* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

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.


20 June 2008

Center for Asian Democracy (CAD)

http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy

4star
20 Jun 2008

Political Science Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, US

Self-description:
"The mission of the Center for Asian Democracy, established in 2006, is to promote research and teaching about democracy and the prospects for democratization in Central, South, Southeast and East Asia. Through publications, conferences, workshops, visiting scholars programs, colloquia, and research projects in Asian countries, the Center creates a forum for studying political dynamics in this vital region."

Site contents:
* Speaker Series;
* Conferences (2009 Symposium: China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia, 2008 Islamic Workshop [March 13-14, 2008] with papers in PDF format: Rafis Abazov - "Everyday Islam in Electoral Process In Central Asia", Moataz A. Fattah - "Islam and Democracy: An Examination of Muslims' Political Culture", Mark Gould - "The Sovereignty of God: Constitutional Processes in Islam and Christianity", Felix Heiduk - "Islamism and Democratization in Indonesia", Touqir Hussain - "Islam in Pakistan", Tariq Karim - "Bangladesh: new front-line state in the struggle between aspiring pluralist democracy and expanding political Islam", Omar Khalidi - "Muslims and Indian Democratic Experience", Muqtedar Khan - "Islamic Governance and the Democratic Processes", Ghulam Nadri - "Social tensions and communal relations in India: Muslim communities of Gujarat during the 17th and 18th centuries", Laure Paquette - "Islam and Democracy in Asia: What Can We Learn from Underdog Thinking", Morris Rossabi - "China and Central Asia: Developing Relations and their Impact on Democracy", David Straub - "Islam and the Development of a Democratic Society in Tajikistan", Bridget Welsh - "Contracting Political Space, Widening Political Participation: Islam and Democracy in Post 9/11 Malaysia", Brian Williams - "Tracking Al Qaeda and Taliban Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan: A Field Report on Taliban Radicalization", 2007 KY Asian Studies Association Meeting, 2007 Beijing Workshop, 2006 Korea Workshop, 2006 Conference on China);
* Asia in the Headlines [from the New York Times]; * Center News; * Photo Gallery; * Current Projects (Building Human Rights and Civil Society in Kazakhstan, Democracy from the Margin: China's Local Legislatures in Transition, Skills Development and Capacity Building: Vietnam and Laos) ; * Book Series; * Courses; * Faculty Affiliates; * Staff; * Related Links (Related University of Louisville Programs, Registered Student Organizations, Other Resources); * CAD Blog [http://www.asiandemocracy.blogspot.com/] est. 2006.;

URL http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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]: 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

China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm

5star
20 Jun 2008

Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.

Self-description:
"China National Knowledge Infrastructure is a key national e-publishing project of China started in 1996. Approved by the Press and Publications Administration of PRC and backed by Tsinghua University, CNKI project started with a e-journal product and later further expand the product line to cover newspapers, dissertations, proceedings, yearbooks and reference works and etc. CNKI is a symbol of Chinese e-publishing industry, which greatly boosted the Chinese library systems to go digital and helped researchers with their work. So far CNKI academic databases have been serving more than 5,500 universities, public and corporate libraries, hospitals and other institutions inside and outside China."

Site contents:
* About CNKI (Introduction, History, Products, Awards, Mission, Overview); * About Us [about Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Group];

* Products:
# China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ) [8,460 titles from 1994 onward],
# China Citation Database (CCD) [5 million cited references],
# China Core Newspapers Full-text Database (CCND) [8 million articles from 700 central and local newspapers from 2000 onward],
# China Doctor/Master Dissertation Full-text Database (CDMD) [84,000 doctoral dissertations and 490,000 master dissertations from 1999 onward],
# Century Journals Project Full-text Database (CJP) [6 million articles from 3,901 academic journals since 1915 up till 1993],
# China Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database (CPCD) [938,000 conference papers from 1999 onward],
# China Reference Works Online (CRWO) [8 million entries, 700,000 images from over 1,500 dictionaries, thesauruses, cyclopedias, atlases, illustrated handbooks, and chronicles from 1990 onward],
# China Yearbook Full-text Database (CYFD) [6.1 million entries about 8,000 volumes of 1,582 titles of world, national and provincial-level yearbooks, industry yearbooks, subject yearbooks, school yearbooks, enterprise yearbooks and statistical yearbooks from 1912 onward];

* Help (FAQ, User's Guide - English, User's Guide -Traditional Chinese, CNKI'S Endnote filters, Download - CAJ Viewer, Download - Simplified Chinese Font Pack); * Register for free trial access [for 30 days - ed.] to CNKI Databases; * Contact Us.

[A bi-ligual (CN-simplified, CN-traditional, EN) site. The databases have an English language interface. No access to the information system from Mac computers or SUN workstations - ed.]

URL http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm

Link reported by: Darrell Dorrington (darrell.dorrington--at--anu.edu.au),
forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Stduy/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic/Business
* 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 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

19 June 2008

Nepal Study Center (NCS)

http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/

4star
19 Jun 2008

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US.

