Asian Studies: Web Resources

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General:

• Asia Society, this web site offers information about Asian culture, social issues, politics, and news.
  CIA World Factbook - Brought to you by none other than your CIA. This is a good source for basic geographic and demographic information on every country in Asia. Updated annually.

        CHINA

• Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
• Electronic Texts (U Calgary). Includes Buddhist, Taoist, Confuncian religious texts.
  China News Digest
• Chinese Internet Sites (National Library of Australia) Recommended.
• China Maps
• Chinese Text Initiative - The University of Virgina's web site includes a variety of full text online literature, presented in Chinese with English translations.
• National Library of China Digital Chronicles
• Peking University Library
• SELECTED WORKS OF DENG XIAOPING -   a solid resource.

      JAPAN

• Japanese Newspaper Searching - This site offers detailed information about finding articles from numerous Japanese newspapers. Very helpful!
• Japanese Text Initiative - The University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library provide a web site with an extensive collection of full text classics of Japanese literature.
• The Floating World of Ukiyo-e - An online exhibition from the Library of Congress
• http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/Professor-Lennox-Tierney-project.php The Catherine and Lennox Tierney Collection-Images, Oral Histories, and Film

     KOREA

• Korean Bibliography - From the Library of Congress.
• Korean Newspaper List - Links to about two dozen Korean newspapers, some in English.

SOUTH ASIA

• Digital Art: South Asia
• Electronic Journals and Newspapers (UP)
• SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet - Lists South Asian Internet resources by country and topic.
• Digital South Asia Library - Provides access to electronic copies of reference books, statistics, maps, books, and language learning materials.
• Manuscripts Resources for Asian Studies- An extensive list from SARAI and Columbia U.