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This Newsletter is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek
The "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" Online Newsletter (ISSN
1323-9368) was established in April 1994.
Resources listed in this Newsletter are inspected and
rated in terms of the quality, overall reliability and usefulness of
their content to the social sciences' research in Asia-Pacific region.
All ratings are carried out on a 5 point scale [essential -
v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]. The ratings are correct for the date
a resource is listed in this Newsletter. They reflect the Editor's judgment
without 'fear or favour', and are not negotiable.
The newsletter is provided by the Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools of
Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National
University (ANU), Canberra as a service
to the World Wide Web community.
27 Feb 1997
Silkroad Foundation Home Page
Silkroad Foundation, USA
"Silkroad Foundation was established in 1996 to promote the study and
preservation of cultures and arts on the Silkroad. Our main goal, at
present, is to establish and maintain vital links to the Silkroad
communities here and abroad in order to keep informed regarding the
latest research and discoveries on the Silkroad." Site contents:
Foundation Info; Silk Road Chronology; Dunhuangology; Travel;
Lectures; Articles; Bibliography; Music; CD-ROM; Otherlinks; Search;
News/Events
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.silk-road.com/
Information supplied by: Adela Lee (alee@best.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
26 Feb 1997
Bangladesh Online
www.bdonline.com, USA?
Site contents: Advice of Experts; Business/Yellow Pages; Computer
Companies; Donors; Education; Entertainment; Export/Import; Finance;
Foreign Missions; Garments & Textiles; General Information;
Government; Health; Hotels; Industries; International Organizations;
Literature & Culture; Media; Meet People; NGOs; Pharmaceuticals;
Politics; Professionals; Research Institute; Showbiz; Tourism;
Transports. Also, Bangla Software, Lead News of Bangladesh, About
Bangladesh Online; Important International Web Sites; Web Sites of
other Bangladeshies.
URL http://www.bdonline.com
Information supplied by: Jalal M Syed (j.m.h.syed@iti.salford.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
25 Feb 1997
Univ. of the Immaculate Conception (UIC), Philippines
UIC, Philippines
"A Catholic university situated in Davao City, Philippines.
It is run by the Religious of the Virgin Mary."
URL http://www.uic.fapenet.org
Information supplied by: UIC Webmaster (websmith@mail.uic.fapenet.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
25 Feb 1997
General Santos City, Philippines
Mindanao Network on the WWW, USA
"The page is privately maintained, but was declared as the City's
official home page through a law passed by the city council and signed by
Mayor Rosalita Nunez. It includes information about all aspects of
life and business in General Santos City, Philippines"
URL http://www.mindanao.com/gensan
Information supplied by: Robert Martin (rmartin@mindanao.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
25 Feb 1997
The Mindanao, Philippines Home Page
Mindanao Network on the WWW, USA
"A virtual clearing house for information about Mindanao on the WWW.
The site includes links to Mindanao's major cities, businesses,
colleges and other resources."
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.mindanao.com
Information supplied by: Robert Martin (rmartin@mindanao.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
24 Feb 1997
Seoul Focus - City of Seoul Home Page
Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea
"Official homepage of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Provides
comprehensive information about the city of Seoul, including city
overview, administration, travel, business, arts & culture, education,
links, news, and more."
[Sections of the site utilise frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.metro.seoul.kr
Information supplied by: (seoul@www.metro.seoul.kr)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
23 Feb 1997
Israel Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
"Basic information about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recent
developments in Israel, and a general background about various facets of
Israeli government and life."
URL http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/
Information supplied by: Alan E. Hersh (cyberwiz@web-site.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
23 Feb 1997
Japanese Popular Culture Conference
Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, Univ. of Victoria, Canada
"The conference will be held April 10-12, 1997 at the University of
Victoria in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The conference offers an exciting
program of presentations and events on Japanese popular music, manga
(comics) & animation, television, movies, TV commercials, and leisure
activities, plus themes such as popular culture and changing Japanese
society, and the growing influence of Japanese pop culture outside
Japan."
URL http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/capipopcult
Information supplied by: Tim Craig (tcraig@business.uvic.ca)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
23 Feb 1997
Filipino Internet Business Center
FIBC, Canada
"Lists Filipino businesses on the
World Wide Net."
[Also, links to online Filipino news - ed.]
