See information in the webpage of the Pandemic Preparedness of UofT:
http://www.preparedness.utoronto.ca/pandemic/H1N1vaccine.htm
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Asianadian: an Asian Canadian Magazine
Asianadian began publication in the late 1970s and was the first magazine of its time to deal with the social, racial, and cultural issues of Asian Canadians.
According to the magazine blog, publication of the magazine is currently "financially unstable". Contents of some of its back issues are accessible through an Asianadian website affiliated with the University of Washington.
The Asianadian Blog: http://asianadian.blogspot.com/
The Asiandian Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/chanant/asianadian/volumes/
According to the magazine blog, publication of the magazine is currently "financially unstable". Contents of some of its back issues are accessible through an Asianadian website affiliated with the University of Washington.
The Asianadian Blog: http://asianadian.blogspot.com/
The Asiandian Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/chanant/asianadian/volumes/
Thursday, October 22, 2009
New York Times: In Chinatown, Sound of the Future Is Mandarin
An article, "In Chinatown, Sound of the Future Is Mandarin", published in Oct. 22, 2009's New York Times reports and analyzes the eclipse of Cantonese and the rise of Mandarin as the major language used in America's Chinatowns.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
New Resource: 19th Century British Pamphlets
Historical pamphlets are important, but hard-to-find primary sources that shed light on the key political, social, and environmental issues of the period when they were produced.
The JStor collection brings together over 20,000 pamphlets from seven U.K. insitutions, and is of great research value to scholars and students who study the socio-political and economic landscape of the 19th-century Britain. Of course, because of the interwovenness of the relationship between Britain and East Asia (esp. China) during the 19th century, the collection offers rich historical information on topics such as the Opium War, trade issues between Asia and Britain, and so on. Below is a selected list of pamphlets devoted to issues surrounding China, which is used just to showcase the collection's relevance to EAS:
Title:Considerations on the danger of laying open the trade withIndia China
Author(s):Cossim
Source:Bristol
Contributor(s):University of Bristol
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60248474
Title:Sketch of a voyage to theIndia China Japan
Author(s):Buckingham, James Silk
Source:Wilson
Contributor(s): TheUniversity of Manchester John Rylands University
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60239304
Title:Chinese monopoly examined.
Author(s):Crawfurd, John
Source:Hume Tracts,(1830)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213131
Title:Observations on the influence of the East India Company's monopoly on the price and supply of tea, and on the commerce withIndia China
Source:Hume Tracts,(1831)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60211979
Title:A Letter to Lord Althorp, on theChina CIV .
Source:Hume Tracts,(1833)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212123
Title:Lecture on the nature and structure of the Chinese language, delivered atUniversity College
Author(s):Kidd, Samuel
Source:Hume Tracts,(1838)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213143
Title:Opium crisis: a letter addressed to Charles Elliot, Esq., chief superintendent of the British trade withChina
Author(s):American merchant
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1839)
Contributor(s): TheUniversity of Manchester John Rylands University
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60235738
Title:Opium: the opium trade withChina
Source:LSE Selected Pamphlets,(1839)
Contributor(s): LSE Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60222721
Title:British opium trade withChina
Source:Hume Tracts,(1839)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212219
Title:A voice for China: which must be heard, demonstrating that the war with China arises out of our British national opium smuggling, and protesting against such war or reprisals, as bringing upon this nation the guilt and punishment of robbery, piracy, and murder! ;to my countrymen, the Government and my Church
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s):University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101277
Title:Corrected report of the speech of Sir George Staunton, on Lord Ashley's motion on theChina April 7, 1840 : with an appendix, containing resolutions on the China June 13, 1833 .
Author(s):Staunton
Source:Hume Tracts,(1840)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212995
Title:A digest of the despatches onChina
Source:Bristol
Contributor(s):University of Bristol
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60244305
Title:The Rupture withChina
Author(s):A Resident inChina
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s):University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60100409
Title:Report on the progress of the culture of theChina Himalayas : from 1835 to 1847
Author(s):Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes)
Source:Hume Tracts,(1849)
Contributor(s):UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60204485
Title:Our policy inChina China
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1858)
Contributor(s): TheUniversity of Manchester John Rylands University
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60232626
Title:The new quarrel inChina
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1859)
Contributor(s):University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101251
Title:The Taeping Rebellion inChina
Author(s):Sykes, William Henry
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1863)
Contributor(s):University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101364
Title:Our interests inChina
Author(s):Lay, Horatio N.
