Edited by:
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The "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" Online Newsletter (ISSN
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30 Nov 1996 The Non-Slavic Languages (NSL) Conference
Univ. Chicago, USA
The Tenth Biennial NSL Conference will be held at the University of Chicago, 8-10 May 1997.
NSL Conference (originally, Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR). is a
biennial conference sponsored since 1979 by the Dept of Slavic
Languages and Literatures and the Dt of Linguistics of the Univ. of
Chicago and devoted to the presentation of scholarly papers dealing
with all linguistic aspects of non-Slavic languages presently or
historically spoken on the territories of the successor states to
USSR, i.e., the Baltic republics and the member republics of the
Commonwealth of Independent States. The site offers links to abstracts
of the papers and to conference details.
URL http://humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/slavic/nsl.html
Information supplied by: Howard I. Aronson (hia5@midway.uchicago.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
30 Nov 1996 Bibliography of Titles on Photography in China before 1949
Univ. Heidelberg, Germany
'My bibliography supplies rather exhaustive data on a variety of
issues concerning the albums (which may in fact be reprints or modern
publications of, say, postcards printed in Hong Hong in the late
thirties). Besides the usual bibliographical description such as
Author/editor, date and place of printing etc. I try to trace the
fotographers themselves under a biographical heading. The precise
number of images is given, their actual (or average) size, whether
they are b/w or colour, with which camera they were taken, which film
was used, and, above all, what the fotographs themselves show. Many
highly interesting Chinese and some Japanese publications are included
here (with Chinese/Japanese characters).'
[Coverage: 157 positions (Nov 96), with English annotations and German keywords - ed.]
URL http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/sin/libacjk/photo.htm
Information supplied by: Thomas Hahn (hahn@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
30 Nov 1996 The British Encounter with Indigenous Peoples, c.1600-1850
Univ. College, London, UK
A major international conference is to be held 13th-15th Feb 1997 at
University College London, under the auspices of the Commonwealth Fund
Colloquium in American History and the Neale Colloquium in British
History. The aim is to bring together specialists in British North
America and in the encounters with indigenous peoples in Africa, Asia
and Australasia.
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/future.htm
Information supplied by: David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
30 Nov 1996 British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)
Bradford Univ., UK
BASAS, the largest UK organization for those interested in studying
the art, culture, economies, history, religions, sociology and/or
politics of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka. Site offers links to: an online issue of the 'BASAS Bulletin';
the programme of the 1996 BASAS Annual Conference, and relevant WWW sites.
URL http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ses/basas1.html
Information supplied by: Ay Samad (a.y.samad@bradford.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
30 Nov 1996 Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International
ABWTI, Pakistan
ABWTI (est.1980) is working internationally for the betterment of human rights
Specially in Asian countries. It also works for peace, justice, democracy,
civil rights, child rights, women rights and environment. It is also involved
to bring reforms in police stations, prisons and works for the aid, advice,
release, rehabilitation; and welfare of the illegally and unlawfully detained
or confined prisoners.
URL http://members.tripod.com/~humanrights
Information supplied by: Mrs. Shaheen Burney (ansarburne@aol.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
28 Nov 1996 The Earth Times E-Magazine - New Section on Asia
www.earthtimes.org, USA
The Earth Times now has a new section on Asia. Articles regarding India,
Nepal, Laos, Philippines and Vietnam are currently available. Also
available is a complete section on the recent World Food Summit held in Rome.
The Earth Times print and on-line editions offer balanced
news and opinions concerning global environmental
security, sustainable development, population, trade,
gender issues, science and technology, children's rights,
culture, and health and education.
URL http://www.earthtimes.org/asiadirectory.htm
Information supplied by: Bill Snell (bill@snell-associates.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
28 Nov 1996 Sino-Tibetan Relations: Prospects for the Future (1992 Conference)
The South Asia Gopher, Columbia Univ. Libraries, USA
Online proceedings of The Potomac Conference, October 5-6, 1992
'Sino-Tibetan Relations: Prospects for the Future', organized by the
Tibet Forum and the Center for Modern China. Site contents:
Historical Perspectives; Environment & Economic Development;
Cultural & Changing Perceptions; New World Order (Sino-Indian
Security and Other Asian Strategic Issues; Applicability of Int'l
Principles of HR/Self-Determination; Collapse of Communism/Breakup of
Soviet Union/Implications); Future: Intl Policy/Scenarios/Models;
Biographies of Speakers and Moderators; Selected Bibliography; Text of
Strasbourg Proposal, HH the Dalai Lama.
