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by Raymond Lum - Fall 1998 (Print source*) The online version of links of this column can be found on the AAS website: http://www.aasianst.org/asiawww.htm Please send corrections, recommendations, and comments to rlum@fas.harvard.edu ASIA & GENERAL
Text and visuals of the UC Berkeley exhibition "A Hundred Harvests History Of Asian Studies at Berkeley," with links to the Asian catalogs.
Asia Via Web Radio and Television An extensive list, with links, to radio and television broadcasts from Asia. Categorized by "Asia, General" and then by individual countries. Links to free, downloadable software for listening and viewing.
Asian Studios and the Web "This paper reviews the current role of the WWW in Asia as well as in Asian Studies. It also summaries major positive and negative developments, identifies emerging long-term trends, and offers predictions for the period 1999-2005." Another major contribution from Dr. Matthew Ciolek of Australian National University.
Asia Pacific Research Online "This web server specializes in networked scholarly information related to online research, teaching, and publishing about Asia and related regions and topics." Links to online information resources, bookstores, and a catalog, with links, to the numerous web pages compiled or edited by Dr. Ciolek.
The Speech and Transcript Center A collection of links to speeches and testimony from government and business leaders, including the U.N., National Public Radio, Asian Development Bank, television and radio shows, U.S. federal and state governments.
Asian Art
Brief information on jazz clubs in Hong Kong, Macau, Sri Lanka, India, Japan, USA, Europe, Africa, South America.
A compendium of resources on contemporary Buddhist women, including conferences, publications, research activities, ordination, retreats. Features selectively annotated bibliography.
Asian Archaeology on the Net Indexes 200 ease containing archaeology meanness, under 33 categories, with annotated sake. Listings for Asia am wide ranging.
A Yahoo-type search engine for South Asia. arranged by very broad topics (academics, administration, Afghanistan, etc.).
Unicode for South Asian Scripts On the Unicode scheme for using non-Roman scripts on the World Wide Web. Prepared by Suzanne McMahan this site gives background and information on the Berkeley experience with Unicode.
An online catalog for selecting and ordering Indian and Pakistani videos. Search by title under " New Releases," "Classics," " English Sub-title," etc. A commercial site.
A collection of memorabilia, personal papers, correspondence, photographs, early publications, ephemera, newsletters of community organizations, etc., on the South Asian diaspora worldwide. Includes Archive of the South Asian Diaspora, bibliographic guides by country of emigration, electronic resources, etc. An official associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
South Asian Books from Missouri A U.S.-based supplier of South Asian publications, with online ordering, publishers' catalogs, etc.
Text of the paper "Pakistan's Nuclear Tests; an Appraisal,"from the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, Lancaster University, UK. Links to related analyses, analyses of India's tests, comments, news, information, photographs of missiles.
Vietnam Economic News A weekly business magazine (in English) published in Hanoi. Features articles selected from Vietnam newspapers and magazines.
A collection of resources on Hmong history, culture, language, and current events: publications list for researchers, including Hmong newspapers and journals, discussion lists. An official Associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
Site of a non-profit organization to promote Filipino-Chinese friendship and the integration of Chinese into Philippine society. Provides facts on Chinese in the Philippines and a list of their publications, with sample issues of periodicals in English and Chinese (Big 5).
National Democratic Front, Philippines Information an the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People's Amy, peace talks, arts and culture, etc.
Philippines News Homepage of the Dept. of Science and Technology, Government of the Philippines, gives information on national government offices, weather forecasts, information on educational institutions, etc.
The first "successful" Democratic Burmese program on the Internet "... independent of any political, social or welfare organization in Australia or overseas..." A weekly Burmese-language radio broadcast; requires Real Audio Player (download free).
Text of the paper "Cambodia's Political Future: Issues far U.S. Policy."
An academic site for research on Asia and Latin America, with emphasis on Indonesia, China, and Chile. Links to online newspapers and other information source, national banks. Part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
Teachers of Japanese Studies, K-12 Site maintained by the Foreign Service Association for teachers of Japanese studies. Features lesson plans, selected articles from the Association's journal, maps of Japan, online resource center, links to numerous online resources.
Asia Educational Media Service is a program of the Center for East Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Helps educators locate media materials.
Bridge to Japan An extensive, annotated index of Japanese/Japan-related internet resources, including academic, arts, computing, environment, language, law, libraries, literature, politics, travel, etc. Maintained by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in the UK.
East Asia on the Internet Annotated list, with links, of internet resources in East Asian studies. This is the text of a paper in College & Research Libraries, vol. 59, no. 7 (July 1998). Japan's Political Parties House of Councillors: http://www.sangiin.go.jp/ Liberal Democratic Party: http://www.jimin.or.jp/ Democratic Party: http://www.dpj.or.jp/ Socialist Democratic Party. http://www.omnics.co.jp/politics/SDPJ/SDPJ.html Japanese Communist Party: http://www.jcp.or.jp/
A database of historical materials on Australia-Japan relations, from 1901 to 1957, especially those relating to the wartime relationship. Also commissioned essays on historical sources, including an essay with selected images from the Australian War Memorial database. Produced by the Australia- Japan Research Project, Australian War Memorial, and funded by the Japanese government.
An extensive bibliography of printed materials on the arts of Japan. Citations are critically annotated.
Site of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia; information on the Association, Japan links, newspapers online, etc.
A catalog of existing resources on China, from the Asia Library at the University of Michigan. Contains daily news, general information, web resources, full-text or abstracts of journals, etc.
Website, of journal previously named Modem Chinese Literature. Contains a very extensive bibliography of English-language studies on modem Chinese literature and media, music, translations, e-texts, journals, etc.
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Jazz in Asia
Buddhist Women Worldwide
South Asia Search Engine
Indian Videos: Catalog
South Asian Diaspora
Pakistan's Nuclear Tests
Census of India
New Delhi - Library of Congress
Hmong Homepage
Filipino-Chinese Friendship Site
Radio Free Burma
Cambodia's Political Future
Research on Indonesia
K-12 Media on Asia
Australia-Japan Historical Materials
Readers' Guide to Arts of Japan
Japanese Studies in Australia
China: New Resources
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture