Asia-Related Links

Resource Links:

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• Related Departments at Rice
• Buddhism Sites
• China-Oriented Sites 
• General Asia-Oriented Sites 
• Helpful Search Engines 
• Taiwan-Oriented Sites  
• Teaching Sites 
• University Asia Sites 
• A Few Other Asian Country-Specific Sites

Related Departments at Rice

• Anthropology
  
• Art History
  
• Center for the Study of Languages 
  
• History  
  
• Humanities Resource Center
  
• Linguistics
  
• Political Science
  
• Religious Studies
  
• Transnational China Project - Baker Institute 

Buddhism Sites

• Buddhist Data Base:
  http://www.gwdg.de/~cwitter/
  
• Buddhist ethics:
• Buddhist Studies Virtual Library:
  http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
  
• Buddhism (Zen) Virtual Library:
  http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Zen.html

  China-Oriented Sites

• Advanced Chinese (Harvard):
• Bibliography of Chinese history and culture (most references from 1983 onwards):
  http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/bibtxt2.html
  
• CCNAA:
  http://www.houstoncul.org/
  
• China Bibliography:
• China (Netscape listings):
  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/China/
  
• China (CIA Factbook):
• China (Yahoo):
  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/
  Countries/China/
  http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/
  Countries/China/Society_and_Culture/
  
• China and the World (e-magazine):
• China Books and Periodicals:
  http://www.chinabooks.com/
  
• China Business:
• China Daily:
  http://www.chinadaily.net
  
• China Development Briefing:
• China Economic Database:
• China Home Pages (miscellaneous):
• China in Space and Time:
  http://citas.csde.washington.edu/
  
• China news sites:
• China News Digest:
  http://www.cnd.org/
  
• Chinascape (web index):
• ChinaVista's new Hyper-C database:
• China WWW Virtual Library/ Internet Guide for Chinese Studies:
  http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/
  igcs/index.html
  
• Chinese alchemy:
• Chinese archaeology (tomb site):
• Chinese art ("Splendors of Imperial China" exhibit):
• Chinese books:
• Chinese cartography:
• Chinese cinema:
• Chinese culture (course materials):
  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/
  
• Chinese cyberworld (Chinese-language materials):
• Chinese divination:
• Chinese etymology web dictionary:
  http://www.zhongwen.com
  
• Chinese gay website:
• Chinese historical geography:
• Chinesev Historical Society of New England:
• Chinese historiography (Ben Elman):
• [N.B.: the 00 above is zerozero]
  Chinese history:
• Chinese human rights:
• Chinese language (basic):
• Chinese language:
• Chinese language (UCD):
• Chinese language (Harvard):
• Chinese language (Patrick Moran):
• Chinese language and gender (Online Bibliography-Ohio State):
  
• Chinese Legal Resources:
• Chinese Linguistics Home Pages:
  http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/
  China/linguist.html
  
• Chinese music (links to movies):
• Chinese news (in Chinese):
  http://www.cnd.org
  
• Chinese newspapers available on the net:
  Hong Kong Standard (English):
• Mingpao (Chinese):
• Chinese philosophy:
• Chinese language filename:
• Chinese Mac On-line:
• Chinese Librarians (Chinese and English materials):
  http://www.lib.siu.edu/swen/iclc/chinnews.htm
  
• Chinese Resources Web Page:
  
• Chinese Rock Music:
• Chinese Student Association (Rice University):
  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~csa/
  
• Chinese Students and Scholars Club (Rice University):
• Chinese Studies Data Bank:
• Chinese University of HK:
• Chinese:
• Contemporary China Center (Australian National University):
• Daoism:
  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism
  
• Fairbank history website:
  http://www.cnd.org/fairbank/
  
• Fengshui homepage:
• Finding News about China:
• Gate of Heavenly Peace home page:
• Han-Shan Tang Books:
  Home Page:
• Weekly list:
• Hong Kong:
• Hong Kong (1997):
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies:
• Mac Chinese language page:
• MacViewHz:
• MacHanzi:
• National Palace Museum travelling exhibit:
• National Palace Museum:
• Home Page:
• Chinese text:
• English text:
• Neo-Confucian E-Text Project (organzied by Steve Angle):
• National Central Library (Taiwan; Chinese and Western-language periodicals):
• Open Course Ware:
• Olive Tree (Ganlan shu). [Published on the first of every month, Olive Tree features poems, essays and literary criticism, all in Chinese, by dozens of contributors from around the world]:
• Taoism:
  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism
  
• Tibet (contemporary events):
  
• Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library:
  http://ciolek.com?WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html 
  
• Transnational China Project homepage (Rice University):
• TwinBridge:
• WWW virtual library (China):
  

        Asia-Related Sites with a Houston Connection

China

• Chinese American Citizens Alliance
• Chinese Community Center
• Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston
• The Institute of Chinese Culture

Japan

• Consulate-General of Japan in Houston
• Japan Association of Greater Houston
• The Japan - America Society of Houston
• Japanese Culture Society

Vietnam

• Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston
• Edward K.T. Chen
• Little Saigon Radio Broadcasting, Inc.
• Vietnamese Community of Houston & Vicinities (VNCH)
• Vietnamese Culture & Science Association

General Asia-Oriented Sites

• Annotated list of websites with e-texts on Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism:
  (in Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
  
• Asia-Pacific Exchange Electronic Journal:
• Asian Art History:
• Asian Consumer Studies:
• Asian-American Center:
  http://www.qc.edu/Asian_American_Center/
  
• Asian Rare Books:
  http://www.erols.com/arbs/
  
• Asian Studies WWW Monitor:
  http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
• Direct subscribers:
  Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library:
  http://coombs.anu.edu.au/
  WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
  