URL gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/11/clioplus/scholarly/SouthAsia/Tibet/potomac
Information supplied by: Jim Seymour (seymour@columbia.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
28 Nov 1996 Asian Studies - Syllabus and Bibliography Collection Online
Kapiolani Community College, East West Center & Univ. of Hawaii, USA
The Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) Syllabus and Bibliography
Collection Online was created to make the materials immediately
available to faculty and scholars throughout the world, and in so
doing, attract submissions for possible additions to the database from
an international audience of persons already teaching Asian studies
programs who want to share their syllabi, lesson plans, etc. The
Collection is unique, and now includes items in virtually all
humanities, social science, and business fields.
URL http://lama.kcc.hawaii.edu/asdp/
Information supplied by: Letitia Hickson (ctisha@hawaii.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
27 Nov 1996 China Economic Information Network (CEINet)
CEINet, China
A China-wide information service network sponsored by
the State Information Center (SIC) (est. 1987) in combination with the information
centers of various ministries/commissions in several provinces/cities
It aims at promoting information-sharing (via email, ftp & www) in the whole Chinese
society. Site contents:
CEI Information Navigating;
CEI Macroeconomics;
CEI Service for You;
CEI Industries & Business Exhibition;
CEI Daily Economic;
CEI China Economic Windows;
CEI Investment Opportunity.
[A buggy site with typing errors. Some pages in English, while
the bulk of the site depends on unspecified Chinese font software -
ed.]
URL http://www.cei.go.cn/homepage/sic/ceinete.htm
Information supplied by: David Kelly (d-kelly@adfa.oz.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
27 Nov 1996 Charter of the Tibetans in-Exile
Office of Tibet - London, UK
The Charter of the Tibetans in-Exile (draft translation) is now
available on the Office of Tibet - London's web sit. The Office of
Tibet is the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Contents
[114 Articles organised in 11 Chapters]: (I) Fundamental Principles;
(II) Fundamental Rights and Duties; (III) Directive Principles of The
Tibetan Administration; (IV) The Executive (the Kashag); (V) The
Legislature; (VI) The Judiciary; (VII) The Administration of Tibetan
Settlements; (VIII) The Tibetan Election Commission; (IX) The Public
Service Commission; (X) The Tibetan Audit Commission; (XI) Amendment
of The Charter and Transitional Provisions; Six Appendices.
[A single page, 112Kb document - ed.]
URL http://www.gn.apc.org/tibetlondon/charter.html
Information supplied by: Tseten Samdup (tibetlondon@gn.apc.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
26 Nov 1996 Bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English
members.tripod.com, USA
An annotated bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English dictionaries, phrase
books, and study guides, listed in four categories:
Papua New Guinea Pidgin English (Tok Pisin);
Solomon Islands Pidgin English (Pijin);
Vanuatu Pidgin English (Bislama);
General. [On some browsers the bibliography appears to treat badly 'umlauts' and
other special characters (eg. Mue Peter instead of Muehlhausler Peter) - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~THSlone/MPEB.html
Information supplied by: Thomas H. Slone (tom@potency.berkeley.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
26 Nov 1996 Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations (CSAAR)
Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Australia
CSAAR (est. 1978) is an allied centre within the Faculty of Asian and
International Studies, Griffith Univ. The Centre's activities include:
(1) Research covering Australia's political, economic and strategic
relations with Asia from both an historical and contemporary
perspective. (2) Conferences and workshops on contemporary issues; (3)
Publications on Australia-Asia relations; (4) The Asia-Pacific
business training program; and (5) Consultancies to government and
business. The site contains links to other Griffith Univ. web pages
URL http://www.gu.edu.au/gwis/csaar/csaar_home.html
Information supplied by: Leanne Wood (l.wood@ais.gu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
26 Nov 1996 SMA Tarakanita 1 Puloraya Homepage
Tarakanita 1 High School, Indonesia
SMA Tarakanita 1 is one of the best high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. Come and
check it out !!! and please leave some comments... thank you. [Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5975/
Information supplied by: - ka - (cika@hotmail.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
26 Nov 1996 FAJ (Foreign Academics in Japan) Project
Issho Kikaku, Japan
Issho Kikaku's Foreign Academics in Japan Project is a collection of
essays and resources dealing with the issue of employment terms and
conditions for foreign professors, lecturers and researchers in
Japanese universities. The writings presented here represent a
selection of various prespectives in the multi-faceted, dynamic
dialogue regarding the treatment of non-Japanese in Japanese academic
institutions.