URL http://www.mabuhay.com
Information supplied by: Jerry Barizo (jmfoto@ix.netcom.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
23 Feb 1997
Don Croner's Siberia and Mongolia Journal
Gadabout Publishing Company, USA
"This page deals with information about Siberia
and Mongolia for the student, traveler,
and other interested parties. Features writing
by the author of the page, Don Croner."
URL http://www.alaska.net/~siberia/SiberMon.html
Information supplied by: Don Croner (siberia@alaska.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
21 Feb 1997
Mekong Institute
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
"Mekong Institute is established with the supported by the Governments
of New Zealand and Thailand in association with Khon Kaen University
and the countries of the region. The institute intends to foster
regional cooperation and development through training in transition
economics and public sector reform for key public and private sector
managers for the Greater Mekong Sub-Region."
URL http://www.kku.ac.th/~sircha1/
Information supplied by: Dr. Suwit Laohasiriwong (suwit@kku1.kku.ac.th)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
21 Feb 1997
ChiMed - History of Chinese Medicine
SOAS, UK
"The ChiMed webpage is managed by an international group of scholars
who study the history of medicine in China. We hope it will serve as
an electronic clearinghouse where people with similar interests can
meet to exchange information and ideas." Site contents: Directory of
scholars, Institutions, Libraries, On-line and electronic resources,
Bibliographies, News and events
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.soas.ac.uk/Needham/Chimed/
Information supplied by: Christopher Cullen (cc3@soas.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
21 Feb 1997
Indonesian Acquisitions List / Daftar Pengadaan Bahan Indonesia
National Library of Australia, Australia
"Indonesian Acquisitions List, no. 4,
December 1996 is now available on the National Library of Australia's Server
at http://www.nla.gov.au/1/asian/pub/ial/0496.html.
It contains entries for Indonesian items acquired from September to November
1996 by the Library's Regional Office, Asia located in Jakarta. Indonesian
Acquisitions List nos.1-3, March-September 1996 are also on the Server."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/1/asian/pub/ial/index.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
19 Feb 1997
Dept of Politics & Public Administration, U. of Hong Kong
The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
"Useful resources on political science for
researchers students. Also has an index of back issues of The Asian Journal
of Public Administration (going back to 1979) which is published by the
Department every 6 months."
URL http://www.ssrc.hku.hk/politics
Information supplied by: Fred Castro (fcastro@ssrc.hku.hk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
19 Feb 1997
The Huntington Archive
Visual Resources Library, History of Art Dept, Ohio State Univ., USA
A photographic research and teaching archive of Buddhist and Related Arts.
Site contents:
General Information about The Archive;
A guide for successful Photo Documentation in field research;
Maps of Asia (both detailed and locator maps);
A Photographic Guide to Lost and Stolen Images: Nepal, Afghanistan;
Asian Art History Image Study Site (password required)
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/default.html
Information supplied by: Janice M. Glowski (glowski.1@osu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
19 Feb 1997
South Asian Language Teachers Association (SALTA)
Univ. Pennsylvania, USA
"The mission of this Association is to encourage a more
effective cooperation among instructors and educators of South Asian
languages, linguistics, and literatures in institutions of higher
studies, particularly colleges and universitites in North America."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~plc/salta/salta.html
Information supplied by: Dr Surendra Gambhir (sgambhir@sas.upenn.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
19 Feb 1997
Indonesian Career Fair Online
IndoScape, USA
"Indonesian career website where people who are
looking for employment in Indonesia can check job vacancies and send
resume electronically. Those who are looking to advance their career
can search career related articles, check various educational
institutions in the USA, and post questions to the Career Forum."
URL http://www.indoscape.com/cfo
Information supplied by: Zaldy Saputra (zaldy@indoscape.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
19 Feb 1997
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
SOPAC, Fiji
"The Geological site of the Pacific for the Pacific, created by SOPAC
and its 16 Pacific member countries. Discover our databases, satellite
images, virtual library, Internet Project and many more."
[The site resides on a slow Internet link - ed.]
URL http://www.sopac.org.fj/
Information supplied by: Franck Martin (franck@sopac.org.fj)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
19 Feb 1997
Basic Cebuano or Visayan
www.netwalk.com, USA
"This site is devoted to the teaching of Visayan or Cebuano, the most
popular mother tongue in the Philippines. We are currently in the
process of recording native speakers to add to the pages."