Self-description:
"The objective of the Nepal Study Center at the University of New Mexico is to provide a platform to bring together scholars from North Americ and the countries in the Himalayan region and elsewhere to share knowledge on policy research issues affecting the Himalayan region and the countries in South Asia. The Center takes a broader focus with an interest on development, health, natural resources, sustainability, empowerment, conflict and the environment. ."

Site contents:
* Objectives; * Research (Consequences of conflict, Poverty mapping, Infrastructure and its effect on landuse pattern, Ecological footprints, Poverty and environmental degradation, Habitat modeling, Remittances, Th Bagmati River conservation, Health inequality mapping, Food security); * Graduate Studies; * Visiting Fellows;
* NSC Working Papers (2005 - Investigating the Impact of Social Networks on Household Forest Conservation Effort in Rural Nepal - Nepal, Mani; Bohara, Alok K.; Berrens, Robert P.; 2005 - Opportunity, Democracy and Political Violence: A Sub-national Analysis of Conflict in Nepal - Bohara, Alok K.; Mitchell, Neil J.; Nepal, Mani; 2007 - ÒRetainerÓ Bureaucracy: An Impediment to the Process of Democratic Governance in Nepal - Pyakuryal, Sucheta; 2007 - A Community Based Micro Hydro: A Promising Technology for Rural Development in Nepal - Koirala, Bishwa; 2007 - An Assessment of the Causes of Conflict in Nepal - Tiwari, Bishwa Nath; 2007 - Community based integrated natural resource management: Policy options and areas of intervention - Thapa, Sabita; Soussan, John; Pant, Dhruba; Parajuli, Umesh Nath; Sharma, Khem Raj; Bhatta, Binod; 2007 - Coping with Unreliable Water Supplies and Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supplies in Kathmandu, Nepal - Katuwal, Hari; Bohara, Alok; 2007 - Domestic Health Hazard and Indoor Air-Pollution: An Approach to Find Alternative Energy Source for Rural Bangladesh to Minimize the Threat - Ahsan, Reazul S. M.; Afrin, Jinia; 2007 - Economic Inequality in the 'Democratic' Nepal: Dimensions and Implications - Wagle, Udaya R; 2007 - Effects of Deforestation on Tree Diversity and Livelihoods of Local Community A Case Study from Nepal - Karkee, Krishna; 2007 - Identification of natural resources at watershed level: an initial step of mainstreaming of the Federal restructure in Nepal - Koirala, Madan; 2007 - Inequality, Polarization and Violent Conflict: The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal - Nepal, Mani; Bohara, Alok K.; Gawande, Kishore; 2007 - People's Perceptions of Green Space Park in Pokhara, Nepal - Suvedi, Murari; Shrestha, Krishna; Parajuli, Bishwo Kallyan; Giri, Padam; 2007 - Political Participation and Civic Literacy in Bajung: An Empirical Study with Correlation Analysis - K.C., Khadga; 2007 - Political predictions in Nepal - Shrestha, Aditya Man; 2007 - Prioritizing and Estimating Hydropower Project Construction Risks: A Case Study of Nyadi Hydropower Project - Panthi, Kamalesh; 2007 - Pursuing Democracy: Explaining Political Transitions in Nepal - Adhikari, Prakash; Timberlake, James D.; 2007 - Recruiting Rebels: Indoctrination and Political Education in Nepal - Eck, Kristine; 2007 - Rural Vulnerability and Tea Plantation Migration in Eastern Nepal and Darjeeling - Besky, Sarah; 2007 - The Effect of Remittances on Child Labor and Child Education in Nepal - Milligan, Michael; Bohara, Alok; 2007 - The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung of Nepal - Shrestha, Milan; 2007 - Trade Potentility and Ecological Analysis of NTFPs in Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal - Poudel, Krishna Lal);
* LDN Online Forum; * Collaboration;
* Journals (Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy (HJDD) [ISSN 1940-2821] Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006 - Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007; Liberal Democracy Nepal Bulletin (LDNB) [ISSN 1940-283X] Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 - Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007);
* Seminars; * Friends of NSC; * Giving; * Announcements; * Feedback;
* Links (Nepal at a Glance, Research and Publications, Economics Links, Academic Institutions & Centers in Nepal, Building Gobal Villages: People Helping People); * Photo Gallery; * Join NSC Mailing List.

URL http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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]: 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

17 June 2008

Institute of Oriental Culture (IOC), Tokyo

http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml

5star
17 Jun 2008

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Self-description:
"The mission of the Institute of Oriental Culture is to conduct research on Asia through a synthesis of our broad expertise in the humanities and social sciences. The region covered by our studies extends from East Asia to the Middle East, which we consider naturally to include Egypt and North Africa. Unlike studies bound by government and political issues, ours do not have specific jurisdictional borders determined by a map. We study the world with a focus on Asia."

