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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
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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: June 1995

30 Jun 1995
Asia Regional Agribusiness Project
Washington, DC, USA
A bi-monthly newsletter and agriculture market/product studies.
URL http://www.milcom.com/rap/

30 Jun 1995
Australian Home Page
World Wide Web Pty. Ltd., Australia
Corporate Web home pages.
URL http://www.com.au/index.html

30 Jun 1995
Australian Outback Photography
Texas Univ., USA
A growing collection of Images from the arid centre of Australia
URL http://matahari.tamu.edu/People/Ewen/Outback.html

30 Jun 1995
Gozaresh (Report)
Global Publishing Group, USA
English-language monthly on Iran's scientific, economic, and social topics.
URL http://gpg.com/gozaresh/

30 Jun 1995
Information about Turkey
Northwestern Univ., USA
Guide to Turkey's history, geography, daily news, recipes, sports, etc.
URL http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~yusuf/turkey/

30 Jun 1995
Singapore Gallery
Swizer Technology Pte Ltd., Singapore
Information about business corporations in and around Singapore.
URL http://www.swizer.com.sg/

29 Jun 1995
China Cernet Home Page
Chinese Government, China
The gateway to China Education and Research Network hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing. The Home Page was set up in early June.
URL http://www.cernet.edu.cn/
Information supplied by: Lai Ka Lun, Allen (kl011269@HK.Super.NET)

28 Jun 1995
Indian Language Fonts
Intellectual Property Solutions, USA
Fonts for Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Nepali, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi, Singhalese, and others.
URL http://www.blkbox.com/~inpros/

28 Jun 1995
IndoHome Bangalore
Burnaby, BC, Canada
About the city of Bangalore, India and the real estate.
URL http://www.iceonline.com/home/indohome/india/main.html

28 Jun 1995
Western Samoa Government
Samoan Office of the Ambassador to the U.N., New York, USA
About the government of this South Pacific islands' nation.
URL http://www.intergroup.com/interweb/samoa/

28 Jun 1995
Arab Countries' Web Sites
Glen Cove, NY, US
Sites (maintained by Arabs) from the 21 Arab League Countries.
URL http://www.liii.com/~hajeri/arab.html

28 Jun 1995
Australian Business Information Directory
WebComNet, Australia
Australian and worldwide commercial information: accountants, advertising, banking, finance, law and marketing. Also an index of links to many firms.
URL http://www.camtech.com.au/webcomnet/

28 Jun 1995
Maui Report
Maui Institute, USA
Information about Maui, Hawaii. Submissions, article suggestions welcome.
URL http://www.maui.net/~team/mauirep.html

28 Jun 1995
Bali: The Online Travel Guide
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About low-cost accommodations, places to visit, safe-eating advice, general health issues, transport, and travelling tips.
URL http://werple.mira.net.au/~wreid/bali_p1a.html

28 Jun 1995
Darpan: Literary Reflections on India
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
A students' literary magazine exploring reflections of India.
URL http://www.exclamation.com/darpan/

28 Jun 1995
Southeast Asia Web Server
SinoNET Communications/Trade On-Line Ltd, USA
Travel, hotel and tour operator listings for ASEAN, business directories information on China, Thailand and other Asian-related information. URL http://www.sino.net/

28 Jun 1995
Middle East Water Information Network
Univ.Pennsylvania, USA
A World Bank project to improve the management and conservation of water resources in the Middle East, to promote their peaceful cooperative use and sound environmental planning, and to encourage the information/data sharing.
URL http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~mewin/

28 Jun 1995
Tsurphu Foundation
www.maui.net,USA
A Tibetan Buddhism site: The Karma Kagyu Lineage * H.H The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa * H.H The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa * Tsurphu Monastery * Letters From Kagyu * Masters * Poems & Prayers * Prophecies & Predictions * Sacred Relics * News & Updates
URL http://www.maui.net/~tsurphu/karmapa
Information supplied by: Tsurphu Foundation (tsurphu@maui.net)

26 Jun 1995
Arjang Arts & Graphics
Arjang Arts & Graphics Co., Tucson, Arizona, USA
Arjang reproduces classic and contemporary Persian/Middle Eastern paintings, calligraphies, and designs on T-shirts, posters, and greeting cards.
URL http://daystar.org/~fhaghigh/page1.html
Information supplied by: Foaad Haghighi (fhaghigh@daystar.org)

