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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) was established in April 1994. The newsletter is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and is provided by the Australian National University (ANU) as a service to the World Wide Web community. Announcements published in this Newsletter are also disseminated on the network via an electronic mailing list "asia-www-gopher-news-l@coombs.anu.edu.au". The complete set of the news is also available from the ANU-Asia-WWW-Gopher-News-L dbase.

Past issues of the Newsletter are kept in the Archives of What's New - WWW Asian Studies
What's New in WWW Asian Studies Online Newsletter ISSN 1323-9368
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/asian-www-news.html.
Direct email delivery to subscribers of the asia-www-gopher-news-l@coombs.anu.edu.au.
Details of new or significantly improved networked resources are added to this newsletter on a request basis via URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/regasia.html

WWW Asian Studies Announcements: May 1996

30 May 1996
Canadian College for Chinese Studies
Canadian College for Chinese Studies, Canada
Since 1985, the College has been establishing links with industry and government in the PRC and actively promoting conferences and introductions to visiting Chinese delegations for Canadian business and government sector representatives.
URL http://www.islandnet.com/~tancccs/index.html
Information supplied by: Dr. Wee-Chong Tan (tancccs@islandnet.com)

29 May 1996
Malay Concordance Project
ANU, Australia
The Malay Concordance Project proposes to make concordances of early Malay texts available on-line for semantic and stylistic studies. It presents texts in the form of a lemmatised KWIC concordance accessed by indexes of roots and affixes. It also provides statistics of root and affix frequency, and gives lists of roots by frequency of occurrence. The first text available is the classical romance Hikayat Inderaputera. Next will be some miscellaneous verse ballads. A major second stage will be to process and mount several historical texts, including the Tuhfat al-Nafis.
URL http://online.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/malayconc.html
Information supplied by: Greg Young (Greg.Young@anu.edu.au)

28 May 1996
East Timor Women's Issues
ETIC, New Zealand
A collection on women and women's issues related to East Timor.
URL http://shell.ihug.co.nz/~calliope/Timor.Women/ET.Women.html
Information supplied by: Lee Snow (calliope@ihug.co.nz)

25 May 1996
Deutsch-Omanische Gesellschaft = German Omani Association
ourworld.compuserve.com, Germany
Homepage of the German-Omani Association with information on the aims and purposes of the Association, Articles of Association, Newsletter and hyperlinks to other Oman-related resources. Texts in German and English.
URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/eberhard_brodhage
Information supplied by: Joachim Duester (omandoc@pobox.com)

24 May 1996
Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library
NCDS, Australian National Univ., Australia
Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library tracking scholarly networked materials dealing with the Pacific Ocean region as a whole and with American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Samoa has moved to a new address. The new site is maintained since 20 May 1996 by Alopi Latukefu (alopi.latukefu@anu.edu.au). The old site (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html) has been closed down. Please adjust your links accordingly.
URL http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/wwwvl-pacific/index.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

24 May 1996
Voice of America Global News
VOA, USA
Online version with various display options (by time, by type). On 23 May 96 6:49 PM EDT (2249 UTC) the site carried following Asia-related bulletins: Arafat Speech, Burma Sitrep Update, China/US Arms, China/Arms Smugglers, China/North Korea, Clinton/Iran, Congress/China, Hong Kong/Leadership Competition, India/Kashmir, Israeli Elections, Japan Cult Trial, Justice/China Arms, Korea Defection, Lebanon/Germany, Pakistan Amnesty, Russia/Chechnya, Sri Lanka Airlift, Suu Kyi/SLORC, Turkey/NATO, US/Burma, US/Burma Sanctions
URL http://www.goshen.net/newspage/voa/
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

24 May 1996
Japanese Classic "Manyo shu"
www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp, Japan
Special online lecture (in English) on Manyo shu, "10,00 Leaves Collection", the oldest (written in 770 AD) Japanese collection of poems. It is the collection of 4500 poems from about 630 AD to about 760 AD.
URL http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/kobe-city/information/education/akatsuka/96manyo.html
Information supplied by: Shinji Masui (masui@masui.com)