Site contents:
* Introduction; * Events (Latest News, Calendar, Search); * Staff; * Access; * Links [under construction];
* Research Projects A: Programs for Asian Studies for the 21st Century (De-colonization and Restructuring of Traditional Industries in Asia, Cross-disciplinary Study in Perceptions and Theories of Happiness, Construction of Asian Beauty, Working Towards Multidirectional Usage for the Electronic Library of Asian Books) B: Deptal and Individual Research Themes (Dept of Pan Asian Studies, Dept of East Asian Studies, Dept of South Asian Studies Dept of West Asian Studies) C: Regular Research Projects, D: Research Projects Sponsored by the Japanese Government and Various Grants (Sponsored by the Japanese Government, Other Grants and Fellowships); * Researchers; * Home Pages of Laboratories; * Publications;

* Databases (IOC Catalogue of Classical and Modern Chinese Books, Chinese Rare Books, Korean Genealogy Collection [552 Korean genealogies in around 3,000 volumes - ed.], Materials Related to the Edo and Ming Periods and the Studies in Japan of Ancient China, Journal Articles on Modern Chinese Literature, Catalogue of Chinese Magazines Belonging to the Institute, Books and Magazines on Modern Korea, Digital Archive Project for Chinese Painting, South Asian Documentary Materials, E-Dic Tibetan-Sanskrit search to the Saddharmapu.n.dariika, Islamic Monuments in India [photographs and site plans from: Agra, Ahmadabad, Ajmer, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bidar, Bijapur, Daulatabad, Delhi, Dhar, Fathepursikri, Gaur, Golconda, Gulbarga, Hyderabad, Jaunpur, Mandu, Pandua, Sasaram, Varanasi - ed.]. , IOS Library collection of Thai books, 'Islam Jiten' Encyclopaedia of Islam Database, The New Edition of Geographical Description of Egypt, Parliamentary Records in Monarchical Egypt, Daiber [Arabic manuscripts] Collection Database, Japan and the World Database);

* Past seminars & events; * RICAS Research Information Center for Asian Studies (RICAS); * (Gateway to Asian Studies in Japan (ASJ); * Asian Studies Network (ASNET); * Asia Barometer [the largest ever, comparative survey in Asia, covering East, Southeast, South and Central Asia - ed.] (Profile, Surveys [2003-2006], Data, Findings, Publications, Symposia, Network); * International Journal of Asian Studies (Editors and Editorial Board, Submission of Articles, TOCS of Vol.1 No.1 Jan 2004, Vol.1 No.2 Jul 2004, Vol.2 No.1 Jan 2005, Vol.2 No.2 Jul 2005, Vol.3 No.1 Jan 2006, Vol.3 No.2 Jul 2006).

[A tri-lingual (JP, CN, EN) site - ed.]

URL http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study/Documents/
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 3,000 (in fact, 2,530 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

16 June 2008

TIBETBLOGS.COM - Feeds

http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/

5star
16 Jun 2008

Domains by Proxy, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, US

Self-description: "Tibet Blogs displays blog updates from tibetan bloggers and serves as an online directory for tibet related weblogs. If you run a blog site, feel free to Add Your Blog to our directory."

Site contents:
* Recently Updated Blogs [Jun 14/15th 2008] (Jun 15 - False Flag Fenqing: Menace or Myth? - Angry Chinese Blogger, Jun 15 - Do they protest too much? - RFA Unplugged, Jun 15 - Video: Man Claims to Be Spy during Flushing March - Boycott 2008 Games, Jun 15 - Religion - Refuge of the Weak and Powerless? - Thoughts From The Hat, Jun 15 - Biography of Marcher: Shingza Rinpoche - Tibet Will Be Free, Jun 15 - Biography of Marcher: Shingza Rinpoche - Tibetan Uprising, Jun 14 - Recycle To Raise Awareness on World Refugee Day - Precious Metal, Jun 14 - China human rights website founder kidnapped by police in earthquake capital city - China View, Jun 14 - [blank headline] - Grupo de Apoio ao Tibete, Jun 14 - Best Online Dharma Videos - Lotsawa House, Jun 14 - Gordon Brown must meet the Dalai Lama at Downing Street - SFT UK - From London to Lhasa, Jun 14 - Small Protests Met With Big Force - Agam's Gecko, Jun 14 - Lufer fr Team Tibet gesucht! - Tibet News in German);

* Current Headlines [Jun14-15th 2008, News powered by Phayul.com]
(China clampdown for Olympic torch in Xinjiang: residents, exiles; Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 182 held; Evans gears up for a free Tibet tour; Tibetan exiles protest outside UN office in Kathmandu);

