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Asian Art

Asia-art.net for Asian art promotion *****- A comprehensive Asian Art Site

AsianArt.com - http://www.asianart.com/ - a general Asian Art site

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - http://www.asianart.org/ - an excellent collection of Asian Art

SeattleArt Museum - http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/ - a significant collection of Asian Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Asian Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=6 – another fine collection of Asian Art

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art - http://www.asia.si.edu/ - The Smithsonian Institute’s contribution to Asian Art

Crow Collection of Asian Art : Home - http://www.crowcollection.org/ - architectural collection of Asian Art

Asia Art Archive - http://www.aaa.org.hk/index.html - Listing of Asian Art events.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections/asian/asianart.htm - a nice collection of Asian Art

Orientations - http://www.orientations.com.hk/ - a guide to Asian Art Museums

The Offen Collection - http://pem.org/museum/lib_offen.php - 16-20th Century Art

Asian Economics

Elsevier.com - Journal of Asian Economics - http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620171/description#description***** – A premier journal on Asian Economics

Toward A New Age of Partnership - http://www.tanap.net/ ***** - A site dedicated to the investigation of the role of the Dutch East Asia Company and its role in trade in the Far East

Roubini Global Economics (RGE) Monitor - http://www.rgemonitor.com/ - an independent global economics monitor with substantial materials on Asian Economics

Asia Pacific Research - Economics - RSPAS - Asia Pacific Research - Economics - RSPAS – Australian National University research on Asian Economics

Far Eastern Economic Review - http://www.feer.com/ - a dow-jones publication on Far Eastern Economics

East Asian Economics - Shorenstein APARC - http://aparc.stanford.edu/research/east_asian_economics/ - a StanfordUniversity site on East Asian Economics

Asian Economic Think Tanks: ADBI Pocket Guide - http://www.adbi.org/book/2005/12/01/1568.think.tanks.directory/ - a guide to Asian Economics Think Tanks

Asian Economic News - http://www.apmforum.com/news-feeds/asian-economy.htm - contemporary Asian Economic news feeds

The JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchool of Advanced International Studies - http://www.jhubc.it/faculty/index.cfm?ProfID=54 – A JohnHopkinsUniversity site on International Studies with Asian Economic content

Cotton Sector in Central Asia: http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/centreinfo.cfm?navid=1030#Anchor-In-44591 – A look at cotton within the Asian economic picture

Asian Education

Asian History

EasternStudiesDatabase.com - http://easternstudiesdatabase.com/ - extensive teacher and student resource on Asian Studies *****

Asian Dictionary - http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/wadict/ - translations of various Asian languages.

Asian History at Fordham - www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html - General Asian History at FordhamUniversity *****

ASIAN LAW

Asian Journal of Comparative Law - http://www.bepress.com/asjcl - Journal of Asian Law review ******

Asian Religion

Southeast Asian Religious Practices - http://lists.sandiego.edu/mailman/listinfo/risa-l - General Southeast Asian religious studies site generated by San DiegoUniversity

Asian Studies

Asian Studies at Nordic Asian Studies Institute – Denmark - http://nias.ku.dk/ - General Asian Studies at Nordic Asian Studies Institute in Denmark*****

Asian Studies Acronyms http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AsianPages/Acronyms.html - Acronyms for Asian Studies sites*****

Singapore Asian Issues - http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps2005.htm - A forum on Asian issues from Singapore*****

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Book Sellers

Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/283155/ref=gw_br_bo/103-7399599-8124648 - Large Selection of Books for Purchase

Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) - Large Selection of Books for Purchase

Buddhism (general links)

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library *****- A Comprehensive Internet Resource on Buddhism
Fundamental Buddhism - Basic Data on Buddhism
Sacred Texts – The Sacred Texts of Buddhism
Buddhism ORG – Site Promoting Buddhism
Women Active in Buddhism – Women’s Site For Buddhism
Religion and Spirituality - Buddhism – Religious Data on Buddhism

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China (general links not annotated)

