03-3260-2280), of Science University of Tokyo, in cooperation with Dr. Om Vikas - omvikas@sut.ac.jp (Fax: 03-3234-4866), Counsellor (Science and Technology), Embassy of India, Tokyo.
URL http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/india/jitnet/index.html

1 May 1995
Arab Society of Princeton
Princeton Univ., USA
The Arab Society of Princeton University online: structure, current activities and other Arab societies, links of interest.
URL http://www.princeton.edu/~arabsoc/

1 May 1995
Association for Asian Studies
East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University, USA
Newsletter and other publications and information from the Association for Asian Studies. Position vacancies, annual meeting information, paper abstracts, and other news.
URL http://www.easc.indiana.edu/~aas
Information supplied by: Jason Lewis (jalewis@indiana.edu)

1 May 1995
East Asian Studies Center
Indiana University, USA
Resources on China, Japan, and Korea for teachers and students at all levels. News of the center and from the field. Resources from the AAS and affiliate organizations.
URL http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/easchome.htm
Information supplied by: Jason Lewis (jalewis@indiana.edu)

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