* Blog Directory
(Human Rights Watch; Tibetan Studies Resources; Tibet Sites Blog; Boycott 2008; The Soul of Tibet; Tibet Toons; Life on The Tibetan Plateau; Sft Canada; Mark Winwood; Tibetan Bridges; The Secret Tibet; Tibetan Altar; Tibet Mirrow; SFT France; Voice of Ambition; Tibetan Technology; SFT Madison; Global-drokpa; Tibeto-logic; Tibet Will Be Free; Travels in Tibet; Jigtenmig; Tibet Talk; Yingsel2008; Dalai Lama Blog; Tashiling Potala Fc; Good Speaks in a Whisper; Early Tibet; Nyamrup; Buddhist Studies Weblog; Beijing Wide Open; The Tibet Connection; China Spy; Tibetan Vanguard; Lotsawa House; Jonangpa; Tibetspace; Echoes in Exile; Voice For Tibet; SFT , Delhi; Yale Free Tibet Society; Die 4 Tibet; RFAUnplugged; China View; The Interdependent; Precious Metal; Free Tibet; Windhorse Blog; Tshering's Blog; Friends of Tibet; Global Voices; Agam's Gecko; Free Tibet Campaign; Tibetan Uprising; Campaign Tibet; Tricycle Editor's Blog; Essential Spirit; Paradise Now; Boycott 2008 Games; Boycott Beijing 08; Angry Chinese Blogger; SFT UK - From London To Lhasa; Crafted Resistance; B B Chi; Tibet Information Office - Australia; Meyul: in Exile; Human Rights Torch Relay; Kadfly; Chinese Occupation of Tibet; Jamyang Norbu; Tibet News in German; Thoughts From The Hat; Kuala Lumpur For a Free Tibet; Yak Butter Tea; American Buddhist Net; Tsering Woeser's Blog; Aqua's Dreamscapes; Tibettruth's Podcast; Bob Thurman Podcast; Grupo De Apoio Ao Tibete; Molaganji);

* Forums; * Events; * About Tibet (Marginalisation and exclusion, Religion and culture, Political repression, Environment); * Shop.

URL http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/

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

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 1,000

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 June 2008

Tales of Old Shanghai: "China Journal" 1936-1941

http://www.talesofoldchina.com/journal/index.php

4star
13 Jun 2008

Tales of Old China, China Economic Review, Shanghai, PRC

Self-description [in 1926]: "China Journal. Editor: Arthur de Carle Sowerby F.Z.S. and John C. Ferguson, Ph.D. Manager: Clarice S. Moise B.A., Offices: 20 Museum Road, Shanghai, China., Telegraphic address: Jouchina, Shanghai. Telephone: 13247."

Site contents [nine selected issues are now available in digital format]:

* China Journal (vol. IV, 1), Jan 1926 (1925 and 1926, Dr. Giles At 80, Early Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Shih Ching or Book of Poetry, The Old Man's Lament, Modern Chinese Scholarship, Elizabeth Keith's Work, The Late Dr. Cox's Collection of Chinese Painting, Christian Missions and Oriental Civilizations, Travel and Exploration Notes, Two New Trees From Chekiang, A List of Some Chinese Leeches, The Vertical Cleavage of Loess);
* China Journal (vol. XVI, 4), Apr 1932 (Events and Comments, Reviews, Engineering, Industrial & Commercial Notes, Ghastly Crime in the Manchurian Forest, Hunting and Fishing Notes, The Kennel, The Garden, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXI, 3), Sep 1934 (Back To Confucius, The Panchen Lama, Correspondence, Engineering, The Garden, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXI, 6), Dec 1934 (Peace or War, Events and Comments, Chinese Hawkers, Art, Shooting and Fishing Notes, The Garden, Advertising);
* China Journal (vol. XXIV, 5), May 1936 (Events and Comments, The Kennel, The Garden, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXVII, 3), Sep 1937 (War in Shanghai, The Future of Shanghai, Japan's Case Agalnst China, Reminiscences of An Old-Timer in War-Torn Shanghai, The Library, Travel and Exploration Notes, Industrial,Commerciel and Financial Notes, Scientific Notes and Reviews, The Kennel, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXVII, 4), Oct 1937 (Events and Comments, The Fly Menace in Shanghai, Cholera Epidemic in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Su-lin the Panda, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXIX, 2), Aug 1938 (Events and Comments, Obituary - Robert William Swallow, Shanghai Directory Published, Ms Harkness Returns Minus Panda, The Disposal of Shanghai's Waste Products, Miss Yang Delivers Flag, The Garden, Advertisements);
* China Journal (vol. XXXIV, 5), May 1941 (Events and Comments, Scientific Notes and Reviews, Shooting and Fishing Notes).

[A full-text, free access to selected issues of a 60 years old periodical now republished in electronic format by the "Tales of Old China" (http://www.talesofoldchina.com/) - ed.]

URL http://www.talesofoldchina.com/journal/index.php

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

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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]: under 1000 [in fact 503]

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

12 June 2008

SouthEast Asian images & Texts (SEAiT)

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SEAiT

5star
The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Jun 2008, Vol. 15, No. 6 (280)
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12 Jun 2008

University of Wisconsin Libraries, The University of Wisconsin System, WI, US

Self-description:
"SouthEast Asian images & Texts brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains digitized images, including photographs and slides, that librarians, scholars, and other subject specialists have deemed important. Images relevant to these fields of study will be added to the collection on an ongoing basis."