China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature *****
ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITORhttp://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html - A Top-Rated General Chinese data link *****
Chinese Cultures Abroadhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~pollard/chculture.html - Hawaii University link for Chinese data *****
China and Eurasia Forum - http://www.chinaeurasia.org – Link specializing in China’s relationship to Eurasia******
Biennial Conferences of the Asian Studies Association Australia
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/conference/ - Information on Asian Studies Conference
China – General Information on China from Awesome Library Link
ChinaSite.com: The Complete Reference to China/… - general site on China
Chinese Cultural Studies: Selections of Chinese… - general site on China
Chinese Health Institute [Sifu Phil] tai-chi,ch…- Chinese herbal studies
Chinese History Resources – General Chinese History Site
Chinese Philosophy – General Chinese Philosophy Site
Chinese Poetry – General Chinese Poetry Site
Confucianism – General Site on Confucianism
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network. – Journal of Higher Education with occasional articles on Chinese Education
Centre of Research on Education in China – Research on Chinese Education
Northern Iowa University Site on Chinahttp://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html - University of Northern Iowa Chinese data
General Central Asian Studies Site - http://www.a-c-a.info/ - site for Central Asian scholars
Hong KongUniversity Site - http://hklitpub.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/
Mandarin Tools - www.mandarintools.com – Excellent Chinese Language Learning site
Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170012004?open&of=ENG-2S2 – Amnesty International site for Human Rights
ChicagoUniversity - http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/earlychina/ssec/ - ChicagoUniversityData on China
Mao’s Quotations http://art-bin.com/art/omaotoc.html - a nostalgic look at the quotations of Chairman Mao
Imperial China - http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/ - Site with data on early Imperial China
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/ Annotated Directory of Asian Studies Data
Asian Focus - http://www.aseanfocus.com/asiananalysis/about.html - Asian Studies Newsletter
BristolUniversity – Chinese Studies http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Customs/ - BristolUniversity site on Chinese Historical Data
Asia Pacific Week - http://rspas.anu.edu.au/asiapacificweek/ - Asia Pacific Week site
Australian Asian Studies Journal - http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/gjaps - Australian Asian-Pacific Studies Journal
Mongolia - http://www.MongolianCulture.com/ - Site on Mongolian Culture

Chinese Economics

China WWW Virtual Library - Internet Guide for China … *****
Asia-PacificEconomicshttp://home.earthlink.net/~harstadm/econhome1.htm Chinese Economics *****
China Profile - http://www.china-profile.com/ - Chinese Economic and Other Forecasts ****

China Hengnan Foreign Economic Relations & Trade. – China Trade Site

Canada China Business Council – Page for Canadian-Chinese Business Networking
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade - CCPIT Website
Silk Road - http://www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html - Excellent Source of Data on the Silk Road*****

Chinese History

The Fairbank Chinese History Library (www.cnd.org/fairbank/ ) - A leading Chinese Historical Library maintained by Rob Gray *****
General Chinese History – Fordham Universitywww.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html*****
Ancient China: The Great Unification: The Ch'in, 256-206 BC - generalist info on the Chin (Qin) Dynasty
Ancient China: The Shang, 1766-1050 BC - generalist info on the Shang Dynasty
Ancient China: The T'ang, 618-970 - generalist info on the Tang Dynasty
Ancient Dynasties – General Histories of Ancient Chinese Dynasties
GeneralChineseHistoriography-PrincetonUniversity (www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/)
General Chinese History - www.academicinfo.net/chinahist.html
General Chinese History - www.chsa.org/
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pollard/chculture.html - HawaiiUniversity data link on Chinese Culture

Chinese Islam

Chinese Islam - http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/pickens/ - Excellent collection of Chinese Muslim images from the 1920’s and 1930’s. *****

China - MaoZedong (general links)

Chinese Religion

IndianaUniversity - http://www.indiana.edu/~sscr/ - IndianaUniversity Analysis of Chinese Religions

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Digital Librarian: Asian Resources

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ECAI (The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative)at the University of California at Berkeley – Wonderful collection of digital maps
Education World® : Education Employment Center – General Employment in Education Site
Education in the Republic of China – Site focusing on Chinese Education
English Links
EAWC Chronology: India
Economy database of industry,national income,fo.
Enrich Yourself - Famous Scientists
East Asian Institute at Columbia University

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Fact Sheet: U.S.-China Relations

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The Great Wall

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Indian River Community College Online – Site with access to EasterrnStudiesDatabase.com Private Chinese Data Collection
Institute of International Education
Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy,…
Inside China Today
Islamic Cultures and Religious Architecture

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Libraries

The Beijing Digital Library - http://www.nlc.gov.cn/ - A comprehensive digital library of Chinese materials maintained by the Chinese government. *****
Asian Studies WWW Monitor- http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html - A premier site for both Chinese and Asian Studies materials maintained by leading Asian Studies expert, T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au - *****

The Fairbank Chinese History Library (www.cnd.org/fairbank/ ) - A Leading Chinese Historical Library Maintained by Rob Gray *****
The USCArchivalResearchCenter (www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/) A Repository of Academic Research Materials *****
South Asian Studies Microform Depository -http://www.crl.edu/areastudies/SAMP/index.htm*****
Southeast Asian Studies Microform Depository - http://www.crl.edu/areastudies/SEAM/index.htm*****
ANU - Online Chinese Library - This link offers some non-maintained online Chinese Libraries
Awesome Library - Social Studies – General Education online Library
American Medical Association Library Link - http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/library/readroom/vol_280/jsc80298.htm

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