• Asiasoft (Asian-language materials):
  http://www.asiasoft.com/
  
• Association for Asian Studies:
• East Asian Libraries Cooperative World-Wide Web
  http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu
  
• East Asian Languages and Literatures (Ohio State):
  http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/deall/default.htm
  
• H-ASIA web site:
  Home Page: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
  Job Listings
• History of Asian Science Library:
• Library of Congress (Asia Division):
• National Library of Australia (Asia-related material):
• Network Pacific Asia:
• Newsletter on Asia (Italy):
• Ohio State Library web page:
  http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/
  
• Shareware (NJWIN 1.0):
  http://www.njstar.com.au/njstar/
  
• Southeast Asia (bibliog.)
• WWW virtual library (Asian Studies):
  http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
  
• WWW virtual library (China):
  http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
  
• WWW Asian Studies Online Newsletter:
  

            Helpful Search Engines

• Asian Studies WWW Monitor:
  http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
  
• Bibliography of Asian Studies:
  http://bas.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/
  
• College and University Home Pages:
  http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html
  
• Study Abroad Asia Website:
  http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/stdyabrd/
  StdyabrdAsia.html

Taiwan-Oriented Sites

URLs provided by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Houston

General Information

• Background Notes (U.S. Department of State):
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
• CIA Factbook:
  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
• Country Study (Library of Congress):
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Taiwan.pdf
• Portal to the World (Library of congress):
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/
  asian/taiwan/taiwan.html
• Taiwan Yearbook:
  http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/
  aboutroc/index.htm
• National Statistics:
  http://eng.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=5
• Government Information Office:
  http://www.gio.gov.tw
• Ministry of Foreign Affiars:
  https://www.gio.gov
• International Participation:
  http://english.www.gov.tw/UN/index.jsp

The Economy

• Ministry of Economic Affiars:
  http://www.moea.gov.tw/
• Taiwan External Trade Development Council:
  http://www.taitra.com.tw
• Bureau of Foreign Trade:
  http://eweb.trade.gov.tw
• Intellectual Property Office, Minister of Economic Affairs:
  http://www.tipo.gov.tw/eng/press.asp
• Taipei World Trade Center:
  http://www.twtc.org.tw/
• American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei:
  www.amcham.com.tw

Education

• Study in Taiwan:
  http://www.studyintaiwan.org/
  why_studying_in_taiwan/why-study-in-taiwan.htm

• Ministry of Education:
  http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1
• Global Chinese Language and Cultural Center:
  http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/home_en.htm
• Mandarin Training Center (National Taiwan Normal University):|
  http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/indexe.html
• National Central Library-Online Catalog:
  http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/e_menu.htm
• Periodical Documents Information Net:
  http://www2.ncl.edu.tw/journal/journal%5Fdocu01.htm

Government and Politics

• E-Government:
  http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=999
• Mainland Affairs Council:
• Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office in the United States:
  http://www.tecro.org
• Political Parties: KMT:
  DPP: http://www.dpp.org.tw/,
  NP:
• TSU: http://www.tsu.org.tw

Health Care

• Department of Health:
  http://www.doh.gov.tw/EN2006/index_EN.aspx
• Center for Disease Control:
• National Health Command Center:
• The NationalHealth Research Institutes:
• Taiwan Think Tank Blog:
• Association of Clinical Research Professional:
  

        Newspapers and Periodicals

• Central News Agency:
  ./
• Taipei Times:
  http://www.taipeitimes.com/News
• The China Post:
  http://www.chinapost.com.tw
• Taiwan Journal:
  
• Taiwan Review:
  http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1
• Taiwan Panorama:
  http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/index.php
• Taiwan Headline:

         Think Tanks

• Taiwan Foundation for Democracy:
• Taiwan Thinktank:
• Chian Ching-Kuo Foundation for Interantional Scholarly Exchange:
  http://www.cckf.org/index-e.htm
• Taiwan Institute of Economic Research:
  http://www.tier.org.tw
• Chung Hua Institution of Economic Research:
• Institute for National Policy Research:
  http://www.inpr.org.tw

Tourism

• Tourism Bureau:
  http://www.taiwan.net.tw
• Youth Travel in Taiwan:
• Information for Foreigners:
  http://www.moi.gov.tw/english/PolicyRelease_meat.asp?Newsid=146
• National Palace Museum:
  http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

Teaching Sites

• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center):
• Evaluation of Information Sources (Victoria Univ., New Zealand)
  http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
  
• Guide to film and video resources on the net:
• H-GRAD (info. for graduate students and aspiring graduate students):
  http://h-net.msu.edu/~gra
  
• Infolist for teachers:
• List of educational journals:
• Social studies resources:
• Syllabus magazine (on multimedia resources):
• Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources:
• Teaching evaluation:
• Testing:
• UVA Teaching site:
• Virtual classrooms:
• Workshop on teaching and learning with the web (1994):
• World Lecture Hall (university-based curriculum-oriented websites):
• WWW virtual library:
  

University Asia Sites

• The Asia Collections at Cornell University
• Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University
• Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University
• Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University
• Center for East Asian Studies at University of Pennsylvania
• College of Asia & The Pacific at the Australian National University
• Department of Asian Studies at University of Texas at Austin
• Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard College
• International Institute for Asian Studies
• Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS)

A Few Other Asian Country-Specific Sites

• Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go
  
• Japan Biker F.A.Q. at:
  
• Japan Foundation:
  http://www.jpf.go.jp/
  
• And also Japanese Manners & Etiquette at:
  
• Japan Web Guide:
  
• Korean history (bibliography):
  
• North Korean website:
  http://www.kcna.co.jp/
  
• Tibet (contemporary events)
• Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library:
  http://ciolek.com?WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html