URL http://www.iac.co.jp/~issho/faj
Information supplied by: Matt Stein (matty@yahoo.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
26 Nov 1996 Pat Gunning's Taiwan Home Page
Personal, Taiwan
This page contains (a) facts about the Taiwanese Government, (b) two
recently completed relatively long essays, and (c) a variety of short
essays that I have written about Taiwan, and (d) links to some related
web sites. About half of the short essays were published in one of the
local English language newspapers. Comments are welcome.
URL http://web.nchulc.edu.tw/~gunning/pat/welctaiw
Information supplied by: Patrick Gunning (gunning@cc.nchulc.edu.tw)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
26 Nov 1996 Vietnamese in Washington D.C. and Vicinity
Nguoi Viet vung Hoa Thinh Don, USA
A list of Vietnamse personal and business web pages in Washington D.C.
and Vicinity Nguoi Viet vung Hoa Thinh Don. [The site relies on the
use of VISCII font and frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.viethtd.com
Information supplied by: Viet HoaThinhDon (hopthu@viethtd.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
26 Nov 1996 Da Hieu Magazine
Vietnamese National Military Academy Alumni, USA
Advertisement page of the 'Da Hieu' magazine, published by the VNMA
alumni. The site contains a couple of links to Vietnamese
organisations in the USA. [The site relies on the use of VISCII font - ed.]
URL http://www.vobi-vietnam.org/dahieu
Information supplied by: DaHieu (kbc4027@vobi-vietnam.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
24 Nov 1996 Philippine Stock Market
Infovest, Philippines
An up to date information source about the Philippine stock market and
other investments. Data is current and up to date and includes
overview and analysis of the market. Some links to Philippine web sites.
URL http://knet.mailstation.net
Information supplied by: Kenneth Uy (k_uy@fapenet.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
23 Nov 1996 Birding in Indonesia
www.euronet.nl, Netherlands
A homepage with lots of information about birds, national parks, lists, books, travel reports and more.
URL http://www.euronet.nl/users/rolivier/
Information supplied by: Rob Olivier (rolivier@euronet.nl)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
22 Nov 1996 Chinese Character Genealogy
Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA
An etymological
Chinese-English dictionary, in (Big-5), that shows the
creation of over 4000 characters from about 200
simple ideographs and pictographs. This is done
with a series of "genealogical charts". This
on-line version contains the complete contents of
the printed version published in August 1996.
[Site uses frames-technology - ed.]
URL http://zhongwen.com
Information supplied by: Rick Harbaugh (harbaugh+@pitt.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
21 Nov 1996 Dept. of Oriental Languages and Civilisations
Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland
Our Dept. focuses on Indian and Buddhist Studies. Our server contains
information about our activities, a list of WWW resources in Indology
and Buddhist studies, ongoing projects (Kashikavrtti [critical
edition], Bibliography on Bhartrhari, Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tibet,
Lexicographical Studies in Tibetan Poetry), e-texts and much more. The
site offers TOCs of the Etudes Asiatiques/Asiatische Studien journal.
Best viewed with a frame-capable browser.
URL http://www.unil.ch/orient
Information supplied by: Francois Voegeli (francois.voegeli@orient.unil.ch)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
21 Nov 1996 Bristol Kashmir Page
Bristol Univ., UK
Links to South Asianist researchers and teaching staff at Bristol
University, UK. Also links to other Kashmir-focus sites. [Site under
construction - ed.]
URL http://mail.bris.ac.uk/~poaiae/kashmir.html
Information supplied by: Alexander Evans (a.i.a.evans@bris.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
21 Nov 1996 Official Media Site for the APEC Foundation of the Philippines
APEC, Philippines
News & Information for journalists interested in
the Nov., 1996 APEC Summit Meeting in the
Philippines. Continually updated and archived
news items. [The site contains a number of dead links - ed.]
URL http://www.worldworks.net/apec/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (mark.nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
20 Nov 1996 Pacific Internet Sites page
National Library of Australia (NLA), Australia
The page provides a list of assessed subject sites on the Internet for researchers.
The major headings are : Reference Material, Current Events, News Sources,
Pacific Law Sites, Pacific History, Electronic Journals,
Booksellers/Publishers, and Collecting Institutions.
Pacific Internet Sites was compiled by Elise Edmonds, eedmond@nla.gov.au,
subject librarian, Pacific Studies, NLA.
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/pacsites.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
20 Nov 1996 Auckland Islands
Invercauld Publications, Canada
Diary of Auckland Island Invercauld Expedition,
Dec. 1993. Information on wreck of the Invercauld,
1864 and excerpts from "Wake of the I.." - diary
of one of the three survivors (Rbt. Holding) and
great-grandaughter's pilgrimage to the islands.
