Selected Web Links for Asian Studies

Partner University Libraries:

• Ajou University (South Korea)
• Asian University (Thailand)
• China Europe International Business School (China)
• Fudan University (China)
• Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• Shanghai University
• South China Normal University
• Beijing Technology and Business University
• Guilin University of Electronic Technology
• Henan University of Finance and Economics
• Southeast University

Catalogues:

• British Library Japanese catalogues
• EVOCS - European Virtual OPAC for Chinese Studies
• KOLIS-Network union catalogue of public libraries of South Korea
• KORCIS Korean Old and Rare Collection Information System
• National Central Library Taiwan Digital Meta-Library
• National Diet Library see also 'Birth of the Constitution of Japan'
• National  Library of China
• National Library of Korea online catalogue
• National Science & Technology Library
• RISS union catalogue of academic libraries in South Korea and Japan
• Shanghai Library: largest public library in China
• SSELP Catalogue (journals)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Library
• Tsinghua University Library
• University of Tokyo library
• UK Union Catalogue of Chinese Books

• Changsŏ-gak online catalogue of Changsŏ-gak library of the Academy of Korean Studies 

 Culture/General:

• A Country Study: Japan 
• China: a country study (Library of Congress)
• China Culture
• China Historical GIS (Harvard and Fudan Universities)
• China Maps  (University of Texas)
• China Today
• Japan photo gallery
• JapanLink: Key Aspects of Japan
• South Korea: a country study (Library of Congress)

Language & Linguistics (General):

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World
• iLoveLanguages: catalogue of language-related internet resources
• Linguist List: language & language analysis 
• MHRA: Modern Humanities Research Association
• Modern Language Association
• The European Library

Language & Linguistics (Chinese):

• BBC languages - real Chinese
• Centre for teaching Chinese as a foreign language
• Chinese character test
• Chinese language information page
• Chinese text sampler
• Global Chinese language and culture center
• Learn Cantonese
• Learning Chinese online
• On-line Chinese tools  (Mandarin)
• Practical Chinese reader self-test
• Zhongwen Red (Mandarin)
• Worldonlinecinema: a selection of free online language resources for Chinese films

Language & Linguistics (Japanese):

• Ethnologue (Japan languages)
• National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
• BBC Languages Quick-fix Japanese
  
  
  Media resources:
• Beijing News
• China Daily
• China Daily (English)
• Chinese Television Streams
• Economic Observer
• Economic Observer (English)
• Japan Today (News)
• jibtv.com : Japan Live TV
• People’s Daily Online: Chinese
• People’s Daily Online: English
• Reference news
• Shanghai Star
• South China Morning Post
• South Korea online newspapers
• Southern Daily
• Southern Weekend
• Links to Hong Kong Newspapers
• Links to Taiwan Newspapers
• See also: Onlinenewspapers.com for Chinese newpapers
• The Japan Times Online
• Tokyo Journal
• wwiTV: Chinese Television Streams
• Yomiuri Shimbun - largest daily Japanese newspaper

Social Media:

• China Digital Times
• China Geek
• China Hush
• China Media Project
• China Smack
• Hoover Institution

Poetry:

• Chinese poems
• Classical Chinese Poetry
• Mountain Songs
• 300 Tang poems

Business & Social Sciences

• Dragonomics: Beijing based economic publisher and statistic resource
• APEC Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
• Project 2049
• CSAA Chinese Studies Association of Australia
• Doing Business in China: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
• Chinese Internet Network Information Centre: State policy, regulation etc.
• Information Center for Social Sciences
  
  

Further Resources for Research:

• Digital Resources for Chinese Studies (Harvard)
• China Bibliography: Chinese English Centre
• The Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese
• Chinese Pamphlets
• Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
• Harvard Institute of Japanese Studies
• Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: An Open Access Resource
• Ming-Qing Women's Writings
• National Bibliographic Information Network
• Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)
• Internet Guide for China Studies - On-line Journals
• Online bibliographies for Chinese studies
• China Book International: Chinese to English Book Translations
• Centre of Research on Education in China
• Tibetan and Himalayan Library
• China gateway 

Last updated: 06 February 2013

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