URL http://www.netwalk.com/~shoni/ceb.html
Information supplied by: Stephen Hudson (shoni@netwalk.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
18 Feb 1997
Earthtimes Asia
The Earth Times Foundation, US
"The Internet edition of the independent
international nonpartisan newspaper on the
environment and sustainable development, and such
interrelated concerns of the
international system as population,
conflict-resolution, governance, human-rights, trade,
and women's and children's rights."
URL http://www.earthtimes.org/asiadirect.htm
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (Mark.Nearhos@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
18 Feb 1997
Directory of Indonesian Painters and Artists
www.directory.or.id, Indonesia
List of artist and painters (by name, by location, by specialization:
painting, sculpture, graphics, tapestry, ceramic, batik) from
Indonesia and their works on-line
[The site is under construction. It resides on a very slow Internet link - ed.]
URL http://www.directory.or.id/painters/
Information supplied by: Sutrisno Murtiyoso (sumur@kami.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
17 Feb 1997
Royal Danish Embassy Beijing
Royal Danish Embassy Beijing, China
"This site serves information on current
relations between China and Denmark. Includes
Calender of Events, Business information, etc."
URL http://www.gcinfo.com/ambadan.cn
Information supplied by: Franz-Michael S. Mellbin (ambadan@public.bta.net.cn)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]:
Essential
17 Feb 1997
Laos WWW Virtual Library
www.lao.net, Australia
Site contents:
New additions, Upcoming conferences, Background Information,
Biographies, Culture & Arts, Economy, Law, Business, and
Investment, Hmong, Human/Rights, Lao Fonts, Lao Internet
Connectivity Efforts, Lao NewsGroup, Music & Entertainment,
Net Search, Networking Resources, Other Resources, Personal
Homepages, Photo & Maps, Publications, Research Resources,
Tourism & Travel.
Laos 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.
[The site, est. Jan 1996, has just moved to a new location. It utilizes
frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.lao.net/laoVL.html
Information supplied by: Pao Saykao (drpao@lexicon.net.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
17 Feb 1997
The Mythic Chinese Unicorn Zhi
Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
"This work is intended to finally prove, beyond a
shadow of doubt, that the mythic Chinese unicorn
was not the qilin, but a one-horned female
goat-like beast called the zhi."
[Colours for hypertext links are counter-intuitive and
hinder navigation across the site - ed.]
URL http://www.rom.on.ca/ebuff/unicorn.htm
Information supplied by: Isabella Guthrie-McNaughton (isabella@rom.on.ca)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
15 Feb 1997
Embassy of the Rep. of Korea in USA
Korean Embassy in USA, USA
Site opened 1 Nov 1996. Contents:
Embassy and Consulates; Korean Information Center; General Information
about Korea; Business in Korea; Media Information; ROK-US
Relations; Travel Information; Related Web Sites.
URL http://korea.emb.washington.dc.us/
Information supplied by: Hae-Wook Cheong (godnr@msn.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
14 Feb 1997
Pacific Islands Small Business Development Center
SBDC, Guam, USA
"Business related information on Guam and the neighboring islands in
the Pacific Region."
URL http://uog2.uog.edu/sbdc
Information supplied by: Philip Wang (phwang@uog9.uog.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]:
Useful
14 Feb 1997
UC Berkeley, Media Resources Center (MRC)
UC Berkeley, USA
"Subject videographies of holdings in the MRC collection,
including S/SE Asia; Asian American Studies."
URL http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
Information supplied by: Gary Handman, MRC director (ghandman@library.berkeley.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]:
Useful
14 Feb 1997
FreeAsia
FreeAsia, USA
"FreeAsia promotes democracy, human rights,
and freedom in Asia."
[Un-annotated links to materials on Burma, Cambodia, China, Korea, Laos,
Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam. The site
sports numerous spelling/typing errors - ed.]
URL http://xlrn.ucsb.edu/~rcole/FREEASIA.html
Information supplied by: rcole (rcole@xxxlrn.ucsb.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
13 Feb 1997
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Web Pages
OECD, France
"OECD is a 29 member multinational organisation
with several Asian members. It also publishes
analyses of nonmember countries."
[Site offers economic data on Asia/Oceania as a whole, Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Turkey and
numerous links to statistical resources on the Internet - ed.]
URL http://www.oecd.org/
Information supplied by: Thomas Weir (thomas.weir@oecd.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Essential
13 Feb 1997
Popular Computer Weekly [Dian Nao Bao]
cpcw.com, China
"A Chinese language e-journal devoted to computer related topics.
Has a section on Chinese language internet resources.
