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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
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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
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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
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WWW Asian Studies Announcements: Jun 1996
30 Jun 1996
The Asian Economies
Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Taught in the first semester, The Asian Economies
is an introductory survey of the development of
the East Asian economic and business environment.
It examines the NIEs (Taiwan, South Korea, Hong
Kong and Singapore), Japan, China, and Australian-
Asian investment. Includes a clickable map of
country-specific electronic sources.
URL http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/bdchwww/asian/ae001.html
Information supplied by: Stephen Morgan (s.morgan@ecom.unimelb.edu.au)
30 Jun 1996
The Australia Photo Gallery
University of Bonn, Germany
A small photo gallery enabling the user to make a
virtual tour through eastern Australia from Sydney
over Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide to Alice
Springs and Darwin. Many photos, links to outside
resources and other galleries.
URL http://www.thch.uni-bonn.de/wandelt/Gallery/HTML/OzGallery
Information supplied by: Matthias Draeger (draeger@uni-bonn.de)
29 Jun 1996
Jewish Roots in the Indian Vedas
Center for Vedic Studies, USA
Quotes from scripture looking at the question,
are Jews and Hindus coming from the same source?
URL http://www.owplaza.com/souls
Information supplied by: William Glick (wlg@aol.com)
28 Jun 1996
UK Buddhist Studies Association web-site
UK Buddhist Studies Association, UK
The site lists members' postal addresses, telephone/fax numbers,
E-mail addresses, research interests, and publications. It also gives
details of UK courses relating to Buddhism, contains links to other
web-sites and gives information on useful discussion lists.
URL http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~os0dwe/bsa.html
Information supplied by: Peter Harvey (peter.harvey@sunderland.ac.uk)
28 Jun 1996
Asian trade & business database (inasia.com)
Intermedia Corporation Ltd, Hong Kong
inasia.com is a dynamic database of Asian trade and
business information covering 22 countries. With
600,000 companies listed in this Public Beta
Release, the database will grow to contain details
of over 1 million Asian manufacturers, exporters,
importers and service companies by the end of the
year.
URL http://www.inasia.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
28 Jun 1996
Myanmar Home Page
www.myanmar.com, USA ?
Official governmental site. Tourist Attraction and Information about
the country of Myanmar (Burma), including Trade Information, Upcoming
Trade Announcement, and News from Myanmar (The New Light of Myanmar).
Visa application forms can be downloaded from URL
ftp://www.myanmar.com/pub/myanmar/
URL http://www.myanmar.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
27 Jun 1996
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center of the Pacific
Interwork Institute, San Diego State Univ., USA
A five year (US) federally funded research project addressing issues
impacting individuals with disabilities in seven Pacific
jurisdictions. These include: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas, the Federated states of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii,
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.
URL http://interwork.sdsu.edu
Information supplied by: Tania Huff Farley (tfarley@mail.sdsu.edu)
26 Jun 1996
Ghaznavi's Afghanistan Home Page
Independent, USA
This page deals with the current situation in
Afghanistan. Articles and pictures of this wartorn
country are available. There are also facts
on the atrocities of the 'Jamiati Party'.
Links to other Afghan Sites are listed.
You must have Netscape 3.0 to view this page
properly.
URL http://204.96.208.2/personal/student/fayizi/3.htm
Information supplied by: Ismatullah Ghaznavi (sss@sun.aacc.c.md.us)
24 Jun 1996
Asian Business E-Forum Home Page
Center for Global Trade Development, USA
Asian-Business is a forum for discussing, exchanging, commenting on
news, views, issues, opinions on practices, customs and conducting
business in Asia. Asian-Business is designed to facilitate discussion among any
body interested in Asia and its economy and business.
URL http://www.cgtd.com/global/asian-business.htm
Information supplied by: Center for Global Trade Development (asian@cgtd.com)
24 Jun 1996
North Korea Page
Univ., of Oregon, USA
Covers several subjects (Business/Economics, Environment,
General, Government/Politics, Images, Language/Linguistics, Law,
Maps, Military, Reference Tools, Science/Science Policy,
Travel/Places) with a few items in each. A work in progress.
