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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: July 1995
31 Jul 1995
Jaffna: A Profile
www.uib.no, Norway
About the northernmost region of the Island of Sri Lanka, populated by
Tamil speaking people. Covers: Physical Features, Climate, Natural
Resources, History, Population, Culture, Society, Economy
URL http://www.uib.no/People/stud1222/Jaffna.html
30 Jul 1995
China Business Pages
Hope Internet Consulting Co., Hangzhou, China
Index of the People's Republic of China commercial WWW sites. Expanding almost
daily.
URL http://chinapages.com
26 Jul 1995
India Online
Somerset, NJ, USA
About business, telecommunication, shipping, food and travel in India and
countries of the Indian subcontinent.
URL http://IndiaOnline.com/
26 Jul 1995
Free Light Japanese
OK! Software, USA
This Japanese educational program uses multimedia presentations to
teach vocabulary, writing system (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji ), and
pronunciation. Teachers can easily create new lessons. Available for
both Windows and Macintosh.
URL http://www.mdn.com/oksoftware
Information supplied by: S. Ichikawa (100104.35@compuserve.com)
26 Jul 1995
University of Macau
University of Macau, Macau
Home pages for University of Macau. It also includes information about Macau.
URL http://www.umac.mo/
Information supplied by: webmaster (web@www.umac.mo)
25 Jul 1995
The Chinese-Language-Related Information Page
www.webcom.com, USA
The Chinese-Language-Related Information Page is moving to a new
location. This announcement is to request that you update the links on
your pages to reflect the new address. The new address (which is now
already fully up and running) is:
URL http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html
Information supplied by: Carlos McEvilly (mcevilly@netcom.com)
25 Jul 1995
Bimasakti: Indonesian WWW Galaxy
Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA
A dynamically user-maintained Indonesian WWW database system (=
Indonesian Yahoo). Covers: Art & Culture, Business, Computer & Info.
System, Economic, Education, Entertainment, Environment & Nature,
Food, FTP & Gopher, Governmental, Image, Indonesia in General,
Language, Mailing List, News & Communication, Personal Homepage,
Religion, Science & Technology, Social, Student Activity, Travel &
Tourism
URL: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/adison/cgi/bimasakti
Information supplied by: Adison Hana (adison@cs.utexas.edu)
21 Jul 1995
Hong Kong Picture Archives
Univ. of North Carolina, USA
Photographs of Hong Kong, from Hong Kong, and about Hong Kong. Also
includes Comics originating in Hong Kong, and pictures of celebrities.
Some resources still under development.
URL http://sunsite.unc.edu/hkpa
Information supplied by: Glenn Laubaugh (glennl@up.edu)
21 Jul 1995
Asian Business Daily
infomanage.com,USA
The latest news on trade, stock developments, industry
changes and company decisions in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong,
Vietnam, Japan, China, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and Taiwan. South
Asia and the South Pacific will be covered less frequently
URL http://infomanage.com/~icr/abd/welcome
Information supplied by: Darrell Dorrington (darrell@info.anu.edu.au)
21 Jul 1995
Asian Serials Database
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
This WWW/FTP/WAIS information system provides online access to Tables
of Contents of selected Chinese and Indonesian serials. Coverage is
not comprehensive, however the resource widens the availability of
information on China
and Indonesia.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/AsiaSerialsTOC.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
21 Jul 1995
Kathmandu Home Page
Grinnell College, USA
Frontdoor to Nepal and economic resource base for the Nepalese economy
URL http://www.math.grin.edu/~pradhan
Information supplied by: Rupesh Pradhan (pradhan@math.grin.edu)
21 Jul 1995
Chanakya Page - Economic Data on Nepal
Grinnell College, USA
Economic resource base for the Nepalese economy: statistics, research papers, studies, news etc.
URL http://www.math.grin.edu/~pradhan/chanakya.html
Information supplied by: Rupesh Pradhan (pradhan@math.grin.edu)
20 Jul 1995
Australian News Briefs
Bond Univ., Australia
A daily news service produced
by Bond Univ. Journalism students bringing news from Australia
to the world. Published Monday-Friday during July and August 1995.
