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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


21 March 2006

South Asia Research Documentation Services (SARDS) 2

http://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/Sards2/

5star
20 Mar 2006

Martin-Luther Universitat, Halle, Wittenberg, Germany

Self-description:
"SARDS 2 is an electronic database containing bibliographic references to South Asia research articles published in journals, collective volumes, conference proceedings, Festschriften, etc. SARDS 2 is a project of the Centre for Research in the Historiography and Intellectual Culture of Kashmir (adwm.indologie.uni-halle.de), hosted by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and headed by the Halle Chair in Indology. The focus of SARDS 2 is on the humanities and social sciences. To date, over 56.000 citations are electronically searchable, covering the period from 1786 until 2000. All entries can be downloaded and easily printed. SARDS 2 corresponds to the content of the database SARDS 1, initially issued on CD-ROM in 2002 for a limited circle of users (members of the Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society)). SARDS 1 was based on bibliographic data systematically collected and indexed over a period of more than 30 years by Dr George Baumann (Tuebingen) ('Biblindo'). Andreas Pohlus (Halle) has increased Dr Baumann's data pool by a bibliography of articles of German Indologists (until 2000), put at the project's disposal by Albrecht Wezler (Hamburg)."

[A bi-lingual (DE, EN) site - ed.]

URL
http://www.indologie.uni-halle.de/Sards2/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Dr Walter Slaje (slaje--at--indologie.uni-halle.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

15 March 2006

eSocialSciences [Indian portal]

http://www.esocialsciences.com

4star
15 Mar 2006

eSocialSciences, Mumbai, India

Supplied note:
"An independent multidisciplinary social sciences portal, pan-Asian, India centric. Partly aggregative: includes working/discussion papers series of several social sciences research institutions in the region. Independent posting of research papers for early dissemination. Conference presentations, papers, blogs. Short research notes, commentaries, reports, book reviews. Also several academic journals and people's movement newsletters. Active discussion board. Policy dossiers. Government and parliamentary Documents. Parliament discussions/digests. Book conference annoncements. Appointments. - pp."

Site contents: [March 2006]
* Bulletin Board (Editorials on eSS Join the Debate on Draft National Pharmaceutical Policy 2006, On Policy Matters: The Right to Education Bill, 2005, New on Policy Matters: Higher Education: State Failure and Judicial Jigsaw, New on Policy Matters: Poverty Knowledge and Poverty Action);
* Discussion Forum (Union Budget 2006-07: Securing its Legacy, An Open Letter on Dissent, Dissenters and Petrification of Politics, The Formation and Evolution Of Physician Treatment Styles:An Application To Cesarean Sections, The Extent of Exchange Rate Flexibility in India: Basket Pegger or Closet US Dollar Pegger? Recent Social Security Reforms In Selected Asian Countries);
* Editorials (The Budget, Outlays, and Inequality - Errol D'souza, Union Budget 2006-07: Securing its Legacy - Mukul Asher);
* Economy Watch (Indian Economy and Policy Watch, January 29-February 4, 2006 Indian Economy and Policy Watch, January 24-28, 2006 Indian Economy and Policy Watch January 17-23, 2006 Rate hike pinches India Inc more);
* In Parliament (Rise in Budgetary Support to Social Sectors Union Budget 2006-07: Speech February 23, Synopses of Debates, LS February 22, Synopses of Debates, LS);
* Announcements (European Social Science History Conference 2006: Panels on Asia, Annual BASAS Nirman Lecture, BASAS Annual Conference, PUKAR: Engendering Urban Publifor Space: Call for Papers, First Management Consultation on Health Care in India);
* The Indian Legislator (Budget:'Not Enough for Education, India-US Joint Statement, All India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural and Rural Labour falls, India being seen as preferred destination for petro investment);
* Recent Paper Upload (Pakistan: Budget Speech: 2005-06 - Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, Why is Exchange Rate Pass-through So Low? - Amit Ghosh, Was India,s tribal demographic behavioursuper - Arup Maharatna, Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Time to be Wary - D.Raghunandan, Union Budget 2006-07: Too Little Attention to - Yoginder Alagh, Gender Audit of Budgets - Vibhuti Patel); * Interesting Papers (India and the World of Mathematics? - M S Raghunathan, Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Count - Martin Medina, Property Legislation in Kerala: Gender Aspect - Praveena Kodoth, Decentralisation on Fallow and Fertile Ground - Anirudh Krishna, Infant And Child Health: Nber Research Summar - Ted Joyce);
* Book Reviews - Robert Anderson.