Entirely in Chinese. Requires Guobiao code in order to
display the Chinese script."
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://cpcw.com/
Information supplied by: Dennis Kishere (dennis.kishere@lib.monash.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
11 Feb 1997
The Unofficial Sichuan Yahoo
sunflower.singnet.com.sg, Singapore
Site contents: Business & Economy, Cities (Chengdu, Chongqing,
Emei & Leshan), Cuisine, Culture & Society, Government, History,
Poetry, Travel & Tourism
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~tanwc2/sichuan/index.htm
Information supplied by: Tan Wee Cheng (tanwc@singnet.com.sg)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
11 Feb 1997
Vietnamese Theology and Culture
VietCatholic in USA, USA
"Our WebPage presents an overall pictures and issues of Vietnamese Religions and
particularly Vietnamese Catholic traditions.
Our page on Vietnamese Theology has many articles on Vietnamese theology."
[Documents in Vietnamese. Bilingual annotations of hypertext links - ed.]
URL http://vietcatholic.com/
Information supplied by: Rev John Nghi (Johnnghi@ix.netcom.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
10 Feb 1997
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC)
CHSSC, USA
"The society is a dynamic local community organization with a
record of many worthwhile projects behind it, and many more in the works."
URL http://www.chssc.org
Information supplied by: Gene Cooper (eugeneco@mizar.usc.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
09 Feb 1997
Network for Information between
the European Community and Asia (NICAS)
PROMETHEUS-EUROPE, European Union
Information on: (1) the new European Union / Asia programmes and
policies; (2) the last congress organised in Munich (Germany) in June
96 regarding EU/asia academic cooperations (3) a congress in
Chiang-Rai (Thailand) regarding future EU/Asia cooperations in the
field of science, technology and environment (4-7 Jun 1997).
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.prom.org/network/networks.htm
Information supplied by: Stephan Mayr-Ewald (101317.3676@compuserve.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
09 Feb 1997
South Asia Citizens Web
South Asia Citizens Web, France
An independent new space on the Net to promote dialogue (esp. Indian
/Pakistani) and exchange of information between and about South Asian
Citizens initiatives.
URL http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex
Information supplied by: Harsh Kapoor (aiindex@mnet.fr)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
08 Feb 1997
Newari Art
www.newari.com, USA
"This site includes an 'In Search of the Golden Keys' game, where you can
learn about the symbology of the 'Hevajra Mandala.' There are
animations throughout the site, a collection of unreleased Tankas, as
well as incredible lithographs being offered to the general public, and
more..."
[An online shop - ed.]
URL http://www.newari.com
Information supplied by: Jai Hudes (jai@wwwebport.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
08 Feb 1997
TVRI teletext, Indonesia
TVRITEXT, Indonesia
"Teletext as seen by home viewers of TVRI, Indonesia. News, weather, finance,
the usual materials that teletext services around the world seem to offer, except
of course this is in Bahasa I."
[English language interface plus a search engine - ed.]
URL http://tvritext.cbn.net.id/cgi-bin/tvritext.cgi/
Information supplied by: Rob Kennedy (rk12@soas.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
07 Feb 1997
Nepal-Germany Trade Relations
GTZ-SBPP, Nepal
Site contents: Notes on Nepal, Germany and trade relations between the
two countries, Small Business Promotion Project, Industrial Enterprise
Development Center, Nepal German Chamber of Commerce Industry,
Industrial Enterprise Development Institute, The CEFE Approach,
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
[Also a link to a
South Asia page (by Mercantile Communication Pvt. Ltd) with
information on: Embassy of India in Nepal; Myanmar; Pakistan; Carpet
Industries; Film Production; Hotels & Resorts; ICIMOD; King
Mahendra Trust; Publications; SAARC; Tourism; Travel & Treks - ed.]
URL http://www.south-asia.com/gtz/
Information supplied by: Rudolf Guthier (guthier@mos.com.np)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
05 Feb 1997
Top 10 News from Asia
www.asianmall.com, USA
A site (est. Nov 96) that features a selection of top Asia-related
news Monday thru Friday from various online news sources.
'Top News from Asia' is a part of the Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) maintained at the Australian
National University.