URL http://onthenet.com.au/~thomast/anb/
20 Jul 1995
Monde Information Services
Monde, London, England
Multilingual computer solutions/consultancy for users of Arabic and
Arabic-scripted languages. Supliers of electronic Arabic art and
multimedia. Links to Arabic resources.
URL http://www.demon.co.uk/monde
20 Jul 1995
ESRC-China list
Intl Institute for Strategic Studies, London,UK
ESRC-China list is to facilitate discussion of issues concerning the
politics, economics and social affairs of modern China. The list has a
presence on the WWW where you can access back copies of all
messages, see a list of members, and other useful details. The email
access to the list is through www.mailbase.ac.uk.
URL gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:70/11/lists-a-e/esrc-china
Information supplied by: Gerald Segal (ggsiiss@gn.apc.org)
20 Jul 1995
China - Distance Learning
Leisure Overseas Education, Hong Kong
It provides information on our distance learning
courses offered by universities in China. It will
includes information on the ranking of
universities in China, and who's who's in
academic fields (limited to humanities and social
sciences, science and technology subjects are
excluded since there are too many Chinese science
people abroad).
URL http://www.hk.super.net/~dingli/
Information supplied by: C.W. Sung (dingli@hk.super.net)
20 Jul 1995
China - Commercial Laws
Wuhan Univ., School of Law, Hong Kong
It provides information on our course - Chinese
Commercial Law, and our books - Commercial Laws of
China (total 13titles). In the near future, we
will provide information on the current changes
of the commercial law in the People's Republic of
China.
URL http://www.hk.super.net/~lawwuhan/
Information supplied by: C.W. Sung (lawwuhan@hk.super.net)
20 Jul 1995
China - Marketing
Univ. of Science & Technology of China, Hong Kong
It provides information on our course - Marketing
in China. In the future, we will include
information on doing business in China (free,
as our contribution to the Internet Community).
URL http://www.hk.super.net/~ustc
Information supplied by: C.W. Sung (ustc@hk.super.net)
18 Jul 1995
VedaNET
www.abc.nl, Netherlands
About ancient Vedic (Asian Indian) astrology and esoterica.
URL http://www.abc.nl/vedanet.htm
18 Jul 1995
Hawaii Connections
Hawaii Internet Services, USA
Directory of Web pages in and about Hawaii:
Art, Business, Computers, Economy, Education, Entertainment,
Environment & Nature, Events, Government, Health, Humanities, Law,
News, Politics, Reference, Regional Inf., Science,
Social Science, Society & Culture
URL http://www.connect.hawaii.com/connect/
18 Jul 1995
Kailash Dance Company
wwwpks.atnf.csiro.au, Australia
About the Indian dance company based in Canberra, Australia which performs
and teaches Classical Indian Dance, Kuchipudi Style, Contemporary
Dance, Dance Drama and Dance Theatre.
URL http://wwwpks.atnf.csiro.au/~plintel/MENON/MenonHomePage.html
18 Jul 1995
Vietnam Trading Co.
Vietnam Trading Corporation Ltd., Houston, USA
Information about trade with Vietnam.
URL http://vannevar.com/vn/
18 Jul 1995
Traders Market
Traders Market, USA
We provide services for listing and promoting
of Australian businesses, in the USA and
throughout the world. If interested, please send
email to info@traders-market.com.
URL http://www.traders-market.com
Information supplied by: Dr. Glenn Gearhart (info@traders-market.com)
18 Jul 1995
Philippine Investors
San Jose, CA
A guide for people interested in doing business in the Philippines.
Contains Philippine financial news, government agencies, and
government regulation.
URL http://www.webquest.com/phil2000/
Information supplied by: Gem Que Yabut (webscape@webquest.com)
17 Jul 1995
Golan Heights Information Server
Golan Heights Residence Committee, Qazrin, Israel
Information about the Golan Heights conflict.
URL http://www.golan.org.il/
17 Jul 1995
Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Financial & Economic Market Data, Trade Promotion & Other Organizations,
Merchants & Commercial Service Providers, News & Research Tools
URL http://www1.usa1.com/~ibnet/miccihp.html
17 Jul 1995
Khazana: India Arts Online
www.winternet.com, USA
Quality, affordable works of art from India and Nepal. Purchasing
directly from artisans and craftspeople.
