~ Studies of Asia Links ~

Asiaco, the Asia Search Engine - http://search.asiaco.com/

This easy-to-use directory provides a browsable and searchable collection of thousands of Web sites for thirty Asian countries. Students, businesses, travelers, and other Asia enthusiasts will welcome the useful and up-to-date information listed in discrete categories. A helpful accompanying map of Asia shows the relative location of the countries. 

AsianCity: The Gateway to Asia  http://www.asiancity.com/

Headlines World News Business Sports Entertainment Technology Weather - Cambodian China Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia North Korea South Korea Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand...

Welcome To AccessAsia     http://www.accessasia.com/

Asian Business Resources Express Gateway 

China-Kontor - Gateway to China     http://www.chinakontor.de/

Comprehensive collection of links to China oriented sites.

China - Great Wall of China     http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html

Marvel of engineering beginning to the northwest of Beijing and stretching westward is profiled in photographs and words.

Orientation Asia Travel & Country Focus: China     http://as.orientation.com/asia/country/china.html

Gateway to Asia on the Web: art, literature, business, trade, culture, politics, music, news, events, sports, travel, food and discussions

China Society for Human Rights Studies     http://www.humanrights-china.org/en/eindex.html

Organization presents an extensive collection of speeches, analyses and news reports relating to the country's rights abuses.

Radio Free Asia    http://www.rfa.org/

Private nonprofit broadcaster provides feeds in Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin and Tibetan to news organizations broadcasting in Asia.

Time Out: The World's Living Guide - http://www.timeout.com/

Claiming to offer information "about the world's greatest cities," Timeout.com provides a growing list of cities and valuable information for those visiting them. Each guide is divided into ten sections, including Accommodation, Eating and Drinking, Entertainment, and Gay & Lesbian. The Essential Info page dispenses travel tips that include visa information, weather, and interpreters. Check out This Month for current happenings in each city. 

Web Wombat - Class Mate - Languages other than English http://www.webwombat.com.au/schools/secondary/sklang.htm

This section of the Web Wombat web site provides links to resources for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. Each page gives links to facts, maps, online dictionaries, and other useful items for the teaching of the language and culture.

Anthems and Flags of the Nations of the World -  http://www.copcity.com/anthems/anthems.html

Provides photographs of national flags and MIDI recordings of national anthems. Lyrics are included for most countries, with English translations and transliterations where needed. 

Saturn Hmong Home Page -  http://ww2.saturn.stpaul.k12.mn.us/hmong/sathmong.html

The "talking" Hmong/English and English/Hmong dictionaries are the most valuable components of this
site (pronunciation sound clips require Windows MediaPlayer). Other features are a guide to pronouncing Hmong consonants and vowels, intonation help, common phrases, and common Hmong names. There are additional pages containing stories, pictures, panduas/quilts project, cultural/religious terminology, and teacher lesson plans. A link to the University of Michigan Web site provides access to more information about Hmong and Vietnamese culture. There are student page links, too. 

Chinese Military Power - http://www.comw.org/cmp/

"Chinese Military Power: a gateway to full-text online resources concerning China's military policy, capabilities, and potential. The site also addresses relevant domestic political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China." Provided are references and resource links by an array of scholars from conservative and liberal think tanks and from different sectors of academia. From the Project on Defense Alternatives of the Commonwealth Institute. More links can be found at US-China Standoff - Views from Outside America, from The Scout Report.