[Headlines for Tue 4 Feb 97: 3 killed as police open fire in Ramnagaram
taluq * Britain to give passport assurance to 8,000 * New global role
for US in Clinton's second term * US tipped to sponsor UN rights
resolution * Samsung tunes into Indian market as Sony lags behind *
Japanese, Russian firms agree to $100 mln lumber deal * Hanbo Working
on 8 Projects in 5 Countries * No force to end crisis says Hashimoto *
Jakarta's Chinese told: Tone down New Year joy * BG Lee to open
Asean-EU meeting here next week - ed.]
URL http://www.asianmall.com/top10news
Information supplied by: W. W. Looi (webmaster@asianmall.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]:
Useful
04 Feb 1997
Dept. of Chinese and Japanese, U.California, Davis
Univ. of California, Davis, USA
"This site provides web sites related to teaching and learning Chinese online."
URL http://philo.ucdavis.edu/CHINESE
Information supplied by: Tianwei Xie (twxie@ucdavis.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
03 Feb 1997
All About Australia
WonderWeb, Australia
A range of annotated links to general and specific information
about Australia designed to be of use to students, travellers,
business people and the general public.
URL http://www.acay.com.au/~wonder/aaa/aaa.html
Information supplied by: Peter Ninnes (wonder@acay.com.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
03 Feb 1997
Sino-Australian Electronic Information Center (SAEIC)
National Library of China, Beijing, China
A joint initiative of the Australian National University Library, the
National Library of China and the Australian Government's
Australia-China Council. Site contents: About the SAEIC project;
Australian Studies Centres in China & elsewhere; Useful
Australia-related internet resources (incl. Resources mirrored by the
SAEIC); Australian representative offices in China; A sampler of
Australian images. The web pages are also available (http://nlc.nlc.go.cn/) in Chinese
(GB-encoded).
[A site mainly aimed at the PRC audience. Some of the mirrored
Australian www pages are out-of-date - ed.]
URL http://nlc.nlc.go.cn/etext.htm
Information supplied by: Darrell Dorrington (Darrell.Dorrington@library.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Useful
03 Feb 1997
Trout: E-journal of New Zealand & Pacific Islands Literature
Univ. of Auckland Library, New Zealand
An electronic journal of literature (est. Jan 1997) intended to
encourage writers and artists to explore the new medium of the web.
The first issue includes poems by Robert Sullivan, Michelle Leggott
and Janet Charman, short fiction by Dan McMullin, photographs by
Evotia Tamua, and IPS publisher Linda Crowl's article on the state of
book publishing in the Pacific Region. Submission details are also
available at the web site. Submissions such as reviews, prose, poetry
and artworks are welcomed. It is intended that 'Trout' be issued
quarterly. Earlier issues will be archived and indexed.
URL http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/trout.htm
Information supplied by: Tony Murrow (tmurrow@eve.pl.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Interesting
03 Feb 1997
Internet Guide for China Studies
Vienna Univ., Dept. of Chinese Studies, Austria
"The Internet Guide for China Studies (host of the
official China WWW Virtual Library) has been
completely reorganized, now comprising more than
400 main links to sites relevant to people
interested in China, Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Macau, and Singapore. Access is more convenient
than ever."
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
03 Feb 1997
International Education Programme
Southland Polytechnic, New Zealand
"Providers of intensive English language courses
specialising in Asian students and the cleanest
greenest place in the world to study."
URL http://www.southpoly.ac.nz/~home/overseas.html
Information supplied by: Paul Jennings (paulj@southpoly.ac.nz)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
02 Feb 1997
Galerie Photo Gallery
Robert Fournier/Photographer, Canada
Art photo gallery. Main subject is Asia (China, Vietnam, Philippines
and Indonesia)
[A series of scantily annotated images - ed.]
URL http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/k16305/mapage.html
Information supplied by: Robert Fournier (k16305@er.uqam.ca)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: Feeble
01 Feb 1997
Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN)
AIS, Griffith Univ, Australia
ACASIAN is a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) academic and
applied research centre. As the central node in the Spatial
Information Infrastructure for Asian Studies in Australia (SIIASA)
Consortium, it supplies high quality spatial data to the Australian
academic community. Spatial data sets are also available for
licensing to researchers and commercial organisations world wide.
Contents in Jan 1997: East Asia (PRC, Japan, Korea, Mongolia);
Southeast Asia (Ethnolinguistic maps, Philippines, Vietnam,
Kampuchea, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei,
Indonesia); South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Afghanistan); Near East (Iran, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Arab
countries in Asia)
URL http://www.asian.gu.edu.au
Information supplied by: Prof. L. W. Crissman (crissman@asian.gu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - feeble]: V.Useful
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