Source:Bristol
Contributor(s):University of Bristol
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60245202
Title:The population and revenue ofChina
Author(s):Parker, Edward Harper
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1897)
Contributor(s): TheUniversity of Manchester John Rylands University
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60237006
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How to search the pamphlet collection in JStor:
The JStor collection brings together over 20,000 pamphlets from seven U.K. insitutions, and is of great research value to scholars and students who study the socio-political and economic landscape of the 19th-century Britain. Of course, because of the interwovenness of the relationship between Britain and East Asia (esp. China) during the 19th century, the collection offers rich historical information on topics such as the Opium War, trade issues between Asia and Britain, and so on. Below is a selected list of pamphlets devoted to issues surrounding China, which is used just to showcase the collection's relevance to EAS:
Title:Considerations on the danger of laying open the trade with
Author(s):Cossim
Source:
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60248474
Title:Sketch of a voyage to the
Author(s):Buckingham, James Silk
Source:
Contributor(s): The
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60239304
Title:Chinese monopoly examined.
Author(s):Crawfurd, John
Source:Hume Tracts,(1830)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213131
Title:Observations on the influence of the East India Company's monopoly on the price and supply of tea, and on the commerce with
Source:Hume Tracts,(1831)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60211979
Title:A Letter to Lord Althorp, on the
Source:Hume Tracts,(1833)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212123
Title:Lecture on the nature and structure of the Chinese language, delivered at
Author(s):Kidd, Samuel
Source:Hume Tracts,(1838)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213143
Title:Opium crisis: a letter addressed to Charles Elliot, Esq., chief superintendent of the British trade with
Author(s):American merchant
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1839)
Contributor(s): The
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60235738
Title:Opium: the opium trade with
Source:LSE Selected Pamphlets,(1839)
Contributor(s): LSE Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60222721
Title:British opium trade with
Source:Hume Tracts,(1839)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212219
Title:A voice for China: which must be heard, demonstrating that the war with China arises out of our British national opium smuggling, and protesting against such war or reprisals, as bringing upon this nation the guilt and punishment of robbery, piracy, and murder! ;to my countrymen, the Government and my Church
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101277
Title:Corrected report of the speech of Sir George Staunton, on Lord Ashley's motion on the
Author(s):
Source:Hume Tracts,(1840)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212995
Title:A digest of the despatches on
Source:
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60244305
Title:The Rupture with
Author(s):A Resident in
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60100409
Title:Report on the progress of the culture of the
Author(s):Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes)
Source:Hume Tracts,(1849)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60204485
Title:Our policy in
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1858)
Contributor(s): The
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60232626
Title:The new quarrel in
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1859)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101251
Title:The Taeping Rebellion in
Author(s):Sykes, William Henry
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1863)
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101364
Title:Our interests in
Author(s):Lay, Horatio N.
Source:
Contributor(s):
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60245202
Title:The population and revenue of
Author(s):Parker, Edward Harper
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1897)
Contributor(s): The
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60237006
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How to search the pamphlet collection in JStor:
- Go to JStor "Advanced Search"
- Type your search words in the box. You can limit the search in specific fields such as "fullt-text", "item title", "abstract", etc.
- Click the check box of "Pamphlet" to limit your search to this particular type of materials.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
New Database: Foreign Office Files for China -- 1949~1976
The University of Toronto Libraries has recently acquired "Foreign Office Files for China: 1949-1976", a primary source database that makes available the complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan during 1949 and 1976.
The time coverage (1949-1976) is an immensely critical period in modern Chinese history: 1949 marked the founding of the PRC, and in 1976, Mao Zedong passed away. During the time, Britain was one of the few countries that recognized the Communist China, thus the British Foreign Office Files about China are valuable sources for scholars studying post-1949 China.
The Foreign Office’s reporting includes 3 sections with contents covering:
The time coverage (1949-1976) is an immensely critical period in modern Chinese history: 1949 marked the founding of the PRC, and in 1976, Mao Zedong passed away. During the time, Britain was one of the few countries that recognized the Communist China, thus the British Foreign Office Files about China are valuable sources for scholars studying post-1949 China.
The Foreign Office’s reporting includes 3 sections with contents covering:
- Eye-witness accounts and detailed reports on life in China, 1949-1976.
- In depth analysis of the Communist Revolution and all the major figures.
