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http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-news.html

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 - marginal]. 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 Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra as a service to the World Wide Web community.

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WWW Asian Studies Announcements: late October 1997

For earlier materials see the Past Issues - Archive.

Dear Readers,
Between 2-7 November 1997, I will be attending a Colloquium on Academic Library Information Resources for Southeast Asian Scholarship (http://www.umlib.um.edu.my/CQUIM2.HTM) at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and I will not be able add any new materials to this online newsletter. However, our electronic data input page http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/regasia.html will continue to operate as usual. Please, feel free to use it to announce your new/improved WWW resources.
The Editor.

31 Oct 1997
2star
Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA)
HKISPA, Hong Kong
Site contents: Our Mission, Membership List, Membership Rules, Press Release, Public Papers, Events, Code of Practice, Protect our young persons from indecent materials on the Internet.
[The HKISPA's 40 members provide services that cover about 95 percent of the Internet market in Hong Kong. Recently HKISPA co-authored with the HK Government a code of practice to regulate the content and use of the Net - ed.]
URL http://www.hkispa.org.hk/
Link submitted by: John Walker (jwalker@tor.hookup.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

31 Oct 1997
3star
Papua New Guinea Drought, 1997
AusAID, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Self-description: "PNG Drought. Listed below are the background papers on the PNG drought"
Site contents: Australia's response to the drought in PNG (23 Sep 97); Agency readies for 'Plan AusAID' (24 Sep 97); Supply flight set to continue (25 Sep 97); Additional AusAID Supply Flight (26 Sep 97); Further Rain has Fallen in Parts of PNG (3 Oct 97); PNG drought update (20 Oct 97); PNG drought update (24 Oct 97); PNG drought update (30 Oct 97).
[AusAID is the Australian Agency for International Development. The site provides an online copy of 'Report of an assessment of the impacts of frost and drought in Papua New Guinea' (in PDF Adobe Acrobat format) written by Drs B. Allen and M. Bourke, RSPAS, ANU. Also the agency publishes news updates on Indonesian fires (http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/hotopics/indofire.html) - ed.]
URL http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/hotopics/drought.html
Link submitted by: Allison Ley (allison@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Oct 1997
3star
Southeast Asia Smog
Yahoo!, USA
Supplied note: "The Yahoo search engine has a new website on the haze hanging over Southeast Asia. It contains links to news reports from Reuters and Southeast Asian newspapers, along with links to related websites such as: Index of Southeast Asian Haze-Related Sites; Haze Online Report (includes satellite images); Maps of Southeast Asian Forest Fires; El Nino; Indonesian Evironmental Impact Management Agency."
[Well organised, frequently updated site - ed.]
URL http://headlines.yahoo.com/Current_Events/southeast_asia_smog
Link submitted by: Raymond Lum (rlum@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Oct 1997
4star
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
RAWA, Pakistan
Self-description: "RAWA is an independent political organization of Afghan women which is struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan."
Site contents: Contact details; Hot news; About RAWA...; RAWA's appeal to all partisans of justice and human rights; Open letter from RAWA to all pro-democracy groups and individuals; Afghan women under the tyranny of the brutal fundamentalists; RAWA through the eye of Amnesty International; Biography of Martyred MEENA, founding leader of RAWA; RAWA's standpoints; RAWA's social activities and financial sources; Photos of RAWA activities; Some of our publications; Revolutionary and patriotic poems and songs; Reports from Afghanistan; Recent reports from Afghanistan; RAWA Photo Gallery; What have the fundamentalists done with our heritage?; Some RAWA documents; Patriotic songs from the audio cassettes released by RAWA (WAV files); Amnesty International report on human rights disaster in Afghanistan; UN report on human rights situation in Afghanistan.
URL http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3340/
Link submitted by: RAWA (rawa@iname.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