23 May 1996
Journal of Asian Martial Arts
Via Media Publishing Co., USA
Index to a high-quality quarterly that covers all historical and cultural aspects relating to Asian martial arts.
URL http://ncinter.net/~viamedia
Information supplied by: Michael A. DeMarco (viamedia@ncinter.net)

23 May 1996
The China Matrix
Xindeco Business Information Company, China (?)
The China Matrix is a comprehensive electronic resource on the Internet in China. The site features descriptions of major networks and service providers, links to useful articles and databases, network topology maps, and a growing list of expert and professional contacts.
URL http://www.xindeco.com/chimat/chinew2.html
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)

22 May 1996
Korea National Library
KNL, Korea
The Korean National Library is now online (Korean language interface). You can search hundred thousands of Korean books and dissertations via WWW, and can even read abstracts of dissertations submitted since 1995. Hundreds of full-text articles from Korean journals as well as texts of Korean classics (at the moment 50 books) can even be downloaded (as graphics ".tif" files).
URL http://203.237.248.5/index.html
Information supplied by: Bryan R Ross (bross@hawaii.edu)

22 May 1996
Guide to Asian Collections - National Library of Australia
NLA, Australia
Readers Guide No. 31 covers: The Asian Collections (over 500 000 volumes), Reading Room Services, Access to the Collections Publications, Chinese Collection, Indonesian Collection, Japanese Collection, Korean Collection, Malaysia, Philippines & Singapore Collections, Thai Collection, and formed collections of books on Asia including: Australian Buddhist Library, Harold S. Williams Collection on Japan, Braga Collection on the Portuguese in Asia, Philippine Collections including Otley Beyer, Luce Collection on Burma, Coedes Collection on Indochina, Claasz Collection on Sri Lanka.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/1/gencoll/guides/31.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)

22 May 1996
The history of the Javanese house
mediaport.org, Netherlands
An illustrated paper on the origin of the houses in South East Asia and the archaeology, history and architecture of the house in Java, Indonesia. Bibliography (approx 25 positions).
URL http://mediaport.org/~ser/arche/zoa/gb_zzo1.htm
Information supplied by: Serge Mees (ser@mediaport.org)

21 May 1996
Kyrgyz American School of Business and Law
Kyrgyz American School of Business and Law, Kyrgyzstan
It tells about the country and about the University and its students.
URL http://www.freenet.bishkek.su/users/bolot/kaf.html
Information supplied by: Sanjar Tursaliev (sanjar@kaf.freenet.bishkek.su)

21 May 1996
Kyrgyzstan at F&P
Friends and Partners, USA
Coverage: Welcome file of Kyrgyzstan, Map of Kyrgyzstan, People, Events and Facts, Bishkek - The capital of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz News, Kyrgyz-American School of Business, Law and Humanities, Best news from Kyrgyzstan (updated weekly), Entertainment activities in the country, Tourism, traveling, skiing and many other things, Useful connections in Kyrgyzstan, Emails and addresses, Links to Kyrgyzstani students' homepages
URL http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~kyrgyz
Information supplied by: Sanjar K. Tursaliev (kyrgyz@solar.rtd.utk.edu)

21 May 1996
Vietnam Hot Business News
www.cgtd.com, USA
Coverage: News and Analyses, Potential of Vietnam, A quick look at history, How to do business with Vietnam, Vietnam Business Directories
URL http://www.cgtd.com/global/directory/veconomy.htm
Information supplied by: (research@cgtd.com)

21 May 1996
Hu Wenze's China-Related Homepage
The Ohio State Univ., USA
This OSU-based page is established as part of joint-efforts with the East Asian Libraries Co-operative to offer China-related information to researchers in the field of China Studies
URL http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/China/homepage1.html
Information supplied by: Wenze Hu (wenzhu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)