General information about islands.
URL http://www.login.net/inverc
Information supplied by: Madelene Allen (inverc@login.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
20 Nov 1996 Online/Email News Service from Mongolia
DataCom Co. Ltd, Mongolia
It is now possible to subscribe to an e-mail news service from
Mongolia, with an option of daily news (Mon-Fri) with ca. 2 pages or
weekly news, with 4 pages every Monday.
For further details, contact Mr. Ch. Ganbold at ganbold@magicnet.mn.
A Web page with the news in English and Mongolian (a week or so old) is also available.
URL http://www.magic.mn/dnews/index.html
Information supplied by: Henry G. Schwarz (schwarz@henson.cc.wwu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
19 Nov 1996 The Ch'an Meditation Center, New York, USA
The Chan Meditation Center, USA
The Chan Meditation Center, Queens, New York, which is under the
guidance of Master Sheng Yen, now has a Web site. The Center and
Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture is a division of Dharma Drum
Mountain Buddhist Association. Contents: Ch'an Tradition, About the
Ch'an Meditation Center, The Founder, Activities, What's New.
URL http://www.chan1.org
Information supplied by: Dave Watson (dave@gate.cybernex.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
19 Nov 1996 Crimean Tatars Home Page
(SOTA) Research Center for Turkestan and Azerbaijan, Netherlands
'Home of The Crimean Tatars' (Kirim Tatarlarinin evi) pages. Site contents:
Introduction; History and Origins; Language and Culture; Deportation
and years of Exile; Years of Return and actual Situation; About SOTA
Research Centre for Turkestan, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Cauacasus and;
Siberia.
URL http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/krimtatar.html
Information supplied by: Mehmet Tutuncu (sota@euronet.nl)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
19 Nov 1996 South Pacific Information Network (SPIN) Calendars of Pacific Events
NCDS, Australian National Univ., Australia
There are two SPIN calendars: (1)
Seminars and Conferences held on the region; (2) Major Holidays and
Events occuring in the Pacific Region. Both calendars can be browsed
(by day, week, month and year), or searched via keywords. [A comprehensive
register of catalogues of Asia-Pacific conferences and events can be found at the
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library's
Meta-Resources
page (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/ WWWVL-AsianMetaRsrcs.html) - ed.]
URL http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/calendar/www-cal.cgi
Information supplied by: 'Alopi Latukefu (alopi.latukefu@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
18 Nov 1996 Conserving Tibetan Art and Architecture
China Exploration & Research Society (CERS), USA/Hong Kong
A new web site dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan monastic
architecture and traditional mural painting. The CERS is operating a
program (supported by the Getty Grant) of expert conservation of
endangered monastic sites. A major component of the program is
training for young Tibetans wishing to learn the art and science of
restoration. Two monasteries in Kham (Palpung and Baiya Monasteries)
are being repaired, with the program to expand as funds allow.
URL http://www.webart.com/asianart/cers/
Information supplied by: Pamela Logan (pamlogan@alumni.caltech.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
17 Nov 1996 Vietnam-related general news
Viet San Diego Online, USA
Vietnam-related daily general news, opinions and analysis.
Also links to Vietnamese online resources.
URL http://www.vietsandiego.com/vietnews/
Information supplied by: John Nguyen (nguyens@usa.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
17 Nov 1996 Bibliography of Chinese bibliography
Shinshu Univ., Japan
This is a book-list on Chinese bibliography
in Jis, Big5 and GB Code.
Big5---http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/blist5.html
GB-----http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/blistg.html
And there is another list of publications on Chinese art.
(http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/alistj.html)
URL http://soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp/blistj.html
Information supplied by: Bunri Usami (bunrius@soshi.shinshu-u.ac.jp)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
15 Nov 1996 Zen Center of Hawaii
Zen Center of Hawaii, USA
Zen Center of Hawaii offers traditional (The White Plum [Taizan
Maezumi Roshi] lineage) style zen training, meditation and sesshins.
Publishes a newsletter, Muddy Waters. Web site also provides some
Dharma teachings.