URL http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~felsing/kstuff/nkshelf.html
Information supplied by: Douglas K. Dryden (dryden@myriad.net)
21 Jun 1996
Islamic Gopher
kicon.com, USA
Information about Islam, including background, addresses, other gopher
sites, business and educational organizations. Link to
'Middle East Studies Association Bulletin'.
URL gopher://latif.com/
Information supplied by: James Porteous (ah688@freenet.toronto.on.ca)
21 Jun 1996
Vietnamese Internet Radio
kicon.com, USA
Please check out the first ever Vietnamese radio on the net. It
contains many great Vietnamese programs that air every day from
Southern California. You can listen to it live from 12pm to 4pm
Monday thru Friday Pacific time. RealAudio player is required to
play audio files.
URL http://kicon.com/VNCR
Information supplied by: Truc Linh Ngo (TNgo860695@gnn.com)
21 Jun 1996
Kyrghyzstan: Discover the Country
Foundation Discovery of Kyrghyzstan, Netherlands
Business and tourist directory of Kyrghyzstan. Contains
geographical, political, economical information, a list of useful
phone numbers, addresses of the embassies etc.
URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dite/
Information supplied by: Alexander Fain (100432.1463@compuserve.com)
20 Jun 1996
Asia Pacific International Trade Business Directory
CNC Technology, Australia
A directory of businesses involved in international trading in
the Asia Pacific region including but not limited to China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, United States.
URL http://www.peg.apc.org/~cnctech/business-directory.htm
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
20 Jun 1996
Norman Ross Publishing Inc.
Norman Ross Publishing Inc., USA
The leading distributor of microforms, representing virtually every
micropublisher in the world located outside the United States.
Subjects: African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology,
Architecture, Art (Fine & Decorative), Asian Studies, Australia
& the Pacific, British History, Business and, Economics, Dutch
Studies, French Studies, Genealogy & Immigration, German Studies,
Government, Documents, Indonesian Studies, Irish Studies, Judaica
& Jewish Studies, Language &Literature, Latin American Studies,
Law, Maritime - Naval, Middle East Studies, Music, Native American
Studies, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Religion, Science, Slavic
Studies, Theater, Women's Studies
URL http://www.nross.com/
Information supplied by: Norman Ross (nross@igc.apc.org)
19 Jun 1996
Korean Studies Bibliographic Data Base Project
Harvard Univ., USA
Harvard Korea Institute compiles a general Korean studies bibliography
of publications in Western languages. This data base will be published
(mid-1997) in CD-ROM format (Mac and IBM-compatible). We expect the
bibliography to include upwards of 30,000 titles of books, articles,
theses, book reviews, and book chapter on topics related to Korea.
Web readers' input into the project is warmly invited.
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~korbib/
Information supplied by: Frank Hoffmann (hoffmann@husc.harvard.edu)
19 Jun 1996
Jain Religion
KachchhiNet, USA
The site offers: Namokar Mantra, Chatur_Vinshati Stava (Logassa
Sutra), Statue of Jina, 22 of 24 Tirthankar's, The Paryushana Parva,
Jain History, Founders and Legends of the Jain religion, Jainism,
Nayas, Jain Art from India
URL http://206.170.160.203:80/Kachchhinet/religion/relign1.htm
Information supplied by: Mahendra Chheda (Mahendra_Chheda@ccm.fm.intel.com)
18 Jun 1996
Syahreza's Indonesian Live Internet Radio Station
Syahreza Ferdiansyah, Indonesia
The first Indonesian Live Internet Radio Station. You can listen and
enjoy the Indonesian Music as well as music from other countries. You
will need 'True Speech' and 'Internet Wave' to listen to the radio.
URL http://www.hway.net/syahreza/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
16 Jun 1996
Buddhist Council of New South Wales
Buddhist Council of New South Wales, Australia
This site features a regularly updated list of Buddhist
organisations in Australia as well as World fellowship of
Buddhists' members throughout the world. Many articles on
Buddhism, with a special emphasis on its practice in
Australia, as well as news items and links to important
Buddhist sites throughout the world are featured.