26 Jun 1995
Help Free Wei Jingsheng
Gleitsman Foundation Leila Conners, NY, USA
Information about Wei Jingsheng, the most prominent Chinese dissident imprisoned by China.
URL http://www.echonyc.com/~leila/Wei.html

26 Jun 1995
AsiaOne
Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore
Daily news and information on Asia.
URL http://www.asia1.com.sg/

26 Jun 1995
Bimasakti - Indonesian WWW links database
Univ. Texas, Austin, USA
An interactive Indonesian database. A dynamic user-maintained Indonesian WWW resources database system (=Indonesian Yahoo)
URL http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/adison/cgi/bimasakti

26 Jun 1995
Coombsweb - ANU Soc.Sci Server
Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National Univ., Canberra
Coombsweb publishes on-line research materials originating from the ANU's Research Schools of Social Sciences and Pacific & Asian Studies, as well as keeps track of social sciences, humanities and Asian Studies Internet resources world-wide. Last week the Coombsweb site was accessed 30,459 times (which is, on average, one access every 20 seconds). Since the start of its operations eighteen months ago (25 Jan 94) until the end of last week the Coombsweb site was accessed 1,003,948 times.

10 pages on coombs.anu.edu.au accessed last week most often : ===========================================
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html 5077
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-SocSci.html 2552
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ResFacilities/DemographyPage.html 1590
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-Buddhism.html 1421
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombsHome.html 1115
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html 929
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAP/WWWVL-HSTM.html 805
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html 773
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/asian-www-news.html 629
  • http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/QLTY/FlopMaker.html 554

    URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombsHome.html
    Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

    23 Jun 1995
    Sotheby's Australia
    Sotheby's Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
    Provides a complete illustrated catalog of forthcoming contemporary and Aboriginal art sales in Melbourne, Australia.
    URL http://www.com.au/sothebys

    23 Jun 1995
    WACS (World and China Society)
    Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    Databases of Asian info, virtual map of China, virtual Chinese language learning system, and BBS's.
    URL http://vccr.sfc.wide.ad.jp/wacs

    23 Jun 1995
    A Philippine Leaf
    www.webspace.com, USA
    Contains articles pertaining to a 900AD Philippine document, pre-Hispanic literacy, ancient scripts, and current writing systems used by ethnic minorities.
    URL http://www.webspace.com/~sushidog/dahon.html
    Information supplied by: Hector Santos (hectorsan@earthlink.net)

    23 Jun 1995
    The Faculty of Asian Studies
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    The site has been extended and rearranged. There is now provision to: publish lecture notes on-line * advertise your research interests * add a pointer to useful on-line resources * consult the Handbook * find an email address or phone number * amend or add a Directory entry * send feedback to the author of the page.
    URL http://online.anu.edu.au/asianstudies
    Information supplied by: Greg Young (Greg.Young@anu.edu.au)

    23 Jun 1995
    The White Path Temple
    www2.gol.com, USA
    Offers a beginner page, several texts in Japanese, Chinese and English, links to other Shin Buddhism sites, bibliographies.
    URL http://www2.gol.com/users/claude/shin.html
    Information supplied by: Claude Huss (claude@trc.mew.co.jp)

    22 Jun 1995
    HK Students Assoc, at The Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
    Hong Kong Students Assn., The Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
    The homepage of HKSA, the club responsible for promoting Hong Kong culture on campus and in nearby area.
    URL http://metro.turnpike.net/H/hksa/index.html
    Information supplied by: Gary Suen (suen_g@jhu.edu)

    22 Jun 1995
    Southeast Asian Resources
    Univ., of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
    Information about the university's library (incl. links to bibliographies, indexes and abstracts), its Southeast Asian Center (incl. faculty and Center publications). Provides links to other major libraries with Southeast Asian Resources and to Internet Resources on Southeast Asia (grouped by nation and by subject)
    URL http://www.library.wisc.edu/resources/SEAsia/htmls/library.htm
    Information supplied by: Raymond Lum (rlum@husc.harvard.EDU)