[Readers need to register before they can use the site - ed.]

URL
http://www.esocialsciences.com

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.esocialsciences.com

Link reported by:
Dr Padma Prakash (padmaprakash--at--esocialsciences.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

The China-Profile: Facts, Figures, and Analyses

http://www.china-profile.com/

5star
14 Mar 2006

www.china-profile.com, Vienna, Austria

Supplied note:
"Dear Mr. Ciolek, Years ago, you have included my ChinaFood web site ('Can China feed itself') in the Asian Studies WWW Monitor [07 Sep 1999, coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/database/1999/Monitor1999-396.html - ed.]. Perhaps you are also interested in my new Web Site on China. It is available at: [the URl below]. The China-Profile site includes some 40 tables, figures, animations, and maps that should provide insight into China's economic, social and political development. Each display includes a short analysis or interpretation. The web site also provides a detailed bibliography on contemporary China studies with almost 1000 references. There is also a chronology of key events since 1949, organized into a time-line, which is still under development. [...] - gkh."

Self-description:
"Many authors have predicted a glorious future for China. They believe that the country will soon rise as an economic 'superpower' [...] and re-establish itself as a new empire [...] Other authors, however, believe that China's economic bubble will burst and that the emerging empire will collapse. [...] In this Web site we analyze whether China has the necessary natural and human resources, the appropriate economic structure, the right political vision and the necessary military strength to become the new superpower of the 21st century."

Site contents:
* INTRODUCTION; * DATA & ANALYSES (Human Development - Animation of China's population by age and sex, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramid"), Animation the population by age and sex in China, Europe and the USA, 1950-2050 ("moving age pyramids), Population by age and sex in 1990 (based on the population census), Male and female life expectancy at birth in 2000 by province, Average life expectancy at birth in 2000 and increase in life expectancy 1990 - 2000 by province, Total population, crude death rate, crude birth rate, 1949-1996, Life expectancy at birth in 2000 versus per capita GDP in 2001 by province, Urban and rural population in China, 1978 and 2002, China and India: Estimated and projected population by age groups, 1950 and 2050, Average years of received education, 2000. Natural Resources - Cultivated land as a percentage of total land area, 1996, First-grade arable land as percentage of total cultivated land area, 2000, Areas affected by flooding and drought in % of cultivated land, 2001, Three Gorges Dam: Areas submerged in 2003. Policy - Number of Social Organizations (NGOs), 2003. Economy - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by sector, 1978 - 2002 (in 100 Mio. Yuan/RMB), Chinese Companies among the Top 500 Companies (FORTUNE GLOBAL 500) in 2005, Employment: Total and by economic sector, 1978 - 2003, Laid-off workers in State-Owned Enterprises per 10,000 employed persons, 2001, Gross Regional Product and per capita GDP by province, 2004 (in 100,000 Mio. Yuan/RMB), Rural labor by economic sector, 1985 and 2002 (at year-end), Rural labor by economic sector and province, 2002, Per capita foreign exchange earnings, 2001 - ranking of provinces, Automobiles per 100 urban households, 2002, Top Ten Countries in Gross National Product, 2005 and 2050, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China, 1989-2004, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China by place of origin, 1990-2004, China's Merchandise Trade: Exports, Imports and Trade Balance, 1978-2004, Major exports by product, 2002-2004, China, Europe, USA: Net-Import of Oil in 2004. Science & Technology - Number of patent applications, 2002, Number of granted patent applications, 2002, Success rate in patent applications, 2002 (in %), Post-graduate students and students studying abroad, 1978-2004, Infrastructure - Sewage infrastructure in cities, 2001, Number of hospital beds and doctors in cities and counties, 1952 - 2002, Internet Users per 100,000 of the Population, 2001. Culture - Newspaper and book publishing houses and their personnel per 100,000 of the population, 2002, Number of newspapers per 100,000 of the population; Number of newspaper pages published per person, 2002);
* TIMELINE OF THE PRC (All Events, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s [in mid-Mar 2006 the site included entries as recent as Jan & Feb 2006 - ed.], Policy, Economy, Science, Technology, Environment, Society, Culture, Military, Health, Legal, Education, Religion, Other);
* WEB LINKS (General, News, Statistics / Data, Geography, Policy, Environment, Economy, Science, Education, Population, Culture, Military, Technology, History, Infrastructure, Photos / Video, Health, Agriculture, Res. Institutes, Other);
* BIBLIOGRAPHY [892 refs. in mid March 2006 - ed.] (Demography; Family Planning; Mortality; Migration; "Missing Girls"; Agriculture / Food; Famine; Natural Resources; Water; Arable Land; Coal / Oil / Gas; Environment; Economy; Growth; Poverty; WTO; Disparities; Health; Science / Technology; Policy; China - Japan; China - India; China -USA; Taiwan; Military / Defense; History);
* SEARCH; * SERVICES; * ABOUT.