URL http://www.zip.com.au/~lyallg/
Information supplied by: Graeme Lyall (lyallg@zip.com.au)
15 Jun 1996
Ta Kung Pao Chinese Daily
Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong
Daily coverage of news about China and Hong Kong, in Chinese read
either by GB or Big5 code.
URL http://www.takungpao.com.hk
Information supplied by: Tsang Tak-sing (tstsang@hk.super.net)
15 Jun 1996
Journal of South Asia Women Studies
Independent, USA
The Journal is open to all bona fide scholars on Asian Women
Studies. It is human rights oriented. Areas covered: from
India to Taiwan, except China and Japan and including the
Philippines. Fields of study: law, feminism, arts, religion,
philosophy, politics, etc.
URL http://www.shore.net/~india/jsaws/
Information supplied by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@hulaw1.harvard.edu)
15 Jun 1996
International Journal of Tantric Studies
Independent, USA
The Journal is open to all bona fide scholars in Tantric
Studies. Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina, Tibetan, Chinese, and
Japanese Tantrism are considered. Particular attention is
paid to the Trika system of Kashmir.
URL http://www.shore.net/~india/ijts/
Information supplied by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@hulaw1.harvard.edu)
13 Jun 1996
Tonga Visitor's Bureau
Consulate of the Kingdom of Tonga, USA
The Tonga Visitor's Bureau homepage provides
a summary of information of use to a prospective
visitor to the Kingdom, including sections on
accommodation, sights, and culture.
URL http://www.vacations.tvb.gov.to
Information supplied by: Eric Gullichsen (eric@warp.com)
13 Jun 1996
Modelling a nuclear disaster in Indonesia
and the region
CRES, ANU, Australia
A computer analysis and visualization of the fallout risk associated
with the potential failure of nuclear reactors in Java (Indonesia).
The study has found that Australia, Singapore, Malyasia, Brunei and
Thailand are at significant risk of receiving fallout and that, for
each country, this risk varies substantially during the year.
URL http://anusf.anu.edu.au/taylor
Information supplied by: McComas Taylor (mccomas@cres.anu.edu.au)
13 Jun 1996
Topics in Dravidian Linguistics
Univ., of Pennsylvania, USA
Contents: A General Bibliography of Dravidian Linguistics, M.
Andronov's 1965 Materials for a Bibliography of Dravidian Linguistics,
Syllabus and Course Outline, The Tamil Case System, Deverbal Nominal
Derivation in Tamil, Tamil Aspectual Verbs
URL http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling.html
Information supplied by: Harold F. Schiffman (haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)
13 Jun 1996
Chinese Commercial News
Chinese Commercial News, Philippines
'The Chinese Commercial News' of Manila, Philippines (started in 1919)
will launch its Internet edition (in Chinese) on June 12, 1996 - the 10th
anniversary of its reopening after the 1986 EDSA Revolution, the only
Chinese language newspaper to resume publication.
URL http://www.siongpo.com
Information supplied by: Darrell Dorrington (darrell@xinfo.anu.edu.au)
13 Jun 1996
Heartbeat Taiwan
ww3.sinanet.com, Taiwan
Heartbeat Taiwan is a comprehensive web site providing latest news and
magazines about Taiwan and its people. The site is updated daily in
English and Chinese. It is designed to be a valuable resource and
starting point for novice and experienced sinophiles.
URL http://ww3.sinanet.com/heartbeat/
Information supplied by: Hurst Lin (hurst@sinanet.com)
12 Jun 1996
Asia Pacific Management News
Orient Pacific Century / MCB University Press, UK
Commentary on news, book reviews, and conference
announcements relating to Asian management and
organisation development. These items are more
editorial in nature, and are also designed to
engender disussion in the discussion groups.
URL http://www.mcb.co.uk/apmforum/opc/apmn.htm
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
12 Jun 1996
Hong Kong Legislative Council
Hong Kong Legislative Council, Hong Kong
The official Hong Kong Legislative Council web site
contains information on Council Sittings, Council
Members, Committees, Panels and Bills, as well as
agenda and meetings papers. Currently,
the site is in English, but a Chinese version
will be available in late June.