    21 Jun 1995
    Myanmar - The Land of Pagodas
    Univ., of Tokyo, Japan
    About Myanmar's (Burma's) people, language, travel, geology, environment and economy.
    URL http://triton.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~moe/myanmar.html

    21 Jun 1995
    Iran Business Digest
    Global Publishing Group, California, USA
    A daily review of Iran business and economic news. Provides the latest exchange rates and stock prices.
    URL http://gpg.com/ibd/

    21 Jun 1995
    Jahaan Eghtesaad (Economy World)
    Global Publishing Group, California, USA
    In-depth coverage of customs, business, banking, and economic news of Iran. The site uses Persian HTML.
    URL http://gpg.com/je/

    21 Jun 1995
    Florida Vedic College
    www.owplaza.com, USA
    Vaishnava (Hindu) University on the Internet. Provides access to courses on Yoga, Vaishnava philosophy, Sanskrit, and Vedic literature.
    URL http://www.owplaza.com/fvc/

    20 Jun 1995
    The Electronic Bodhidharma
    Intl Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ), Hanazono Univ., Japan
    Zen-related book information: lists of Hungarian, Russian, German, French, Japanese publications on Zen; list of English publications on Zen (1977-1992); annotated bibliography of reference works for Chan/Zen studies; scholarly descriptions in Japanese of over 300 Chinese Zen texts with hot-text links; book reviews. Electronic files of over eighty Chinese Zen texts (JIS, Big5 codes). All texts are available for ftp copying.
    URL http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/irizhtml/irizhome.htm
    Information supplied by: Urs App (ursapp@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp)

    20 Jun 1995
    Architectour JAPAN 95
    rahul.net, USA
    Architectour JAPAN 95 visits some of Japan's leading masters of architecture and design. Sessions include traditional architecture, interior design, city planning, landscape, and garden design.
    URL http://www.rahul.net/arctour/
    Information supplied by: Michael M Cohen (arctour@rahul.net)

    20 Jun 1995
    New China On-Line
    Attaina Information Services Inc., Canada
    An experimental site for business news from Xinhua News Agency. This is a commercial site and we are in early testing now.
    URL http://www.direct.ca/Chinanews
    Information supplied by: Eric Leung (eleung@attaina.com)

    19 Jun 1995
    Kurdistan Information Centre
    Kurdistan Support Team, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Information on Kurdistan, news from ERNK, PKK, KIC. Back issues of Kurdistan Report. Kurdish Parliament in exile. Yeni Politika. Pictures, and music.
    URL http://www.xs4all.nl/~covert/index.html

    19 Jun 1995
    Pakistan and Islam
    Concentric Research Corporation, USA
    Pakistan and Islam information, links to other Pakistani homepages etc.
    URL http://www.cris.com/~hukum/ahmedi.html

    19 Jun 1995
    Searching Hua Xia Wen Zai (Chinese Magazine)
    ITI, Singapore
    Free text/by year (1991-1995) Chinese phrase searching for all issues of the Hua Xia Wen Zai magazine.
    URL http://www.iti.gov.sg/search_chinese.html

    19 Jun 1995
    Punjab Engineering College
    www.cs.wayne.edu, USA
    Semi-official home page of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India. Alumni database, news, memory lane, etc
    URL http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~avb/pec.html

    18 Jun 1995
    Business Times Singapore
    Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore
    Business Times Singapore, Southeast Asia's leading business daily, brings Asian economic and business news to the Net. Almost the entire paper is on the Web by noon Singapore time each day.
    URL http://www.asia1.com.sg/biztimes
    Information supplied by: Margaret Thomas (biztimes@singnet.com.sg)

    18 Jun 1995
    The War from a Parlor: Stereoscopic Images of the Philippine-American War and Soldiers' Letters Home
    Syracuse University, U.S.A.
    Stereoscopic images and the letters sent home by U.S. soldiers fighting in the Philippines presented conflicting interpretations of the war to the people at home.
    URL http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/stereo/
    Information supplied by: Jim Zwick (fjzwick@mailbox.syr.edu)

    16 Jun 1995
    Understanding Islam and the Muslims
    Univ. of Oregon, USA
    Information about the religion of Islam. Links to Islamic resources.
    URL http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kbatarfi/islam.html