- Material on the Korean War, the Cold War, US relations and the Cultural Revolution.
The database currently makes available files in Section I (1949-1956). Section II and III are scheduled to be released in 2010 and 2011.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Beking University Library Launches Tsung Dao Lee Digital Library (李政道数字图书馆)
Beiking University Library is in the process of digitizing the works by Prof. Li Zhengdao (also known as Prof. Tsung Dao Lee, 李政道), one of the two Nobel prize winners in physics in 1957.
The project is aimed at digitizing all the works by Prof. Li and making them available online in the Tsung Dao Lee Digital Library (李政道数字图书馆). While still under construction, the digital library already includes considerable information by or about Prof. Li and is now open to the pulic. Below is a list of contents already available, and the library's contents will be further extended in future to include more photoes and articles of Prof. Li:
1 Selected Papers Vol.1，844页
2 Selected Papers Vol.2，589页
3 Selected Papers Vol.3，597页
4 Selected Papers Vol.4，848页
5 李政道科学论文选（上册），1169页
6 李政道科学论文选（下册），1208页
7 粒子物理和场论，691页
8 Particle Physics and Introduction to Field Theory，879页
9 统计力学，202页
10 对称，不对称和粒子世界，91页
11 Symmetries, Asymmetries, and the world of Particles，90页
12 李政道文录，233页13 李政道文选（科学和人文），432页
14 物理的挑战，68页
15 科学与艺术，161页
16 李政道随笔画选，255页
17 Thirty Years Since Parity Nonconservation，197页
18 宇称不守恒发现之争论解谜（简体版），271页
19 宇称不守恒发现之争论解谜（繁体版），286页
20 宇称不守恒思想突破的产生，273页
The project is aimed at digitizing all the works by Prof. Li and making them available online in the Tsung Dao Lee Digital Library (李政道数字图书馆). While still under construction, the digital library already includes considerable information by or about Prof. Li and is now open to the pulic. Below is a list of contents already available, and the library's contents will be further extended in future to include more photoes and articles of Prof. Li:
1 Selected Papers Vol.1，844页
2 Selected Papers Vol.2，589页
3 Selected Papers Vol.3，597页
4 Selected Papers Vol.4，848页
5 李政道科学论文选（上册），1169页
6 李政道科学论文选（下册），1208页
7 粒子物理和场论，691页
8 Particle Physics and Introduction to Field Theory，879页
9 统计力学，202页
10 对称，不对称和粒子世界，91页
11 Symmetries, Asymmetries, and the world of Particles，90页
12 李政道文录，233页13 李政道文选（科学和人文），432页
14 物理的挑战，68页
15 科学与艺术，161页
16 李政道随笔画选，255页
17 Thirty Years Since Parity Nonconservation，197页
18 宇称不守恒发现之争论解谜（简体版），271页
19 宇称不守恒发现之争论解谜（繁体版），286页
20 宇称不守恒思想突破的产生，273页
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Publications of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
The East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore takes it as its mission to "promote academic and policy-oriented research on contemporary China and other East Asian economies".
Its 'Publications' page makes available interesting information on working papers and background briefs related to some of the "hottest" topics about China and the East Asian region.
Its 'Publications' page makes available interesting information on working papers and background briefs related to some of the "hottest" topics about China and the East Asian region.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Network for Chinese Scholars
The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library wants to call your attention to Anianet( http://www.anianet.com ), a newly launched website aimed at bringing Chinese and western scholars closer together.
Anianet was launched only a few weeks ago, but has already attracted about 3,000 Chinese scholars to sign up and create free profiles detailing their research interest and academic accomplishments. Members can post online their research papers, reports, and other files, and all the information is open and free.
Anianet was launched only a few weeks ago, but has already attracted about 3,000 Chinese scholars to sign up and create free profiles detailing their research interest and academic accomplishments. Members can post online their research papers, reports, and other files, and all the information is open and free.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector
A Germany-based NGO, Transparency International (TI), has released its latest annual report on fighting corruption entitled "Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector". It studies in unique detail "the many corruption risks for business, ranging from small entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa to multinationals from Europe and North America".
As about the report's relation to East Asian Studies, there is chapter discussing corporate integrity in China and is complemented by in-depth country reports, including those on China, Japan and South Korea.
As about the report's relation to East Asian Studies, there is chapter discussing corporate integrity in China and is complemented by in-depth country reports, including those on China, Japan and South Korea.