Site contents:
* Materials in the Collection: (American Expatriate Album: Iloilo Philippines, E. Murray Bruner Philippine Image Collection, Joel M. Halpern Laotian Slide Collection, Liberato Picar Philippines Military Academy Album, Library of Congress Philippines Image Collection, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Philippines Image Collection); * Related materials: (Portal to Asian Internet Resources [with over 6000 entries on: Agriculture, Business and Industry, Demography and Population, Development, Economy, Education, Environment, Gender, General and Reference, Geography, Health, History, Human Rights, Labor, Language and Linguistics, Law, News and Media, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Popular Culture, Psychology, Religion, Science and Technology, Society, Transportation - ed.], South and Southeast Asia Video Archive); * Search the collection; * Guided Search; * Search Tips; * Philippines materials in the classroom; * About the collection; * SEAiT Mission; * Copyright; * Text Reprints; * Usage statistics.

URL http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SEAiT

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SEAiT

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* 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 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

10 June 2008

China Digital Times (CDT) blog

http://chinadigitaltimes.net

5star
10 Jun 2008

chinadigitaltimes.net, UC Berkeley Grad School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA, US

Self-description:
"CDT is a collaborative news website [est. Sep 2003 - ed.] covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the world. We aim to aggregate the most up-to-the-minute news and analysis about China from around the Web, while providing independent reporting, translations from Chinese cyberspace, and perspectives from across the geographical, political and social spectrum.
Reader Participation. We welcome you to participate. There are various ways to contribute to China Digital Times: [...]."

Site contents:
* Sections (CDT Bookshelf, Culture, Economy, Hong Kong, Law, Politics, Sci-Tech, Society, Taiwan, World); * News Focus (Beijing Olympics 2008, Environmental Crisis, Human Rights, Information Revolution, The Great Divide); * Special Features (Biganzi, CDT Bookshelf, Podcast, Videos, Slideshows, Photos, Satire, Cartoons, Notable Quotes); * About Us (About CDT, CDT Team, Sponsors); * Contact Us; * Headline feeds; * More About China; * Highlights; * Recent comments; * Archives; * Tags and Tag Cloud; * Subscribe; * Search.

URL http://chinadigitaltimes.net/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [archiving of the http://chinadigitaltimes.net/ has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt.]

Link reported by: Yong Liu (classicalliberalism--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic/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]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 80,000 external 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

09 June 2008

Chatham House: All Research Papers [on Asia]

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/all/

5star
09 Jun 2008

The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, UK.

Self-description: "This page lists all Chatham House Reports, Briefing Papers and Other Resources. 1. Chatham House Reports are based on in-depth research conducted by experts based at or attached to Chatham House and include policy recommendations. 2. Briefing Papers are shorter, policy relevant papers written by experts in their field. 3. Other Resources include special reports, working papers, conference reports and proceedings, summary reports of meetings and seminars, transcripts and other relevant material produced by the different research areas at Chatham House."