29 Oct 1997
3star
Second Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, May 1998
Society for Iranian Studies, USA
Self-description: "In order to promote scholarly investigations of all areas of Iranian studies broadly conceived, the American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIS) and the Society for Iranian Studies (SIS) are jointly organizing the Second Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, to be held in Bethesda, Maryland, May 22-24, 1998. It is hoped that the proposed conference will result in the widest possible gathering yet of scholars working on all areas of Iranian Studies, in all academic disciplines covering all historical periods.
Abstracts of papers to be sent to the Chair of the Program Committee by November 15, 1997."
URL http://www.iranian-studies.org/Conference.html
Link submitted by: Kambiz Eslami (keslami@phoenix.princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 Oct 1997
4star
Chinese Science Journal - Issues Online
UCLA Center for Pacific Rim Studies, USA
Issues are posted two years after publication to provide an opportunity for sale of the paper edition of the journal. Contents of the only, so far, online issue (Number 11, 1993-94): Articles: A Contextual and Taxonomic Study of the "Divine Marvels" and "Strange Occurrences" in the Mengxi bitan -- by Daiwie Fu; A Medical Line of Many Masters: A Prosopographical Study of Liu Wansu and His Disciples from the Jin to the Early Ming -- by Wu Yiyi; Space and Time in Chinese Texts of Astronomy and of Mathematical Astronomy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- by Jean Claude Martzloff; Space and Time: Science and Religion in the Encounter Between China and Europe -- by Jacques Gernet; Reviews: Donald Blackmore Wagner, Iron and Steel in Ancient China -- reviewed by Lothar von Falkenhausen.
[Unnecessary technological gadgetry in action: the site publishes *all* information in PDF Adobe Acrobat format, incl. front matter and notes from the editor, and requires downloading of a complete article (anything from 100kb to 700kb strong), before one can even see the first page. In sum, an electronic equivalent of a mediaeval, jewels-incrusted volume on a chain - ed.]
URL http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/chisci/csonline.htm
Link submitted by: Donald B Wagner (dwag@compuserve.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

28 Oct 1997
3star
South Asian Internet Resources (SAIR) Database
South Asian Milan, Canada
Supplied note: "SAIR is the Yahoo! of South Asian resources."
[A fast and elegant database of unannotated, unevaluated links to WWW pages (plenty of business/corporate materials) from or about Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - ed.]
URL http://www.samilan.com/#sair
Link submitted by: Salma Jiwani (webmaster@samilan.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Oct 1997
4star
Tajikistan Update
Angelfire Communications, USA
Self-description: "Updated Daily. Provided by David Straub -- Contact at stra0179@maroon.tc.umn.edu". Site contents: News Section, Analytical Articles Section, Cultural Links and Photos, Maps and Flags Section, Iraj Bashiri's Home Page, The Soros Foundation Resources
[The News Section provides links to appropriate pages of the 'Infoseek News Channel' (http://www.infoseek.com/). Not all of those links function properly - ed.]
URL http://www.angelfire.com/sd/tajikistanupdate/
Link submitted by: David P Straub (david.p.straub-1@tc.umn.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

25 Oct 1997
4star
Ecostan News: Ecological News from Central Asia
Eric Sievers & Green Salvation, USA
Self-description: "English language reports about the environment and environmental movements of Karakalpakstan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Information is collected from personal communication, local newspapers, site visits, and translations of the work of leading environmental thinkers in the region."
[The journal archive covers issues since Sep 1993 - ed.]
URL http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/science/ecostan/ecostan.index.html
Link submitted by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

24 Oct 1997
4star
Catalogue of Older Chinese Books, The Royal University Library, Oslo, Norway
Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
Supplied note: "The collection catalogued here is rather a miscellany of mostly 18th- and 19th-century books, but it is strong on two subjects: (1) missionary publications in Chinese; (2) Chinese numismatics. The latter because it incorporates the collection of Frederik Schjoedt."
URL http://coco.ihi.ku.dk/~dbwagner/Oslo/Oslo.html
Link submitted by: Donald B Wagner (dwag@compuserve.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Oct 1997
4star
International Journal of Tantric Studies (IJTS)
Univ. of Perugia, Italy
Self-description: "This [electronic - ed.] Journal is open to all bona fide scholars in Tantric Studies in Sanskrit, Bengali, Vernacular, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, etc. Particular attention is paid to the Trika schools of Kashmir. This Journal was primarily established to publish on Tantras (or Agamas or Samhitas in Sanskrit) scholarly topics concerning one or more parts of them. This includes the philosophy of language, of knowledge, aesthetics, rhetorics, etc. (e.g. Abhinavagupta's commentary on the DhvanyAloka of Anandavardhana). It also includes e.g. architectural Tantric-based items, stotras, papers on Tantric authors, medicine, chemistry, astronomy/astrology, history of Tantrism, etc."
URL http://www.shore.net/~india/ijts/
Link submitted by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Oct 1997
2star
Annual South Asia Conference, Feb 1998
Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
Self-description: "13th Annual South Asia Conference, Center for South Asia Studies, International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley February 14-15, 1998.
Panel proposals are invited from scholars in areas such as popular culture; music; history of art; literature; the social sciences; landscape, architectural and environmental design; natural resources; journalism and others. Interdisciplinary or multinational panels are particularly welcome. Deadline for panel proposals - October 24, 1997."
URL http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/conference.html
Link submitted by: Amanda Lin (cornell.edu@cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