URL http://planet-hawaii.com/zen
Information supplied by: Robert Joshin Althouse (zch@aloha.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
15 Nov 1996 AUS-CSCAP Newsletter No. 3 September 1996
Australian National Univ., Australia
This is the third issue of Australia and Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
The first issue of the AUS-CSCAP Newsletter 'Australia and Security Cooperation in the Asia
Pacific' appeared in Aug 1995. A major purpose of the newsletter, which appears at 6 monthly
intervals, is to provide a means by which government agencies and non-governmental
institutes can report on their activities with respect to security cooperation in the Asia Pacific region
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Depts/RSPAS/AUSCSCAP/Auscnws3.html
Information supplied by: Stephen Bates (stephen.bates@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
15 Nov 1996 Road to East Asia
Founders College, York Univ., Canada
The first issue of Volume Two is now available,
with a focus on the "triumph of self" and the
struggle against fate in contemporary Chinese
literature. "Golden knight courts queen of
darkness," "Prophetic vision of a New China,"
"Self expression takes flight," and "Frankenstein
models for make-up artist" are some of the articles
featured in this issue.
URL http://www.yorku.ca/academics/iwai
Information supplied by: Isabella Wai (iwai@yorku.ca)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
15 Oct 1996 Asian Business
web3.asia1.com.sg, Singapore
An online edition of a major Southeast Asian magazine aimed at qualified
senior executives throughout the region. This monthly, est. 1965,
provides authoritative, up-to-date coverage of Asian business affairs.
The web site offers full-text articles from AsiaTech, Business Watch,
Corporate View and Dateline Asia.
URL http://web3.asia1.com.sg/timesnet/navigatn/text/ab.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
14 Oct 1996 Indonesia Net Exchange
Indonesia Net Exchange, Indonesia
Site's self-description: "We are the first and the only Information Provider for Capital Market
in Indonesia and Asia. Our goal is to attract additional investors to
Indonesia; provide additional information to investors directly from
issuers and other capital market participants; and provide a
"one-stop" central access point, 24 hours a day, for investors
world-wide to gather up-to-date information on developments in the
Indonesian capital market." Requires registration.
URL http://www.indoexchange.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: data not available
13 Nov 1996 Virtual Azerbaijan page
Univ. of Southern California, USA
A Web site on Azerbaijan Republic. Maintained by Adil Baguirov.
Features original content, as well as updated links, on politics,
economy, history, sports, news, entertainment, music, other reference
resources. [Strong background colour renders pages illegible when
viewed without the accompanying graphics - ed.]
URL http://www-scf.usc.edu/~baguirov/azeri.htm
Information supplied by: Adil Baguirov (baguirov@castor.usc.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
14 Nov 1996 Beyond the Card Catalogue: New Resources for China Research
Univ. of Michigan Asia Library, USA
Online catalog of existing electronic and print resources on China.
Many of the resources referenced here do not focus solely on China,
but they contain valuable material or citations related to China.
This Web site was developed in November 1996. Contents: Daily News
from China, Taiwan and HK; General Data on China and the region; Web
Resources in UM Campus; Other Web Sites on China; Databases at the U.
of Michigan etc.; Net Publications and Indexes on China; Case Studies;
Center for Chinese Studies News (Web Page for the Center for Chinese
Studies, Web Page for the Center for Japanese Studies, Korean Studies
Program, Chinese Film Series, Japanese Film Series, International
Institute); Search Engine. [The site uses frames technology - ed.]
URL http://141.211.29.182/pre/
Information supplied by: Vanessa Nolan (vnolan@umich.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
14 Nov 1996 Program in Critical Asian Studies
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA
A interdisciplinary UW Rockefeller Foundation Grant Program in
Critical Asian Studies. Proposals are invited for projects seeking to
explore one or more of the following areas: 1) the
internationalization of scholarship on Asia; 2) the contemporary role
of racialization, ethnicization and gendering in structuring the
movement of population through North American-Asian circuits; 3)
changes affecting the historical tension of the disciplinary boundary
between Asian Studies and Asian American Studies; and 4) the ethics
and politics of building productive relationships among academic
scholars and community interests (e.g. ethnicized American
communities, Asian communities in diaspora outside the United States,
refugee and migrant communities and so on).
URL http://weber.u.washington.edu/~critas/
Information supplied by: Tasia Asakawa (critas@u.washington.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
13 Nov 1996 Asian/Business Studies at U.Tampere, Finland
Univ. of Tampere, Finland
Asian Studies project at the University's Institute for Extension
Studies provides a variety of different kind of training courses for
Finnish businessmen and businesswomen. The courses take place in
Finland and also in Asia Pacific region. The objective of the training
is to provide the special skills necessary in trade with Asia Pacific
countries by familiarizing the participants with the Asian cultures
and business environments.