20 May 1996
Jendela Indonesia
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Online access (plus a search engine) to following Indonesian newspapers and magazines: Review Indonesia, Warta Ekonomi, REPUBLIKA, InfoKomputer Online, Swa Online, Gatra Online, Kompas, Antara, Asia Week, Jawa Pos, News & Views, Indonesia, Surabaya Post, Media Indonesia, Visi dan Opini, RCTI, Tempo online, Bintang Indonesia, Sahid online, Indonesian Society, TIRAS, The Indonesia Times.
URL http://www.iit.edu/~syafsya/
Information supplied by: Mark.Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)

20 May 1996
Study Mandarin Chinese using VOA
Worldwide Phlogiston Cartel, USA
Uses extracts from Voice of America RealAudio newscasts to create intermediate-level Mandarin Chinese study material.
URL http://www.webcom.com/ocrat/voa/
Information supplied by: Ochlocrat (ocrat@webcom.com)

19 May 1996
Strategic dimensions of organizational change & restructuring in the Asia Pacific
MCB University Press, UK
A special issue of the Journal of Organizational Change Management (USA), Regional Editor/Guest Editor Usha C. V. Haley, Ph.D., on organizational change and restructuring in the high-growth Asia Pacific region, and issues of concern to managers and academics.
URL http://www.mcb.co.uk/apmforum/opc/mcb5.htm
Information supplied by: (alamo@teleview.com.sg)

19 May 1996
Business-to-business marketing in Asia
MCB University Press, UK
A special issue of the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing (USA), Regional Editor/Guest Editor George T. Haley, Ph.D., on business-to- business marketing in Asia and issues of concern to academics and managers.
URL http://www.mcb.co.uk/apmforum/opc/mcb6.htm
Information supplied by: (alamo@teleview.com.sg)

18 May 1996
Review of Extensive Livestock Development (Pastoralism) in Central Asia
Overseas Development Institute, London, UK
Review of materials on rangeland and livestock in semiarid areas of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Publications available. Developing a collaborative field research programme with Central Asian pasture and livestock scientists, to give relevant data and policy advice on development options.
URL http://www.oneworld.org/odi
Information supplied by: Carol Kerven (pdn@odi.org.uk)

17 May 1996
The Gateless Gate Translation Project
Ohio State Univ., USA
First step towards a centralized resource for finding and browsing trans. of the Buddhist Canon (focusing at the moment upon the Chinese Canon). At present the the Project consists of translating and publishing on the WWW the Diamond- Cutter and Lotus Sutras.
URL http://128.146.189.240/patton/index.htm
Information supplied by: Charles Patton (patton.74@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu)

15 May 1996
Bon,the Indigenous Religion of Tibet
Ligmincha Institute, USA
A short historical outline of Bon religion.
URL http://www.comet.net/Ligmincha/general/Bonhistory.html
Information supplied by: Cecile Clover (ccclover@comet.net)

11 May 1996
Asia Demographics Data
Asian Demographics Ltd, Hong Kong
A Single Source of Information on Asia !
URL http://asiadata.pacificnet.com
Information supplied by: Richard Burrage (asia.studies@pacificnet.com)

11 May 1996
Pan Pacifica Publications
www.mcn.org, USA
Statistical, social and scientific information from the Pacific Islands including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The home page features the Pan Pacifica April 1996 catalogue. These biannual catalogues are tremendous sources of grey and government literature from Pacific island countries.
URL http://www.mcn.org/b/panpacifica
Information supplied by: Craig Boaden (cboaden@ausaid.gov.au)

10 May 1996
Online Chinese (Mandarin) language course
LaTrobe Univ., Australia
Currently only is an elementary course offered. Intermediate and advanced courses will be available if there's a demand. As this course is still at its initial and experimental stage, your comments and suggestions will be most valuable to improving the quality of the course. The contact email is: L.Zhang@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
URL http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~zhang
Information supplied by: Lizhong Zhang (L.Zhang@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au)