Site contents:
CHATHAM HOUSE REPORTS:
* The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success, Chatham House Report, Brian Crowe, May 2008; * Contemporary Chinese Views of Europe, Chatham House Report, Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron, Nov 2007; * Changing Climates: Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe, Chatham House Report, Bernice Lee, Antony Froggatt et al, Nov 2007; * India and its Neighbours: Do Economic Interests Have the Potential to Build Peace?, Chatham House Report, Charu Lata Hogg, Nov ; * Child Recruitment in South Asian Conflicts: A comparative Analysis of Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, Chatham House Report, Charu Lata Hogg, Nov 2006; * Contemporary Indian Views of Europe, Chatham House Report, Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron, Sep 2006; * Turkey and the EU - Four Scenarios: From Train Crash to Full Steam Ahead, Chatham House Report, Kirsty Hughes, Sep 2006; * Iran, its Neighbours and the Regional Crises, Chatham House Report, Middle East Programme, Chatham House, Aug 2006; * OPEC and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, Chatham House Report, Jacqueline Karas and Tatiana Bosteels, Nov 2005.
CHATHAM HOUSE BRIEFING PAPERS:
* An EU-Korea Free Trade Area: Playing Catch-Up or Taking the Lead?, Briefing Paper, Jim Rollo, May 2008; * Prospects for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Area: The World's First Region-to-Region FTA?, Briefing Paper, Jim Rollo, Apr 2008; * The Kurdish Policy Imperative, Briefing Paper, Gareth Stansfield, Robert Lowe and Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Dec 2007; * Spice Route to Europe? Prospects for an India-EU Free Trade Area, Briefing Paper, Jim Rollo, Oct 2007; * Coalition Warfare in Afghanistan: Burden-sharing or Disunity?, Briefing Paper, Timo Noetzel and Sibylle Scheipers, Oct 2007; * Hong Kong Ten Years On: An Assessment of the Special Administrative Region, Briefing Paper, Kerry Brown, Oct 2007; * EU-ASEAN: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?, Briefing Paper, Stephen Thomsen, Oct 2007; * Open for Business: Syria's Quest for a Political Deal, Briefing Paper, Rime Allaf, Jul 2007; * The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: The UN on Trial?, Briefing Paper, Nadim Shehadi and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Jul 2007; * Accepting Realities in Iraq, Briefing Paper, Gareth Stansfield, May 2007; * China and India: Cooperation and Competition, Briefing Paper, Gareth Price, May 2007; * India and West Africa: A Burgeoning Relationship, Briefing Paper, Sushant K Singh, Apr 2007; * Israel and Iran: From war of words to words of war?, Briefing Paper, Yossi Mekelberg, Mar 2007; * Oil for Asia, Briefing Paper, John Mitchell and Glada Lahn, Mar 2007; * The End of the 'Post-Soviet Space': The Changing Geopolitical Orientations of the Newly Independent States, Briefing Paper, Alexander Nikitin, Feb 2007; * Infrastructure and Indian Development: Reform First, Invest Later, Briefing Paper, Stephen Thomsen, Jan 2007; * Japan and China: reaching reconciliation or stuck in the past?, Briefing Paper, Haruko Satoh, Oct 2006; * Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges, Briefing Paper, Maha Azzam, Sep 2006; * Illegal Logging (revised from Mar 2005), Briefing Paper, Duncan Brack, Aug 2006; * Pakistan's Foreign Policy Under Musharraf: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Briefing Paper, Owen Bennett Jones and Farzana Shaikh, Mar 2006; * The Syrian Kurds: A People Discovered, Briefing Paper, Robert Lowe, Jan 2006; * The Trial of Saddam Hussein, Briefing Paper, Sonya Sceats, Oct 2005; * Partnership is no privilege: the alternative to EU membership is no Turkish delight, Briefing Paper, Fadi Hakura, Sep 2005; * Environmental Civil Society and Governance in China, Briefing Paper, Yiyi Lu, Aug 2005; * The Chinese Economy: Risky Reporting, Briefing Paper, Vanessa Rossi, Apr 2005; * The Challenges for India's Education System, Briefing Paper, Marie Lall, Apr 2005; * The Growth of Civil Society in China: Key Challenges for NGOs, Briefing Paper, Yiyi Lu, Feb 2005; * Food Security in India: Policy Challenges and Responses, Briefing Paper, Debashis Chakraborty, Feb 2005; * Partnerships for Technology Transfer. How can investors and communities build renewable energy in Asia?, Briefing Paper, Tim Forsyth, Feb 2005; * Iraq in Transition: Vortex or Catalyst?, Briefing Paper, Middle East Programme, Sep 2004; * China's stock market: Out of the valley in 2004?, Briefing Paper, Stephen Green and He Ming, Feb 2004; * Water of Strife - The Geopolitics of Water in the Euphrates-Tigris and Jordan River Basins, Briefing Paper, Suki Jobson, Dec 2003; * Doves Vote Hawk: The Jan 2003 Elections in Israel, Briefing Paper, Yossi Mekelberg, Mar 2003; * Iraq: The Regional Fallout, Briefing Paper, Rosemary Hollis et al, Mar 2003; * Al-Qaeda: the Misunderstood Wahhabi Connection and the Ideology of Violence, Briefing Paper, Dr Maha Azzam, Feb 2003; * The Future of Oil in Iraq: Scenarios and Implications, Briefing Paper, Valerie Marcel, Dec 2002; * Indonesia After Wahid The New Authoritarianism, Briefing Paper, Christopher Candland and Siti Nurjanah, Dec 2001; * Burma: Companies, NGOs and the New Diplomacy, Briefing Paper, John Bray, Oct 2001; * Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: The Case for Japanese-Russian Joint Implementation, Briefing Paper, Benito Muller, May 2001; * The Election of Ishihara: A Symbol of Rising Nationalism in Japan?, Briefing Paper, Christopher P. Hood, Nov 1999.
CHATHAM HOUSE OTHER RESOURCES [approx 150 working papers on Asia - ed.]

Contents of the www.chathamhouse.org.uk site:

* About Us; * Membership; * Events; * Research (Africa, Americas, Asia, Energy, Environment and Development, Europe, International Economics, International Law, International Security, Middle East, Russia and Eurasia, Global Trends - Food Supply); * Publications; * Media; * Library; * Contact us; * Search.

URL http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/all/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO/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 1,000

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06 June 2008

Geopolitical Analysis and Research on the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia (ARGO)

http://www.argoriente.it/english/index.php

4star
06 Jun 2008

ARGO, Rome, Italy

Self-description: "ARGO (Analisi e Ricerche Geopolitiche sull'Oriente / Geopolitical Analysis and Research on the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia) is a non-profit think tank based in Rome, Italy. It was created by a group of researchers who saw the need for an analysis group capable of comprehensively collecting, processing and sharing insightful information on an area that spans from the Middle East to South Asia. ARGO's task is to produce analytical instruments on the political, economical, social, and security dynamics of the countries in those regions, as well as to prompt debate and formulate recommendations for decision makers."