URL http://www.uta.fi/tyt/asianstudies
Information supplied by: Mr. Mika Nirvi (tymini@uta.fi)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
13 Nov 1996 AWOL: Asian Women Out Loud
www.zip.com.au, Australia
This is a voluntarily-run, non-profit website aiming to give Asian
women from around the world a voice on the Net and a place to focus
and exchange information, views and support.
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.zip.com.au/~awol/
Information supplied by: Juliana Ngiam (awol@zip.com.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
13 Nov 1996 Index of Thailand
Only The Best Info Co., Ltd., Thailand
Electronic Yellow Pages: over 20,000 companies classified in over 1,000 categories,
incl. media, travel, leisure, government index, classifieds and business.
URL http://207.158.204.20/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
13 Nov 1996 Japan's Foreign Policy Toward
Vietnam: 1978-1992
International Relations Research Archive, USA
The full text of a recent master's thesis. Diplomatic history between
Japan and Vietnam focusing on Japan's attempt to balance trade
possibilities with post-war Vietnam against security and economic
requirements of the US-Japan relationship and the influences from
China, ASEAN, the Soviet Union, and the Cambodian Crisis. Also
available: Full statistics
(http://www.irra.org/dwj) of Japan's imports and exports in each of
the nine UN defined trade sectors to 14 different Asian and Southeast
Asian countries for the years 1975-1992.
URL http://www.irra.org:80/dwj/thesis.htm
Information supplied by: Dave Jenkins (webmaster@irra.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
13 Nov 1996 Global Extension Forestry
Oregon State Univ., USA
A course in Global Extension Forestry emphasizing
forest regeneration administration, science, and
silvicultural practices all over the world. Photographs from field trips
to Thailand and Vietnam.
URL http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/ntc/gef.htm
Information supplied by: Dr. Robin Rose (roser@fsl.orst.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
12 Nov 1996 Center for Pacific Asia Studies at Stockholm University
Stockholm Univ., Sweden
The Center for Pacific Asia Studies is a multidisciplinary research center, emphasis on contemporary social development in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
URL http://www.cpas.su.se
Information supplied by: Katharina Soffronow (cpas@orient.su.se)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
12 Nov 1996 SACPAD Homepage
Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm Univ., Sweden
SACPAD is a searchable database covering Swedish academic contacts with Pacific Asia. It is a good entry point to reach researchers, both in Sweden and in Pacific Asia, active in this field of studies.
URL http://www.sacpad.su.se
Information supplied by: Peter Nimerius (sacpad@orient.su.se)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
12 Nov 1996 The Alternative Dictionaries (TAD)
www.notam.uio.no, Norway
An Internet collaborative project on international slang dictionaries
(in Nov. 96 there were 3101 entries from 79 languages).
Not for the easily offended. Covers slang and uncouth words in
languages of nations of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific,
including: Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Baluchi, Bengali,
Burmese, Cantonese, Chinese, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi,
Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer, Kirghiz,
Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Malay, Maori, Mongolian, Nepali,
Panjabi, Pashto, Persian, Sinhala, Tagalog, Tajiki, Tamil, Telugu,
Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese.
URL http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/
Information supplied by: Michael Schelling (mschelling@saltmine.radix.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
12 Nov 1996 The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
JETRO,Toronto, Canada
A non-profit Japanese government-supported organization mandated to
promote mutually beneficial trade and industrial cooperation between
Japan and Canada. JETRO, Toronto offers a broad range of services and
programmes for Canadian companies interested in the Japanese market.
Many of these are free.
URL http://www.toronto.jetro.org/
Information supplied by: (yamamotom@toronto.jetro.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
11 Nov 1996 Sydney Centre for Studies in Caodaism
Cao-Dai Temple of New South Wales, Australia
Caodaism is an indigenous religion in Vietnam which synthesises principles
of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Caodaism is described as a
'super-Theosophy' bringing harmony to all spiritual beliefs and
philosophies.
URL http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/~tdao/tam.htm
Information supplied by: Dao, Cong-Tam (tdao@library.usyd.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
08 Nov 1996 Southeast Asian Images and Text (SEAiT)
Univ. of Wisconsin, USA
An "interactive multimedia database" including hyptertext
bibliographic references and descriptive text for each multimedia
item. The project is in its first phase: a searchable collection of
images from the Philippines. Future plans include expansion of this
collection to over 6,000 images and digital sound and video archives.
The site offers keyword, atlas, and multiple field searches, as well
as a searchable inverted index of cataloging terms used in the
development of the site.