    16 Jun 1995
    The China Institute
    dgsys.com, USA
    The mission, and upcoming events of the China Institute, which promotes Chinese and American bi-cultural understanding.
    URL http://dgsys.com/~china

    14 Jun 1995
    Information Regarding Israel's Security (IRIS)
    IRIS, Philadelphia, USA
    Information, maps and pictures concerning Israel's security needs, especially vis-a-vis the current peace process.
    URL http://www.netaxs.com/~iris

    14 Jun 1995
    Middle East Business Review
    School of Mgmt., Univ. of London, UK
    Marketing and management issues facing business enterprises in the Middle East markets.
    URL http://sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/mgt/mbr.html

    14 Jun 1995
    Korean War Project Home Page
    Personal Effort, USA
    The Korean War Project combines photographs, videotape captures, historical documents relating to the Korean War.
    URL http://www.onramp.net/~hbarker
    Information supplied by: Hal Barker (hbarker@onramp.net)

    13 Jun 1995
    MIT Arab Student Organization
    MIT,USA
    Information and links to Arab materials.
    URL http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/arab/homepage.html

    13 Jun 1995
    Islamic Server
    Muslim Students Association at Univ. Sth California, USA
    A database of Islamic reference materials. Includes extensive Qur'an and Hadith collections.
    URL http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/

    13 Jun 1995
    Pacific Bridge Arts
    San Francisco, USA
    About the cultural interaction of Asia (Japan and China) and the U.S. Covers: music, tea, incense, food, calligraphy, herbal medicine, tai chi and acupuncture.
    URL http://www.sirius.com/~pbarts/

    13 Jun 1995
    Sustainable Development Networking Programme-Indonesia Homepage
    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Information about sustainable development and the environment in Indonesia. Link to other resources in Indonesia and other sites worldwide.
    URL http://www.sdn.or.id

    13 Jun 1995
    The Official Macau Home Page
    M.I.G.S. - Macau Internet Gateway Services, Macau.
    Links to: Macau Travel Trade HandBook Guide * Macau Daily News Resume - Lusa News Agency * Macau Hotels Home Page * Macau in Brief Presentation * Macau Government Home Page * Macau Informations Services Bureau * Macau Tours Home Page * Macau Entertainment Home Page * Macau Internet Gateway Services * Zhuhai Special Economic Zone of People's Republic of China
    URL http://www.hk.super.net/~ainacio/home.html
    Information supplied by: Antonio Inacio (ainacio@macau.ctm.net)

    11 Jun 1995
    Chinese Philosophy Page
    Monash University, Australia
    This page brings together all the Chinese philosophy resources available on the Internet.
    URL http://www.monash.edu.au/cc/staff/sas/sab/WWW/index.html
    Information supplied by: Steven A. Brown (sab@silas.cc.monash.edu)

    11 Jun 1995
    My China Homepage
    Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
    It is an introduction to China, about its culture, art, religion, language, history, legends. It also links to many related homepages ranging from business, education and basic facts.
    URL http://bronze.ucs.indiana.edu/~hyuan
    Information supplied by: Haiwang Yuan (hyuan@indiana.edu)

    09 Jun 1995
    Oriya Homepage
    AHPCRC, Minneapolis, MN, US
    Information on Oriya, Orissa, India.
    URL http://www.arc.umn.edu/~misra

    09 Jun 1995
    Intl. Journal of Tantric Studies
    Milan Politecnico,Italy
    This journal is open to all *bona fide* scholars in Tantric Studies in Sanskrit. Particular attention is paid to the Trika schools of Kashmir.
    URL http://www.arcadia.polimi.it/~ijtslist/
    Information supplied by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@husc.harvard.edu)

    07 Jun 1995
    Shia Homepage
    metro.turnpike.net, USA
    Information on Islam, mainly the Shia sect. Links to Iranian resources.
    URL http://metro.turnpike.net/F/fzaidi/index.html

    07 Jun 1995
    Armenian Internet Links
    Boston University, U.S.A
    This page contains a compilation of links to other Armenian sites on the Web. It may in the future hold material for specific Armenian topics.
    URL http://acs4.bu.edu:2001/subpages/armo.html
    Information supplied by: Narbey Derbekyan (narbey@acs4.bu.edu)