Site contents:
* About us; * Products (Reports, Chronologies, Basic data [taken from: Asian Development Bank, BBC country profiles, CIA World Factbook, UNDP, U.S. Department of State, World Bank - ed.], Constitutions, Other material); * Countries (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen); * Events; * Links (Governmental/Non Governmental Institutions, Research Centers/International Political Science Journals, Sources [of factual data]); * On the Spot (# Letter of the Democratic Senators on US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Apr, 2008. # Afghanistan, List of the Provincial Governors. Apr, 2008.); * Reports [Executive Summary, Full Report (in Italian)] (# Pakistan: Has the future begun? Apr, 2008. # Afghanistan: The need for a change of course. Mar, 2008. # Pakistan: Between instability and risk of economic crisis. Jan, 2008. # Pakistan: A difficult road to democracy. Dec, 2007. # Pakistan: An uncertain future. Oct, 2007).

[A bi-lingual (IT/EN) site]

URL http://www.argoriente.it/english/index.php

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

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 100

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04 June 2008

Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags

http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/mannion/mannion.html

4star
04 Jun 2008

Archives & Museum Informatics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Self-description:
"Mannion, S., Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags, in J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds.). Museums and the Web 2008: Proceedings, Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. Published March 31, 2008.
Abstract: Most current efforts in social tagging by museums focus on how to improve public access to on-line collections. Indeed, tags do supplement existing documentation by providing an alternative vocabulary to describe works of art. But what can tags tell us about how images are perceived? Are the same images perceived differently by viewers from diverse cultures? Taking its cue from the Steve Project's (http://steve.museum) research agenda, an ongoing study funded by the Rubin Museum of Art explores what tags reveal about the ways native communities respond to their own cultural iconography. Begun in March 2007, the study is collecting tags on Tibetan artworks from Tibetans and Westerners in Switzerland and New York on a customized steve installation (http://www.seeingtibetanart.org).
Preliminary findings based on the Swiss data reveal: 1) different tagging and viewing patterns among Tibetans and Westerners; 2) complex and often awkward feelings young Tibetans experience when viewing traditional artworks; 3) clearly discernible levels of cultural pervasiveness of traditional images; and 4) shared misunderstandings about specific types of images. [...] Keywords: social tagging, tags, native communities, diaspora, Tibetan Buddhist art, perception, mixed methods."

Site contents:
* Abstract; * Museums and the Tibetan Community: A Reciprocal Relationship; * Seeing Tibetan Art Through Social Tags; * Mixed Methods Research Design; * Selected Artworks; * The Tagging Platform; * Data Collection in Native Communities; * Demographic Profile of Participants; * Preliminary Findings; * Tagging and Viewing Patterns; * Tagger Agreement; * Cultural Pervasiveness of Traditional Images; * Implications and Conclusions; * Acknowledgements; * References.
[In 2007 Shelley Mannion was a graduate student, TEC-CH program, University of Lugano, Switzerland. Steve Project, founded in 2005, is "a collaboration of museum professionals and others who believe that social tagging may provide profound new ways to describe and access museum collections and encourage visitor enagement with museum objects." - ed.].

URL http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/mannion/mannion.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site will be archived in the next few months].

Link reported by: Shelley Mannion (shelley.mannion--at--gmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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]: under 30

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03 June 2008

USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI)

http://china.usc.edu

5star
03 Jun 2008

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US

Self-description:
"The USC U.S. - China Institute aims to enhance understanding of the 21st century's definitive and multidimensional relationship through cutting-edge social science research, innovative graduate and undergraduate training, extensive and influential public events, and professional development efforts."

Site contents:
* About; * News & Features (Faculty, Teaching, Students, Research, Alumni, Service); * Calendar (Featured Events, USC Events, California Events, North America Events, Exhibitions, Current Events / Archived Events); * China @ USC (Faculty Courses, Student Groups, Study Abroad, Campus Resources : East Asian Languages & Cultures Department (EALC), East Asian Languages & Studies: Reference Services & Research Help, East Asian Library, East Asian Studies Center (EASC), Internet Mission Photography Collection at Digital Archives, The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Collection, USC Center for Active Learning in International Studies: Teaching East Asia Program (TEAP), USC Center for International Studies, USC Chinese Language Program, USC School of Social Work: China Program);
* Resources (Fellowships, Documents [in early Jun 2008 there were documents on: US-China (146 free-access online documents), Contemporary China (31 docs), Pre '49 China (38 docs), US-Asia (16 docs) US-Taiwan (12 docs), Contemporary Taiwan (5 docs) - ed.], Language Prgms, Reviews, Average Day, Talking Points e-newsletter [est. Sep 2007], Calls for Papers);
* K 12 Curriculum; * US-China Today (About [the e-journal], Features, Daily Update, Voices, Contact); * Contact.