URL
http://www.china-profile.com/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Dr. Gerhard K. Heilig (gerhard.heilig--at--chello.at)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

13 March 2006

Indiawijzer - India in Nederland

http://www.indiawijzer.nl/

4star
11 Mar 2006

Wahid Saleh, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands.

Supplied note:
"Indiawijzer is an information portal. It is a comprehensive overview of the Dutch organisations, institutions and individuals involved in one way or the other with India. - ws."

Site contents:
* India in The Netherlands (Adoption from India, Airlines flying to India, Ayurveda, Cultural Organisations, Doing Business with India, Dutch Government in India, Dutch NGO's active in India, Indian Languages, India in Dutch Municipalities, India in Dutch Museums, Indian Cuisine, Indian Diaspora, Indian Music and dance, Information on India, Libraries with books on India, Painters, Sculptors and Writers, Philosophy and Spirituality, Religion and Spirituality, Tourism and India, Translators and Interpreters, TV and Radio Stations, University Education, Yoga) * Agenda - Cultural Programmes; * Bricks; Bouquets & Awards; * Disclaimer; * Feedback; * Interesting facts of India; * Links (India centric links, Links to the Netherlands related sites); * Statistical outline of India (Statistical Outline, Education, Employment, Foreign Direct Investment in India, General Information, Infrastructure, Languages, Major Ports, Population, Poverty and GDP, Ranking in the world, Tourism, TV and Telephone); * Useful Information; * Vision for India.

URL
http://www.indiawijzer.nl/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.indiawijzer.nl/

Link reported by:
W. Saleh (w.saleh--at--indiawijzer.nl)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: under 300

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

09 March 2006

Himal Southasian

http://www.himalmag.com

4star
08 Mar 2006

The Southasia Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal

Supplied note:
"In the cover feature of the Himal Southasian March - April 2006 issue, we have charted the course of two forms of extremism in Nepal, scrutinising the continuing warfare and sudden democracy deficit in the country where we are based. We also present articles on Darjeeling/Sikkim, Balochistan, remittance trends, regional cinema and much more. - vs."
Self-description: "Himal Southasian is Southasia's first and only regional magazine. [...] Independent, non-nationalist, pan-regionalist - Himal tells Indians and Nepalis about Pakistanis and Afghanis, Sri Lankans and Burmese about Tibetans and Maldivians, and the rest of the world about this often-overlooked region. Critical analysis, commentary, opinion, essays and reviews - covering regional trends in politics and economics with the same perspective as culture and history, Himal stories don't stop at national borders, but are followed wherever they lead."