URL http://www.winternet.com/~khazana/index.html
17 Jul 1995
Malaysia Online
Penang, Malaysia
Malaysian information on stock prices, business and financial news,
jobs, and commercial advertisements.
URL http://www.mol-usa.com
17 Jul 1995
Philippines Online Resources
De La Salle Univ., Philippines
Links to information servers (web, gopher, ftp, bbs) located in
the Philippines plus (local and foreign) home pages related to the Philippines.
This also provides information on mailing lists/listservs which are related to
the Philippines
URL http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/othersites/pinas/pinas.html
Information supplied by: Sammy Mallare (cscspm@nntp.dlsu.edu.ph)
16 Jul 1995
Chinese Business and Economy
Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Dynamics of the contemporary Chinese business and economic environment
since the late 1970s. Course materials are restricted to Melbourne Univ. only,
but top level pages have free access.
URL http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/ehistwww/cbe001.html
Information supplied by: Stephen Morgan (Stephen_Morgan.EcoHist@muwaye.unimelb.edu.au)
16 Jul 1995
Traditional arts, beliefs, cultures & religions
California Institute of Technology, USA
This is a collection of some works related to
the art, culture, philosophy, religion and wisdom
of the recorded and still practicing traditions of
mankind.
URL http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~mahmoudi
Information supplied by: Mehrdad Mahmoudi Zarandi (mahmoudi@cco.caltech.edu)
15 Jul 1995
William L. R. Cassidy & Associates
W.L.R. Cassidy & Associates, U.S.A.
Vietnamese Crime and Culture, Asian Astrology, Social Commentary regarding
treatment of SEA Refugees by American Police. Other SEA related matters.
URL http://www.deltanet.com/users/wcassidy
Information supplied by: Jack Willoughby (wofat@nternode.com)
15 Jul 1995
INDOLOGY Web Page
University College, London Univ., UK
Overview of the INDOLOGY listserv group with its associated machine-readable texts, software, and fonts. INDOLOGY was founded in 1990 and currently (July 1995) has about 400 members.
INDOLOGY is aimed at the scholars of Sanskrit, MIA, NIA, Tamil and other Indian languages, and of the classical culture of India, its history, art, music and general development.
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/indology.html
Information supplied by: Dominik Wujastyk (d.wujastyk@ucl.ac.uk)
14 Jul 1995
Overseas Shanxi Network
University of Pittsburgh, USA
At present, mainly Overseas Shanxi List.
URL www.pitt.edu/~tawst14
Information supplied by: Taiping Wang (wang@pcimsg.pci.upmc.edu)
14 Jul 1995
Eastasia-research mailing list and archive
China Postgraduate Network, Scotland / Great Britain
Eastasia-research encourages the interdisciplinary
exchange of research data and discussions in all
fields of Eastasian Studies. This page serves as
an archive for the mailinglist.
URL http://www.ed.ac.uk/~etev05/CPN/archive.html
Information supplied by: Oliver Kramer (eashokp@srv0.arts.ed.ac.uk)
14 Jul 1995
Korea WebWeekly
Kim Software, Inc., USA
News digests, editorials, Internet resources and other info on North
and South Koreas.
URL http://www.kimsoft.com/korea.htm
Information supplied by: Young S. Kim, Ph.D. (ysk@kimsoft.com)
13 Jul 1995
Stone Bridge Press
www.stonebridge.com, USA
Publisher of Japan-related books
in English: language learning,
literature in translation, culture,
business, etc.
URL http://www.stonebridge.com/~sbp
Information supplied by: Peter Goodman (sbp@netcom.com)
12 Jul 1995
Hin Hua High School Home Page
Univ., Kentucky, USA
This home page provides the general information about Hin Hua High School, a
Chinese Independent High School located in Klang, Malaysia.
URL http://www.ewl.uky.edu/~tteh00/school.html
Information supplied by: Thean-Lim Teh (tteh00@pop.uky.edu)
11 Jul 1995
Pakistan General Information
University of Houston, USA
Country profile, Radio Pakistan times and frequencies,
links to other sources on Pakistan, and related cultural
interests.
URL http://www.egr.uh.edu/~escco/Pakistan.html
Information supplied by: Fazia Begum Rizvi (escco@tree.egr.uh.edu)
08 Jul 1995
PersiaNet
Emory University, USA
Promotes the rich cultural heritage of Iran and its people.