URL http://china.usc.edu/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [information re. archived copies of the site is temporarily unavailable]

Link reported by: Clayton Dube (cdube--at--usc.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide/Documents/Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 300


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02 June 2008

Mongolian-English Dictionary from Lingua Mongolia

http://www.linguamongolia.co.uk/soft1.html

5star
02 Jun 2008

Lingua Mongolia, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

Self-description:
"The Mongolian-English Dictionary from Lingua Mongolia [est. Dec 2004] is the first piece of commercial dictionary software for Uighur-script and Cyrillic Mongolian in the world. The culmination of over four years of work, it has been designed to work on all Windows-based operating systems without the need to change System Locales or download and install any fonts. Setup is fast and automatic and the install file is just over 2MB in size - making it easy to download on even dial-up connections. [Downloadable trial version is also available - ed.]."

Supplied-note: "The Mongolian-English Dictionary from Lingua Mongolia is now available [...] as part of our summer sale and is available through Lingua Mongolia's websites at [the URL below] and www.hoh-hot.com (for users in China). - erep."

[The dictionary includes the following features:
* Over Over 24,000 Cyrillic and Uighur-script headwords; * Thousands of usage examples; * Ability to search using Uighur-script Mongolian; * Ability to search using standard transliteration (Vladimirtsov-Poppe-Mostaert-Cleaves); * Ability to search for English words; * Wildcard searches; * Regular Expression searches; * Intelligent VirtualKeyboard for entering Mongolian. - ed.]

Site contents:
* The Mongolian-English Dictionary - download. * Script; * Grammar; * Translation; * Software; * Resources (Interactive Exercises, Poetry, Literature, Digitised Books); * [Online] Dictionary [Mongolian, English]; * Bibliography (Learning Mongolian, Dictionaries and Phrasebooks, Language, Books in Mongolian, Primary Sources and Works in Translation, Mongolian History, Mongolia - General, Genghis Khan); * Links (Universities and Professional Institutions, Independent Language Resources, Bookdealers, Miscellaneous Resources, Manchu Resources); * What's new; * Contact.

URL http://www.linguamongolia.co.uk/soft1.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://http://www.linguamongolia.co.uk/

Link reported by: Emyr R. E. Pugh (linguamongolia--at--bluebottle.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

01 June 2008

The China Beat: Blogging How the East Is Read

http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com

4star
01 Jun 2008

thechinabeat.blogspot.com, US

Self-description:
"[The blog] examines media coverage of China, providing context and criticism from China scholars and writers."

Supplied note: "Dear Colleagues, We have recently published a number of original pieces at the online journal/blog, The China Beat, including several historical reflections on disaster relief in China. They include:

'Rumor and the Sichuan Earthquake,' by Steve A. Smith, 'Letters from Sichuan,' by Peter Hessler, 'Chinese Responses to Disaster: A View from the Qing,' by Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, 'History of the Chinese Red Cross,' by Caroline Reeves, 'A Look Back at the Tangshan Earthquake and the Montreal Olympics,' by Susan Brownell, 'Disaster Relief: Material and Spiritual,' by Paul Katz, 'Writing Factory Girls,' by Leslie T. Chang, 'Torching the Relay,' by Geremie R. Barme.
And much more. Please visit us at: [the URL below] Kate Merkel-Hess."

Site contents:
REGULAR FEATURES: * 2008 in the News (The 2008 Beijing Olympics, * The 2008 Tibet Riots and Protests, It's Not Just 8/8/08, Tales from Taiwan); * Media Watch (China Behind the Headline, Taelspin, Watching the China Watchers, China Around the World); * Conversations (China on My Mind, China Annals); * Reviews (Coming Distractions, In Case You Missed It); * Miscellaneous (The Five-List Plan, This Day in History, Frivolous Fridays, Self-Promotion Saturdays)
* China Beat In The Media;
* About Us (Timothy Weston, Kate Merkel-Hess, Jeremiah Jenne, Nicole E. Barnes, Pierre Fuller, Peter Hessler, David Porter, Angilee Shah, Kenneth Pomeranz, Paul R Katz, The China Beat, Jeff Wasserstrom, Yunxiang Yan, Yong Chen, Robert Weller, Susan Jakes, Susan Brownell, Thomas S. Mullaney, Leslie T. Chang);
* Search; * RSSS Newsfeeds; * Blog Archive (Jan 2008, Feb 2008, Mar 2008, Apr 2008, May 2008).

[A note from Andrew Field, H-ASIA's editor: "[...] Unfortunately, like most other blogsites, this one is blocked in China, but by using a proxy server such as the Tor-Privoxy-Vidalia system, it is easy to get around this blockage. Another way to get round this is to subscribe to the [RSSS] feeder. I found that by using google reader, I can still read the posts on blocked blogs without having to resort to a proxy server. - AF"]

URL http://thechinabeat.blogspot.com/

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

Link reported by: Kate Merkel-Hess (kate--at--uci.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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]: over 3000 [in fact - over 17,800]

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