10 May 1996
The Daily Star, Bangladesh
Texas Univ., USA
A national, independent English-language daily published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Internet edition is a selection of news and features from the newspaper, collated into a weekly digest in the USA. It is an attempt to present information, opinion and research from a South Asian perspective.
URL http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~sbari
Information supplied by: S Bari (sbari@mail.utexas.edu)

09 May 1996
The Internet Travel Guide
University St.Gallen, Switzerland
The Internet Travel Guide is a travel guide to Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet and Vietnam. It is a compilation of travellers experience and the FAQ for rec.travel.asia.
URL http://www-students.unisg.ch/~pgeiser
Information supplied by: Peter M. Geiser (peter.geiser@students.unisg.ch)

09 May 1996
Sikh Periodicals, Journals and Newspapers
www.rpi.edu, USA
A listing of Sikh Periodicals, Journals and Newspapers, with names, addresses and subscription information
URL http://www.rpi.edu/~anandh/NISHKAM/periodicals.html
Information supplied by: James Porteous (ah688@freenet.toronto.on.ca)

08 May 1996
Australian Defence Policy After Year 2000
Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia
The address to the May 96 Canberra conference "The New Security Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region" entitled "Australian Defence Policy After Year 2000" by The Hon lan McLachlan AO MP, Minister for Defence. Sections of the online paper: The Coalition's record on defence, The Coalition's strategic tradition, Key defence objectives, Defence policy at the turn of the century, Increasing combat capability, Strategies for cost-effectiveness, More satisfying careers, Alliance management, Agenda for regional co-operation.
Also details of the 1996 Defence Procurement Conference, 1-3 July, are available at: http://www.adfa.oz.au/DOD/al/iic/pc96main.htm
URL http://www.adfa.oz.au/DOD/minister/m960403c.htm
Information supplied by: Tom Worthington (Tom_Worthington@dmd.a-l.defence.gov.au)

08 May 1996
HK Media Association
HK Media Association, Hong Kong
Includes jobs, travel agent, and Directory Hong Kong - a free Business Directory about Hong Kong.
URL http://www.hkmedia.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)

08 May 1996
New Asia Singapore
Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Singapore
A complete tourist guide to Singapore. Includes many interactive pages using Shockwave etc.
URL http://www.newasia-singapore.com
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)

08 May 1996
China Business Net Pages
JJ Uclink Corporation, USA
A comprehensive resource about Chinese business. The site covers: China Weekly Business News Briefs, Trade Show, Products & Services, Investment Projects, Financial Pages (Stock & Exchange Rate Data), Business Services, Business, Products & Services Wanted, Art Gallery, Business Directory, White Pages (Chinese E-mail Addresses), Pointers to Other Sites
URL http://www.business-china.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)

08 May 1996
Southern Asia Risk Assessment Project
The Lambert Group, USA
The site covers: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Nuclear Proliferation in Southern & Central Asia, Terrorism, About The Lambert Group.
URL http://www.deltanet.com/users/llambert/risk.html
Information supplied by: Larry B. Lambert (llambert@deltanet.com)

07 May 1996
Daewoo Heavy Industries
Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd., Korea
Daewoo is one of the biggest companies in Korea, such as Samsung, Hyundai. Heavy Industries Ltd. is one of the branches. The site offers: Intro to DHI, Production, World Wide DHI,R & D,Internet Search. Some sections of it require Korean-language browser.
URL http://www.dhiltd.co.kr/welcome.0430
Information supplied by: Joonseok Kim (yoyop@solar.dhiltd.co.kr)

05 May 1996
Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council
Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council, US/Hawaii
The Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council was created to facilitate a process for the Hawaiian people to determine whether and in what form a sovereign Hawaiian government will be created. The "Native Hawaiian Vote" will ask the question: "Shall the Hawaiian people elect delegates to propose a native Hawaiian Government?"
URL http://hoohana.aloha.net/hsec/
Information supplied by: Scott Crawford (scott@aloha.net)