URL http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~sebrahi/PersiaNet.html
Information supplied by: Steven Ebrahimi (sebrahi@emory.edu)
08 Jul 1995
Carrefour Japon
Universite Laval, Canada
Nous offrons des informations sur les relations
entre la francophonie et le Japon.
We offer informations on French speaking countries
and Japan.
URL wwwcjapon.faa.ulaval.ca
Information supplied by: Richard Leclerc (cjapon@faa.ulaval.ca)
08 Jul 1995
Singapore Business Times
Singpore Press Holdings, Singapore
Daily business news on Asia from the Singapore Business
Times, Singapore's main business newspaper.
URL http://www.asia1.com.sg/biztimes
Information supplied by: Cheah Cheng Poh (sphepd@singnet.com.sg)
08 Jul 1995
AsiaOne - Home page of Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore
AsiaOne carries daily news from the Singapore Press
Holdings Group, a leading newspaper and magazine
publisher in South-East Asia. AsiaOne's first service
is Business Times Online, from the Business Times,
Singapore's main business newspaper.
URL http://www.asia1.com.sg/
Information supplied by: Cheah Cheng Poh (sphepd@singnet.com.sg)
07 Jul 1995
Philippine Business Online
EIGER Consulting & Information Services, Switzerland
Information clearinghouse for business and investment opportunities in the
Philippines.
URL http://www.eunet.ch/astarte/pbo
07 Jul 1995
Kwangju Biennale 1995
Daum Communications Co. Ltd., Korea
The official site of the biggest art festival in Korea, the Kwangju Biennale 1995
URL http://cezanne.daum.co.kr/gallery/kwang
07 Jul 1995
The International Meditation Centres
www.webcom.com, UK
About the Theravada Buddhist Vipassana meditation courses at
Sayagyi U Ba Khin Memorial Trust.
URL http://www.webcom.com/~imcuk/welcome.html
07 Jul 1995
Azerbaijan Welcome Page
Caspian Communications, UK
About Azerbaijan business, economy, health, human rights, relief, education,
maps, and research. Azeri affairs in Turkey and Iran.
URL http://www.tcp.co.uk/~partners/azerbaijan.html
05 Jul 1995
SinoMarket Data
w3.com, USA
Information from 1200+ Chinese mainland newspapers, trade journals, various
trade association meetings, magazines, and other PRC periodicals. Commercial
service.
URL http://w3.com:80/ccc/pub/
05 Jul 1995
Jainism
De Montfort Univ., UK
Starting point for people looking for networked resources on Jainism.
URL http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~pka/guides/jain.html
03 Jul 1995
Young Jains of America
U.Texas, Austin, US
An umbrella organization for a network to share Jain heritage and religion.
URL http://www.utexas.edu/students/yja
03 Jul 1995
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)
Bombay, India
Information about CMIE and the Indian economy.
URL http://www.cmie.ernet.in
01 Jul 1995
Australia-New Zealand Studies Center (ANZSC)
Penn State Univ., USA
The senior Australian and NZ Center in the United States. We hope to become a
valuable location for the exchange of all types of Australia, NZ and Oceania
information in all fields of study. The site will also be of interest to those
having a non-academic interest in the region and will include many links to
sites of a more general appeal. We are especially keen to develop a definitive
listing of all Australia and NZ studies centers, listing of independent
academics working on Australia and NZ subjects from all parts of the world, as
well as appropriate listings of commercial, government and non-academic personal
sites. Your email should be sent to: fbp1@psu.edu
URL: http://www.psu.edu/research/anzsc/
Information supplied by: Frank B. Poyas (fbp1@psu.edu)
01 Jul 1995
Sikhism:Religion of the Sikh People
www.io.org,Canada
Founded over 500 years ago, Sikhism today has a following of over 20 million
people worldwide. Sikhism preaches a message of devotion and remembrance of God
at all times, truthful living, equality of mankind and denounces superstitions
and blind rituals. Sikhism is not restricted to an exclusive few, but open to
all through the teachings of its Gurus enshrined in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib,
the Sikh Holy Book and Eternal Guru.
URL http://www.io.org/~sandeep/sikhism.htm
Information supplied by: Sandeep Singh Brar (sandeep@io.org)
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