21 Oct 1997
3star
University of Malaya Library (UML)
Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Self-description: "The Library's collection throughout the system records an accessioned total of 1,112,578 volumes of printed books, bound journals, manuscripts and Braille material. The non-print collection has 508,608 units of materials in the forms of audio-video formats, microforms, slides, etc. The Library receives 8,521 titles of periodicals on current subscription and as gifts. The collection also covers various subject areas; in various scripts (Arabic, Tamil, Chinese, Japanese, etc.) and languages (Malay, English, Chinese, Japanese, Tamil, Arabic, etc."
Site contents: Universiti Malaya Homepage, What's New, About UML, OPAC Services, Special Collections, Library System, Publications, Links & Resources (Subject Resources, Search Tools & Links), Contact Us.
URL http://www.umlib.um.edu.my/
Link submitted by: Dr. Zaiton Osman (zaiton@ns1.umcsd.um.edu.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Oct 1997
4star
USC Chinese Language Projects
Univ. of Southern California, USA
Supplied note: "Thanks to the financial and personnel support from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, CIBEAR, East Asian Studies Center of Univ. of Southern California, we were able to undertake a few projects and place some of the results of our work [online - ed.]"
Site contents: Progressive Readings, General Readings, Courses, Faculty, Students, Study Abroad, Scholarship, Chinese Language, Treasure Box (Bookstores on-line, Business Chinese, Culture, History, Politics, Travel, Entertainment)
URL http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese
Link submitted by: Audrey Li (audreyli@almaak.usc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 Oct 1997
3star
The Film Australia Footage Library
Film Australia, Australia
Self-description: "At present we have over 7 million feet of material, and every day it seems to grow a little more. Most of it has been shot by award-winning cinematographers from Australia and overseas. There are over 100 subject headings, and over 400,000 feet of archival material dating back from the late 1800's."
[Asia-Pacific part of the collection contains material filmed in: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam - ed.]
URL http://www.filmaust.com.au
Link submitted by: Grant McCall (g.mccall@unsw.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Oct 1997
3star
A List of Chinese Bookstores
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Self-description: "This list for the most part consists of bookstores [in Germany, UK, Japan, PRC, Taiwan and US - ed.] that carry scholarship on traditional China and reprints of old Chinese texts. The entries for Europe and the U.S. include bookstores that carry books about China in European languages. The entries were written 1992-1997."
[An annotated guide. Complements information collected by Kiel Univ., Germany in their Antiquarian bookdealers specializing in Oriental and East Asian Studies (http://www.uni-kiel.de:8080/ORIENTALISTIK/easl/books.html#Ger) - ed.]
URL http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~kiesch
Link submitted by: John Kieschnick (kiesch@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Oct 1997
4star
Caspian Crossroads: A Quarterly on Caspian Region
United States-Azerbaijan Council, USA
Self-description: "Caspian Crossroads magazine examines political and economic implications of the latest developments in the region. As for the magazine's scope and content, we will include issues on politics, geo-politics, business, economics, law, history and culture. Our goal is to present a comprehensive review of the region's nations with their different priorities and potentials. The Council is committed to present information within a framework of objectivity; therefore, we pledge allegiance to accuracy, credibility and impartiality."
[Published since Winter 1995. Several online articles dealing with the countries and territories of Caucasus as well as those of the Middle East and Central Asia - ed.]
URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/usazerb/casp.htm
Link submitted by: Erjan Kurban (ekurban@wam.umd.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Oct 1997
4star
Austrian National Library - Sinica Collection
Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria
Supplied note: "The Sinica Collection of the Austrian National Library is a small but very precious one. The first books of the collection being added during the 17th century, most of the books are on history, but works on literature, religion and phonology are also found. Very important are the 200 congshu (collectanea), including an edition of the Huang-Qing jingjie (180 works in 40 volumes), edited by the famous Qing dynasty (1644-1911) scholar Ruan Yuan (1764-1849), and a facsimile edition of the Siku quanshu huiyao (473 works in 500 volumes), edited by Ji Yun (1724-1805)."
[The site offers navigation both in German and English, and, occasionaly, in the mixture of the two languages - ed.]
URL http://www.onb.ac.at/online_s/sinica/sinicafr.htm
Link submitted by: Hanno Lecher (Hanno.Lecher@univie.ac.at)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Oct 1997
4star
Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS)
Univ. of Kansas, USA
Supplied note: "The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas is the only resource of its kind for the midwestern United States. Its mission is to sponsor and promote special lectures, conferences, workshops, research colloquia, outreach programs, curriculum development, library acquisitions, summer language institutes and exchange programs." Site contents: About the CEAS (Organization, CEAS Personnel, Hours); CEAS Newsnotes and Calendar of events; CEAS Related Art Facilities (Museum links, Local Asian Art exhibits/events); East Asian Studies Course Offerings; East Asian Degrees Available at KU; East Asian Internet Resources (Asia - general, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, East Asian Studies Bibliographies Clearinghouse, East Asian Libraries, East Asian Studies Programs); East Asia Related Faculty; Fellowships & Assistantships; Japan Resources in Mid America; KU's East Asia Library.
URL http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ceas
Link submitted by: Homepage Editor (ceas@falcon.cc.ukans.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Oct 1997
1star
Rakiura - Stewart Island, New Zealand
Sam Sampson, NZ
Supplied note: "An introduction to the natural and human history of New Zealand's southern inhabited island."
URL http://www.commercial.co.nz/~rakiura/
[An elegant and informative site (alas, it uses the navigation-wrecking frames technology) of great use to holiday-makers and tourists - ed.]
Link submitted by: Sam Sampson (sam@southnet.co.nz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