Site contents:
[Volume 18, No. 5 March-April 2006] * Cover Feature (Two chairmen and a people - by Kanak Mani Dixit, An international pariah - by Irene Khan, The rise and fall of the Maobaadi - by Puskar Gautam, Nepal's two wars - by Sam Cowan, The 'Royal' Nepal Army - by Dhruba Kumar, Negotiating Peace - by Liz Philipson); * Photo Feature (Jana Andolan 2062); * Commentary (Back to 2002, No, Mr President, Violence, structural and otherwise, The Yar Express of Thar, "Sita forgiving Ravana" - by Venantius J Pinto); * Essay (The imaginary orient of Richard Wagner - by Ted Riccardi, Gandhi in the grip of violence - by Gopalkrishna Gandhi); Analysis (Sacrifice of the pipeline - by Sukumar Muralidharan, In the name of security - by Kaushiki Rao, Seeking the tribe: Ethno-politics in Darjeeling and Sikkim - by Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin, An intriguing absence of outrage - by Andrew Nash, Remittance Economy - by Pranab M Singh, Affirmative action for a shared India - by Chandra Bhan Prasad); * Reflections (The age of entanglements - by Samina Mishra, Imagining Darjeeling and Sikkim - by Tanka B Subba, The ambivalence about Gandhi - by Ashis Nandy); * Report (Flashpoint Balochistan - by Suhas Chakma, Cold feet in the atoll - by Carey L Biron, A quick jab - by Louise Russell, Joymoti : The first radical film of India - by Altaf Mazid); * Interview with Altaf Mazid; * Interview with G P Koirala; * Opinion (Hindi cinema, Indian cinema - by Utpal Borpujari); * Time and a Place (The pain of Dardpora - by Peerzada Arshad Hamid); * SouthasiaSphere (The primacy of politics - by C K Lal); * Elsewhere (Monuments to what? - by Niilofur Farrukh); * Book Review (The political economy of scavenging - by Vijay Prashad, The Pakistani Dalit - by Yoginder Sikand, Political is personal - by Ira Singh); * Lastpage (Registering in Lahore - by Rinku Dutta); * Contributors.
Past Issues by Year: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 [12 issues per year]

URL
http://www.himalmag.com

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.himalmag.com

Link reported by:
Veneeta Singha (veneetas--at--himalmag.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: over 3000, in fact, 7840 links.

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

06 March 2006

Online Working Papers 2003-2005 -- Asia Research Institute, Singapore

http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm

5star
05 Mar 2006

The Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Supplied note:
"The Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore hosts an online Working paper Series in which ARI members, visitors and seminar-givers present their ideas to a wider audience in a timely and easily accessible form. In 2005, 21 papers were published in this format. All of these papers, listed below are available online, gratis at: [the URL below] Libraries can also link directly to these online pieces. - gw."

Site contents:
* Working Paper Series: 2003 [WP01-WP16], 2004 [WP17-WP33], 2005 [WP34-WP54], 2006 [WP55 - ]; * Colloquia Proceedings; * ARI Newsletter (Mar 2003 - Jan 2006); * ARI Annual Report; * List of Recent Staff Publications (Anthony Reid, Brenda Yeoh, Gavin Jones, Geoff Wade, James Warren, Jamie Davidson, Jennifer Lindsay, John N. Miksic, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Mark Ravinder Frost, Mika Toyota, Sun Laichen, Theresa D/O Wilson Devasahayam, Theresa Wong, Vatthana Pholsena, Yong-Sook Lee, Xiang Biao) * New Publications by ARI Members; * Southeast Asia and China: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.

URL
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm

Link reported by:
Geoff Wade (arigpw--at--nus.edu.sg), via h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

The China and Eurasia Forum

http://www.chinaeurasia.org

4star
04 Mar 2006

Central Asia Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala, Sweden

Supplied note:
"The China and Eurasia Forum is an independent forum which seeks to bring together regional experts, academics, government policy makers, and business leaders with an interest in the growing relationship between China and Eurasia. The forum is affiliated to the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program, a joint transatlantic research center of Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and Uppsala University.

Focusing primarily on Sino-Central Asian, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Caucasian relations, the goal of the website, the China and Eurasia Forum (CEF) Quarterly (formerly the CEF Monthly), and the weekly newsletter offered is to foster discussion and information sharing between a geographically distant community that recognizes the significance of China's emergence in this important part of the world. All material on the website is offered free of charge. - nn."

Site contents:
* Headlines (daily updated news from the China-Eurasia region: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Security Situation and Regional Cooperation, Economics, Trade, and Assistance, Energy and Natural Resources, Politics, Summits and Meetings); * CEF Quarterly ("Each number is dedicated to a specific problem (Energy and Security - November 2005; Narcotics - February 2006; Terrorism - May 2006; Soft Security Threats - August 2006)"); * Archive (CEF Monthly and CEF Quarterly, Sep 2003 - Nov 2005); * Links (Think tanks and research institutions, Reference, Featured Papers and other Publications, Government websites and Non-Governmental Organizations, News (in English), News (in Russian)); * Membership; * Contact; * Submissions; * About Us.

URL
http://www.chinaeurasia.org

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chinaeurasia.org

Link reported by:
Nicklas Norling (nnorling--at--silkroadstudies.org)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com