URL http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/seait/
Information supplied by: John Ballard (john.ballard@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
08 Nov 1996 Vietnam in Pictures
Kagawa Univ., Japan
As an introduction to Vietnam's history, culture, and people, this
site provides you with a good number of pictures of Hanoi, Hue, and
Halong. Each picture is accompanied by a brief introduction, and some
related legends. An introduction to "Tuong", a Vietnamese classical
drama can also be found here.
URL http://133.92.110.84/kim/kim_index.htm
Information supplied by: Nguyen Quang Kim (nkim@ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
07 Nov 1996 Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET), Nov 96
www.gv.net.my, Malaysia
Site contents: East Timor - The search for peace; East Timor - The Hidden
Story; International Day of Solidarity with East Timor; How come we
know so much about Bosnia and so little about East Timor?; East Timor
- Women struggle for dignity and peace; Press Releases.
URL http://www.gv.net.my/apcet
Information supplied by: Vincent K Pollard (pollard@hawaii.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
06 Nov 1996 Hong Kong Baptist University
HKBU, Hong Kong
Contents: Directories; Brief History; Academic programmes & research;
Faculties/Schools and Academic Depts; Research Institutes, Centres and
Consultancy Units; Administrative Offices; University Library Web Page;
Student/Staff statistical figures; Campus Facilities; Student Life & Alumni
Relations; Publications; HKBU Gopher Server.
URL http://www.hkbu.edu.hk
Information supplied by: Raymond (c5006834@hkbu.edu.hk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
06 Nov 1996 INDOSATnet
Internet Services Provider, Indonesia
Contents: INDOSATnet HomePage,INDOSAT HomePage, ConnectionTime, FAQ
BillingInformation, PersonalHomePage, ApplicationForm
URL http://www.Indosat.net.id
Information supplied by: Kusnandar (Koesmin@hotmail.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
06 Nov 1996 The Mongols and Tibet
The Office of Tibet, UK
A Historical Assessment of Relations between the Mongol Empire
and Tibet. A paper by Dept of Information and International
Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala H.P. India.
Contents: PART I Rise and expansion of the Mongol empire; The Mongol
empire under Chinggis Khan's four sons); PART II Analysis of the
position and status of Tibet in relation to the Mongol empire; PART
III Inheritance of authority from the Mongols by China; Appendix A
Titles, Complimentary Titles, Letters and Seals Issued or Exchanged by
Rulers and Spiritual Leaders of Mongolia, Tibet, China, Manchuria,
Vietnam, Korea and Neighbouring Regions; Appendix B Mongol Dynastic
Table; Maps.
[A single, 93Kb strong, document - ed.]
URL http://www.gn.apc.org/tibetlondon/mongol.html
Information supplied by: Tseten Samdup (tibetlondon@gn.apc.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
06 Nov 1996 The China Hong Kong Trade Homepage
Ware-N-Systems, Hong Kong
Includes a classified trade directory of China, Macau & Hong Kong
importers/exporters/manufacturers;
News headlines from China and Hong Kong updated
every day except holidays; photos and images from
Hong Kong & China; other useful links about China
and Hong Kong.
URL http://www.china-hk-trade.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
06 Nov 1996 Bangalore Monthly Online
Ekomate/PCWeb, India/USA
An online monthly information source on
Bangalore, India.
URL http://www.pcweb.com/bangaloremag/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
06 Nov 1996 123India Search Engine
Regency Extrusions And Plastics Pvt Ltd., India
123 India is a search engine dedicated to Indian links and information on
the Internet. If you are connected to India, you are encouraged to connect
to us. Whether business, entertainment, software or travel, visit our home
page. [An empty shell under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.123india.com
Information supplied by: (submit@123india.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
05 Nov 1996 Statistical Data Locator
www.ntu.ac.sg, Singapore
Links to sources of statistics available on the Internet - economic & trade,
demographic etc.). Categories: Asia (Burma (Myanmar), China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand), Oceania (Australia, NZ), USA, Europe, Africa and
World meta-sources.
Also, a link to another Internet guide, the Financial
Data Locators (http://www.ntu.ac.sg/ntu/lib/financial.shtml).
URL http://www.ntu.ac.sg/ntu/lib/statdata.shtml
Information supplied by: Amanda Lo (amanda@ntu.edu.sg)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
05 Nov 1996 Political Studies Department, U. of Auckland
Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand election results misc New Zealand political facts and
figures departmental resources departmental staff course offerings.
URL http://www.auckland.ac.nz
Information supplied by: Steve Hoadley (s.hoadley@auckland.ac.nz)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
04 Nov 1996 Book Reviews - Oceania
www.anatomy.su.oz.au, Australia
Reviews of books about the Pacific region --
ethnography, fiction, geology, history.