17 Oct 1997
4star
The World Uyghur Network News (WUNN)
Eastern Turkistan Information Center, Germany
Taklamakan Uighur Human Rights Association, USA
Supplied note: "Electronic newsletter devoted to the current political, cultural and economic developments in Eastern Turkistan and to the Uyghur people related issues. Eastern Turkistan (Sherqiy Turkistan in Uyghur) is a name used by the indigenous people of the region for their motherland located in what is at present the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic China. The WUNN brings information on situation in Eastern Turkistan from the Uyghur and other sources to the attention of the international community."
[Online issues since June 1996. Simple & fast-loading set of documents - ed.]
URL http://www.uygur.com/en/wunn/wunn.html
Link submitted by: Rakhim Aitbayev (rakhim@lochbrandy.mines.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Oct 1997
3star
Asia-related web sites at the ANU
Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National Univ., Australia
Supplied note: "As part of a redesigned Faculty of Asian Studies web presence (http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/), I have written a page that lists Asia-related web sites at the ANU." Site contents: Asian Studies World-Wide Web Virtual Library; Australia South Asia Research Centre; Australia-Japan Research Centre; Centre for Middle East and Central Asia Studies; China Bulletin, ANU; Chinese serials, ANU and National Library of China; Contemporary China Centre; Department of Economics, RSPAS; Department of International Relations, RSPAS; Department of Political & Social Change, RSPAS; East Asian Collection, ANU Library; Indonesian Project, RSPAS; Indonesian Serials, ANU; Institute of the Arts; Malay Concordance Project; Malaysia Project Seminars, RSPAS; Master of Business Administration Program; National Centre for Development Studies; National Thai Studies Centre; Northeast Asia Program, RSPAS; Online libraries in Mainland China; Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
URL http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/sites.html
Link submitted by: Greg Young (Greg.Young@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