    06 Jun 1995
    Center for Sustainable Development of Tropical Agriculture (SUSTROP)
    SUSTROP, U.S.A.
    SUSTROP was borne out of the U.N. SIDS conference in Barbados (1994). Most members are South Pacific Island nations interested in sustainable agriculture.
    URL http://204.252.76.40/sus1.html
    Information supplied by: Eric N. Enig (erice@cybersrv.com)

    05 Jun 1995
    Japanese Market Information
    Enig Associates, Inc., U.S.A.
    The Japan Info Web provides information on various sectors of the Japanese economy. Sectors are broken down in index form.
    URL http://204.252.76.40/jnpinfo1.html
    Information supplied by: Eric N. Enig (sustrop@aol.com)

    05 Jun 1995
    Filipino Martial Arts
    www.ridgefield.sdr.slb.com, USA
    Images and movies of the Filipino martial arts in action.
    URL http://www.ridgefield.sdr.slb.com:8080/Arnis/

    05 Jun 1995
    Images of the Philippines
    bigtop.com, USA
    Provides links to other Philippines pages. Web search engines and home page of Bigtop Productions.
    URL http://bigtop.com/~llx/main.html

    05 Jun 1995
    Support Democracy in China
    www.christusrex.org, USA
    SDC is a volunteer community organization promoting human rights in China through peaceful means.
    URL http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/sdchome.html

    05 Jun 1995
    Ikenobo Society of South Florida
    Internautica, Inc., W. Palm Beach, FL, USA
    Pictures and history of Ikebono school of Japanese flower arrangements (Ikebana).
    URL http://www.icsi.com/ics/ikenobo/

    05 Jun 1995
    Taiwan Presidential Election 1996
    The committee for LYK presidential election, Highland Park, NJ, USA
    Information on Mr. Lin Yang Kan's presidential campaign in Taiwan.
    URL http://webcom.com/~mongurro/welcome.html

    05 Jun 1995
    Welcome to Saudi Arabia
    Univ. Oregon, USA
    Information on Saudi Arabia and links to other pages and resources on the Internet about the religion of Islam, Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East.
    URL http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kbatarfi/saudi.html

    03 Jun 1995
    Hong Kong Terminal
    Zero Multi-Media productions, Hong Kong
    The Hong Kong Future is Here! CyberTour, Records Labels, Music Industry Backbone, Hong Kong CyberNews & Events, Convention & Business Directory.
    URL http://zero.com.hk/
    Information supplied by: James Chan (Admin@zero.com.hk)

    03 Jun 1995
    Carrefour Japon-Japan Studies Center
    Universite Laval, Canada
    We provide information about french speaking countries and Japan relations.
    URL http://mac13.bnf23.ulaval.ca/ (NEW URL ADDRESS)
    Information supplied by: Richard Leclerc (cjapon@faa.ulaval.ca)

    02 Jun 1995
    Tibet Current Affairs
    Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
    Central access point to Tibetan current affairs analyses and news bulletins (ISSN 1355-3313) prepared by TIN - Tibet Information Network, 7 Beck Rd London E8 4RE, United Kingdom / ph: (+44-181) 533 5458 / fax: (+44-181) 985 4751 / email: (tin@gn.apc.org). Materials derived from sources other than Tibet Information Network are marked accordingly. Coverage: year 1993 - present. Average size of each bulletin is approx 12Kb. "Tibet Current Affairs" pages are a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and of the Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library.
    URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Current/tin-bulletins.html
    Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

    01 Jun 1995
    This Week Visitor Magazines This Week Publications, Honolulu, HI, USA
    Hawaii historical information, geography, tourist attractions, a calendar of island events, state facts etc.
    URL http://www.thisweek.com/

    01 Jun 1995
    China Hope Project
    China Youth Development Foundation, Beijing, China
    A public welfare raising funds for education of school dropouts in poverty-stricken areas in China.
    URL http://www.china-on-web.com/hope/

    01 Jun 1995
    Tao of I Ching
    Metro Turnpike, USA
    This page provides pictoral representations of the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching. Also included is a preview of my paper "Advanced I Ching" which can be accessed from this page.
    URL http://metro.turnpike.net/p/payne/index.html
    Information supplied by: Terrence Payne (94payne@wmich.edu)

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