05 May 1996
Afghanistan News Service
The Afghanistan News Service, USA
A non-biased news service which is updated daily concerning events in Afghanistan. It gets its reports from Voice of America, Associated Press and Reuters News Agency.
URL http://altair.stmarys-ca.edu/~twafa/
Information supplied by: Tawab Wafa (twafa@altair.stmarys-ca.edu)

05 May 1996
Pangaea Partners - Information on Kyrgyzstan
Pangaea Partners, Ltd., USA
Information on Kyrgyzstan, and other emerging markets.
URL http://www.pangaeapartners.com/
Information supplied by: Eric G. Postel (76114.216@compuserve.com)

03 May 1996
Databases & Networks in China : Developments and Prospects
Telecommunications Research Project, Centre for Asian Studies, and Law-On-Line, Univ.of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A unique programme of hands-on experience and intensive discussion to explore the developments and prospects of databases and networks in China: Is there an Asian model for an information superhighway ? How are databases being promoted in China's various industries ? How does China propose to build an economic information infrastructure ? Who is involved in the building of the Golden Bridge project ?
URL http://lawhk.hku.hk/trp/conference
Information supplied by: (trp@lawhk.hku.hk)

03 May 1996
Armenian International E-mail Directory
Arminco Ltd, Armenia
An online White Pages Directory of all Armenians and Armenian Organizations connected to the NET. This service includes volunteer directory addition form, search engine, classifieds and advertisements.
URL http://www.arminco.com/aied.html
Information supplied by: Samvel Stepanian (sam@arminco.com)

03 May 1996
International Exchanges Report from USG
US Information Agency, USA
As part of the USIA's responsibilities the Office of Policy and Evaluation in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs produces the annual "International Exchange and Training Activities of the U.S. Government." The 1994 online report, provides a government-wide overview of these activities in Africa, American Republics, East Asia & Pacific, NIS/East Europe, North Africa/North East/South Asia, Western Europe & Canada.
URL http://www.usia.gov/education/exrpt/exrpt94.htm
Information supplied by: Chip Harman (charman@clark.net)

03 May 1996
Center for Post-Soviet Studies
Center for Post-Soviet Studies, USA
Central Asia at the Center, Links to Central Asia Sites (Politics, Economics, Religion, Culture, Travel, Language and more, organized by subject and country) Newsletters and Papers (Focus newsletter, Perspectives on Central Asia newsletter, The Central Asia Occassional Paper Series, Papers from the Caspian Sea Oil Conference, Books and Monographs)
URL http://www.intr.net/cpss/
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

03 May 1996
Air Commando Association - Viet/USA Links
Air Commando Association, USA
We are searching for our friends - both Vietnamese and Americans who were killed during the war. We need to talk to someone in the hierarchy to help us locate a person that they have data somewhere. A contact with the military in Soc Trang or something nearby would help.
URL http://www.earthlink.net/~aircommando1/
Information supplied by: Gene Rossel (aircommando1@earthlink.net)

03 May 1996
Australian Correspondence Schools
Australian Correspondence Schools, Australia
We conduct over 230 different external studies courses We write books & magazines for various publishers. We prduce educational videos. The school is on the natyional register & offers nationally recognised advanced diplomas in agriculture, horticulture & recreation-fitness. The web site contains all of this -and will soon contain newsletters, articles, and more
URL http://www.qldnet.com.au/acs
Information supplied by: John Mason (acs@qldnet.com.au)

02 May 1996
Japanese Media Links
www.dhouse.toppan.com, Japan (?)
If you are interested in what Japanese media companies are doing on the net, you can find them on my page. Most of the sites are bilingual: Japanese and English. If you get meaningless characters on your browser, find "click here for English" button somewhere.
URL http://www.dhouse.toppan.com/tak/mwatch-e.html
Information supplied by: Tak Yoshimura (tak@dhouse.com)

01 May 1996
Vietnamtourism
Washington, DC, USA
The most experienced tour operation in Vietnam and the first to open a US branch office. Information on tours, hotels, visas, and general news items.
URL http://www.erols.com/dreese
Information supplied by: Doug Reese (dreese@erols.com)
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