URL http://legco.gov.hk
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
11 Jun 1996
IRAN-E-MAN (My Iran) Television
www.teleport.com, USA
A cultural Iranian television
Program which is produced by a group of volunteers in
Portland, Oregon. This non-profit, non-commercial program is
produced weekly in the Persian language.
URL http://www.teleport.com/~iraneman
Information supplied by: Ahmad Mostafavi (iraneman@teleport.com)
07 Jun 1996
Strategic Management in the Asia Pacific No.2: Perspectives from the Region
www.mcb.co.uk, UK
A special issue of Management Decision (UK), Volume 35, Issue 3, 1997
Regional Editor/Guest Editor Usha C. V. Haley, Ph. D.
A sequel issue to the highly successful 'Strategic Management in the Asia
Pacific', exploring the same issues, but with an emphasis on the perspectives
of authors from the Asia Pacific (broadly defined to include Asia,
Australia and New Zealand). Deadline for submissions: September 15, 1996
URL http://www.mcb.co.uk/apmforum/opc/mcb10.htm
Information supplied by: (alamo@teleview.com.sg)
06 Jun 1996
Vietconnection
Vietconnection, USA
Vietconnection features daily news related to Vietnam and Vietnamese
communities around the world. Key departments include business,
culture, education, entertainment, travel, health shopping, friendship
and careers. There's Vietnam Radio with daily audio news in
Vietnamese as well as English news and information throughout the
site.
URL http://www.vietconnection.com
Information supplied by: Pam Israel (Pamisrael@aol.com)
05 Jun 1996
Mountbatten in India
Southampton University, UK
A data-base of biographical and other data
(index terms) associated with the Mountbatten
papers cataloguing project, Southampton
University. At present the material on the data-base
mainly relates to the Transfer of Power in India in 1947.
URL http://www.soton.ac.uk/~mcb1
Information supplied by: Marc Cole-Bailey (mcb1@soton.ac.uk)
05 Jun 1996
BusinessWorld Online
BusinessWorld Publishing Co., Philippines
Commercial edition (access via password) of the BusinessWorld is
published Mon through Fri by BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation,
with editorial offices in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Free-access back
issues are currently available on-line since Nov 1995.
URL http://bizworld.globe.com.ph
Information supplied by: (kyao@bizworld.globe.com.ph)
05 Jun 1996
The Harvard-Yenching Library
Harvard Univ., USA
Site contents: Guide to the Harvard-Yenching Library, Links to other
WWW sites [incl. Reischauer Institute at Harvard, Korea Institute at
Harvard, CEAL member libraries, EastAsia in cyberspace (links to other
US East Asian collections and sites in East Asia), and the Harvard
University HOLLIS library catalog and resources], Examples of OPACs
with vernacular character display, Selected newspapers in vernacular
languages, Links to other East Asian resources.
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dellal/hylhome.html
Information supplied by: Raymond Lum (rlum@husc.harvard.edu)
05 Jun 1996
The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Long Bow Group, USA
Information on the 1989 student pro-democracy movement in China and
subsequent massacre. The site also offers resources on related
information such as the Democracy Wall, Tiananmen Square and Wei
Jingsheng. The Group's growing Digital Library of documentary
material is also well worth a visit - it includes movie clips, stills
and sound archives drawn mainly from the era of the PRC.
URL http://www.nmis.org/Gate/
Information supplied by: Darrell Dorrington (darrell@xinfo.anu.edu.au)
04 Jun 1996
Register of Leading Asian & Pacific
Studies E-Journals
Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National Univ., Australia
The world's most comprehensive catalogue of Asia-focus electronic
serials. In June 1996 the register provided 88 validated and annotated
links to on-line serials ranging from Asian Business Daily, Asia
Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) Nwsltr, Assoc. for Asian
Studies (AAS) Nwsltr, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Jerusalem
Insider, The Maori Law Review, Middle East Business Review, Ming
Studies Journal, Weekly Financial Review by Overseas Union Bank
(Singapore) to World Tibet Network News.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/AsianE-Journals.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
04 Jun 1996
Road to East Asia
Founders College, York Univ., Canada
The third issue (June 1996) features articles
on Japan's current literary scene and the images
of East Asian Women. The focus is on
Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and his milieu, and
on the works of Kobo Abe, Kazuo Ishiguro, Amy Tan,
Joy Kogawa, Wang Anyi and others.