URL http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au/danny/book-reviews/s/Oceania.html
Information supplied by: Danny Yee (danny@anatomy.su.oz.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
04 Nov 1996 Book Reviews - Indonesia
www.anatomy.su.oz.au, Australia
A small collection of reviews of books on
Indonesia: academic social science, guidebooks,
fiction, music, ...
URL http://www.anatomy.su.oz.au/danny/book-reviews/s/Indonesia.html
Information supplied by: Danny Yee (danny@anatomy.su.oz.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
04 Nov 1996 Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
La Trobe Univ, Bendigo, Australia
A newly launched project is designed to offer a range of Chinese langauge
subjects from elementary to advanced levels mainly via the Internet. In
addition, 'ChinaBit
Weekly', an online magazine
(http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/chinabit.htm), is published as part of
the program to promote Chinese Studies.
URL http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/
Information supplied by: Dr Lizhong Zhang (l.zhang@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
03 Nov 1996 Macau e outras coisas
Univ. of Virginia, USA
A site devoted to the culture and society of Macau.
Thre are several academic and touristic resources available. Included in the
contents is ethnographic research on Orphans in the territory, a virtual tour,
images from the 1930s, a newspaper, and information on the music of
Macau.
URL http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~iew5c
Information supplied by: Ian Watts (iew5c@virginia.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
03 Nov 1996 Luke Powell - Photographs
Luke Powell - Photographs, USA
Two popular color photography exhibitions are now on-line: The Afghan Folio and
Landscapes, 64 pictures. Classical images from pre-industrial lands:
Afghanistan, Iran, Ladakh, Ceylon, Palestine, and Egypt. We offer images that
load quickly, a parallel path for older computer software, and well written text
and technical notes.
URL http://www.lukepowell.com
Information supplied by: Luke Powell (luke@sover.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
01 Nov 1996 China WWW Virtual Library
Dept of Chinese Studies, Vienna Univ., Austria
Contents: Networking Resources; E-Journals; Information Resources, Politics; Business; Culture;
Internet Guide for China Studies.
Direct links to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Tibet
WWW Virtual Libaries and Other Asian online resources.
China WWW VL is a part of the Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) maintained at the Australian
National University.
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/cn-wwwvl.htm
Information supplied by: Hanno Lecher (Hanno.Lecher@univie.ac.at)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
01 Nov 1996 Internet Guide for China Studies
Dept of Chinese Studies, Vienna Univ., Austria
Contents:
Introduction; What's New; Guides; Academic Institutions; Libraries;
Databases; E-Journals; Newspapers & magazines; Politics;
Business; Booksellers & Publishers; Miscellaneous.
The guide is a part of the China
WWW Virtual Library (http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/cn-wwwvl.htm) maintained at the Vienna
University.
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/netguide.htm
Information supplied by: Hanno Lecher (Hanno.Lecher@univie.ac.at)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
01 Nov 1996 Hong Kong WWW Virtual Library
Asiawind, InTechTra, Inc., USA
Contents: Networking resources, Information resources, Art & Culture resources.
HK WWW VL is a part of the Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) maintained at the Australian
National University.
URL http://www.asiawind.com/hkwwwvl/
Information supplied by: Dr Siu-Leung Lee (sllee@asiawind.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
01 Nov 1996 Singapore WWW Virtual Library
Dept of Chinese Studies, Vienna Univ., Austria
Contents: Networking Resources; Information Resources; Culture.
Direct links to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet
WWW Virtual Libaries and Other Asian online resources.
Singapore WWW VL is a part of the Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) maintained at the Australian
National University.
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/sg-wwwvl.htm
Information supplied by: Hanno Lecher (Hanno.Lecher@univie.ac.at)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
01 Nov 1996 Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam in Australia)
Community Aid Abroad, Australia
Information about Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam in Australia) projects
(and related subjects), including those in Asian-Pacific region:
Australia & the Pacific (Australia; Fiji; New Caledonia/Kanaky;
Papua New Guinea Samoa; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu);South East Asia
(Burma Cambodia; China; East Timor; Indonesia; Laos; Philippines;
Thailand; Vietnam) and South Asia (Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka)
URL http://www.caa.org.au/world/
Information supplied by: Danny Yee (danny@anatomy.su.oz.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
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of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National
University, Canberra.
Copyright 1996 by Coombs Computing Unit, ANU. This Web page may be linked to any
other Web pages. Contents may not be altered.
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