17 Oct 1997
3star
About The Dictionary of Turkic Languages
Imagins Interactive Media, USA
Supplied note: "Dictionary of Turkic Languages, Routledge. 1996 (361 pp). New multi-language dictionary includes Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uighur, Uzbek. Hardback. Two thousand headwords in English translated with original script(s) and Latin transcriptions plus alphabetical indices. CD-Rom version with native speakers pronunciation to be released in 1998."
[Web pages with commercial information about and sample extracts from the book by by Kurtulus Oztopcu, Zhoumagaly Abuov, Nasir Kambarov & Youssef Azemoun - ed.]
URL http://www.imagins.com/MM/DTL.htm
Link submitted by: Marla Petal (mpetal@imagins.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Oct 1997
3star
Vietnam Online: Business, Travel, Culture, News
Pacific R.I.M, Hanoi, Vietnam
Supplied note: "The site is divided into searchable databases highlighting business, news, travel, cultural attractions and classifieds. The business section features directories of foreign and Vietnamese companies, foreign investment statistics and other key business information, including the Vietnam Investment Review interactive edition. The travel section provides information about hotels, airlines, flights, embassies and government offices. In the cultural section visitors will find information on Vietnam's history, galleries, artists, monuments, and museums."
[Several areas accessible only to registered (free registration) users. Most of the databases can be updated directly by the end-user. The site uses frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.vietnamonline.net
Link submitted by: Adam Sherk (adams@mmgco.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Oct 1997
3star
MA in International Relations, ANU
RSPAS, Australian National Univ., Australia
Self-description: "The MA in International Relations is an intensive 12-month degree course designed for those seeking a career in international affairs with an Asia-Pacific focus, whether in diplomacy, education, business or international agencies. Located at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), ANU, the Program is uniquely placed to offer a degree that combines a general foundation in international relations with a specialisation in Asia-Pacific political economy, international history and security."
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Depts/RSPAS/PS-IR/mair.htm
Link submitted by: Greg Fry (mair@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Oct 1997
4star
National Center for Development Studies - Publications Online
NCDS, Australian National Univ., Australia
Self-description: "Beginning July 1997 NCDS will distribute our working papers online free. All you have to do is download them onto your computer and print them out. Documents are in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format). The Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) program is required to view and print NCDS online publications after downloading." Site contents: China Economy, Development Issues, Southeast Asia, South Asia, South Pacific, Other publications.
URL http://ncdsnet.anu.edu.au/online/online.htm
Link submitted by: Yiping Huang (yiping@ncds.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

16 Oct 1997
5star
Thailand's New (16th) Constitution
Nation Multimedia Group, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note: "On Saturday, 11 October H.M. The King of Thailand signed the new constitution -- Thailand's 16th. For those interested, one of the local media sites has a full text copy posted on the web." The online publisher, The Nation Multimedia's comment: "The Thai constitution has evoked the wrath of Thai politicians and may bring democracy to Thailand. See the draft constitution here."
[A 72Kb strong document in English - ed.]
URL http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nation/constitution/draft.html
Link submitted by: Steven Rundle (slrundle@ksc8.th.com)
* Resource type [news - document - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

16 Oct 1997
3star
Haveeru Daily Online, Maldives
Haveeru Daily, Male', Maldives
Supplied note: "We are the only publishers of an online daily newspaper in Maldives. It is published in Dhivehi and English."
[Informative, current and fast-loading site - ed.]
URL http://www.haveeru.com
Link submitted by: Haveeru Daily (haveeru@dhivehinet.net.mv)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Oct 1997
4star
Journal of South Asia Women Studies (JSAWS)
Univ. of Perugia, Italy
Self-description: "The [electronic - ed.] Journal is open to all bona fide scholars in South Asia Women Studies. It is meant to disseminate works which address theoretical and practical issues that are of interest to both scholars of South Asia and to women in and from South Asia. Subjects: law, civil rights, gender issues, religion, philosophy, politics, feminism and ecofeminism, classical and modern literature, poetry, dance, music, drama, language, translations, history, folklore, customs, medicine, architecture, discoveries and cultural or social products by women, etc. Areas of study: India, Nepal, Tibet, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Shri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines."
URL http://www1.shore.net/~india/jsaws/
Link submitted by: Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
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