URL http://www.yorku.ca/academics/iwai
Information supplied by: Isabella Wai (iwai@yorku.ca)
04 Jun 1996
South Asian Diaspora
South/Southeast Asia Library, UC Berkeley, USA
This new site contains historical essays, bibliographic
and electronic resources on the South Asian
diaspora, with a focus on the special collections
at UC Berkeley. Under construction is a section with
historical photographs. It is part of the South/Southeast
Asia Library's web pages at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
SSEAL/SouthAsia/wsaresou.html
URL http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/diaspora.html
Information supplied by: Vanessa Tait (ssea@library.berkeley.edu)
03 Jun 1996
Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library
Australian National Univ., Australia
The PNG WWW VL site has been up since Jan 96 and has been
receiving a steady 700 hits a month since March. The main
growth for our region is not expected to be in PNG-content
sites, although that would be welcome, but in nearby places
and 'issues' sites, e.g. Irian Jaya, Freeport, logging in
New Caledonia, etc. Do suggest links that we may have missed
at ANU, and do look in at the What Tribe is That? subsite
(http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/WhatTribe.html).
There seem to be teething problems with the display of some
pages. Please give feedback. Suggestions for additions very
welcome.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/WWWVL-PNG.html
Information supplied by: John Burton (John.Burton@anu.edu.au)
03 Jun 1996
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand
The pages contain information on Green Party ideas and principles, with
details of party contacts and forthcoming meetings, and links to Green
parties and resources around the world.
The pages will continue to develop as a source of information on issues
relating to ecological wisdom, social responsibility, appropriate
decision-making, and non-violence.
URL http://www.greens.org.nz
Information supplied by: Chris Dennis (dennis@actrix.gen.nz)
02 Jun 1996
Chen-Chou Liou's World of Ceramic Art
TURC FM96.7, Taiwan
A contemporary Taiwanese ceramic artist with creativities
linked to nature and landscapes. Pages include work
exhibits, personal comments and chronological lists of
activities.
URL http://turc967.com.tw/lioucce.htm
Information supplied by: Chen-Chou LIOU (liou@alumni.nctu.edu.tw)
02 Jun 1996
CSUF-Armenian Studies Program
CSU, Fresno, USA
Information on the Armenian studies Program of California
State Univ., Fresno. It provided a resources on classes
offered, the Hye Sharzhoom newspaper, scholarships, and
information in general about Armenian studies.
URL http://www.csufresno.edu/ArmenianStudies/
Information supplied by: Barlow Der Mugrdechian (barlow_dermugrdechian@csufresno.edu)
01 Jun 1996
Free Vietnam Alliance
Coverage: Introduction, Formation, Goals and Objectives, FVA
Committees, Achievements and Activities, Proposal for a
Democratic Vietnam, The Paris 92 Appeal, Vietnam Democracy
Newsletter (in English), Free Vietnam Alliance Newsletter
(in Vietnamese), Special: April 30th Commemoration, Images
Index, Contact address. Also, links to other Human Rights
Information & Resource, and links to other Vietnam Web
Pages
URL http://www.fva.org/
Information supplied by: Nguyen (avl@filnet.fr)
01 Jun 1996
Internet Guide for China Studies
Dept of Sinology, Vienna Univ., Austria
This page gives commented links to internet sites
that are useful to anyone who has interest in
China, such as students and scholars of Sinology,
scholars of other fields doing research on China,
and others. Included are, among others,
online-libraries, academic institutions, mass
media and relay stations that will guide you to
China related sites.
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/netguide.htm
Information supplied by: Hanno Lecher (hanno.lecher@univie.ac.at)
01 Jun 1996
HIMAL South Asia
HIMAL Inc. Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
Himal South Asia is a monthly magazine covering
culture and politics from a non-nationalist,
region-wide perspective. Contributors include many
academics as well as journalists and social activists.
Full text of selected articles, tables of contents,
and subscription information are available.
URL http://www.south-asia.com/himal.html
Information supplied by: Mary Des Chene (deschene@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu)
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