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• Asia-Links
  "Linking the world to Asia" Must login for free when you click on the articles. Can also pick the country link at the top for specific news, events, companies, stocks, and technology information.
• Asian Portal (Asiaco)
  "Ticket to Asia, Window to the World".
• Asia Resources on the World Wide Web
  Links are arranged either by geographic area (e.g., East Asia, General) or type of resource (e.g., Libraries). Maintained by the Association for Asian Studies.
• Asia Source
  An index for cultural, economic, social, historical, and political information about Asia. For example, AsiaViews has links to journal articles and opinion pieces arranged by subject. Other sections include AsiaBusiness, AsiaExperts, and AsiaToday.
• Asian Studies: The World Wide Web Virtual Library
  Links to Asian Studies resources by country, organization, and topic, as well as a content rating guide for the sites listed
• Duke University Libraries East Asian Studies
  Many links and resources.
• East and South East Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
  Hot topics, Regional and Country Directory. Courtesy of the Univ. of Redlands.
• East Asian Libraries Cooperative World-Wide Web
• Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
  Part of the Internet History Sourcebooks project at Fordham University, this is an index of web sites organized by country or topic. While far from comprehensive on the subject, it does provide many leads to otherwise obscure information.
• University of Delaware Center for International Studies
  Links and resources for Southeast Asia.
• UMassAmherst Digital Library East Asian Collection
  Has guides and Internet resources mostly in the Asian languages.

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• Ask an EastAsian Studies Librarian
  From the Virtual Reference Desk, this service is split into categories of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and East Asian Studies.
• CIA World Factbook
  Contains facts and maps for every country in Asia, including basic demographics, economic information, and international agreements.
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
  The Country Studies/Area Handbook Program is an ongoing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
• Digital Asia Library
  Project of the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, Ohio State Univ. Libraries, and Univ. of Minnesota Libraries to provide a searchable, browsable catalog of web resources originating in Asia.
• Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications
  The Center provides free delivery of Chinese language academic journal publications to the US. Administered by the East Asian Library of the University of Pittsburgh.
• History: Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
  Courtesy of Fordham University. A subset of texts derived from the other such sourcebooks.

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• Chinese Business
  "Your gateway to China business." Site by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
• Chinese Characters and Culture
  This very full site includes links to dictionaries, FAQs, learning resources, and the full-text of several major works, including the Art of War and Tao Te Ching (in both Chinese and English).
• China Data Center Primary goal is the integration of historical, social, and natural science data in a geographic information system. From the Univ. of Michigan.
• China Economic Information Network
  Provides montly and annual information and statistics.
• China Kontor
  Links to over 5,000 websites.
• China News Digest
  
• Chinese Text Initiative
  From the University of Virginia, this site contains scanned classical texts. Note: the site is still under construction, so I would keep checking for updates.

Japan

• Asahi.com
  Weekly Japanese newspaper.
• Daily Yomiuri
  Japanese daily news that provides political, economic, and financial news.
• Web Japan
  Links for information on Japanese Nature and Geography, Culture, Econony, Science and more.
• Japanese Text Initiative
  A collaborative effort between the University of Virginia and the University of Pittsburgh to put to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web.
• Japan Reference Page
  "Your links to Japan, Japanese culture, and Language."
• The Japan Times
• Japan Today
• Kyodo News
• Mainichi Daily News
• Metropolis
  "Japan's #1 English magazine"
• Nikkei-net Interactive
• The Weekly Post
  "Best selling news magazine in Japan".

Korea

• KINDS: Korean Integrated News Database System
  Searchable database of Korean newspapers in English or Korean. Click on "English" in the menu on the left frame.
• Korean News
  News from Korean Central News Agency of DPRK; a state-run agency that "speaks for the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK.
• Korean Government Homepage

Mongolia

• Mongolia Online: Your Guide to Mongolia
  English news is in a frame on the left side.
• Mongolia This Week UB Post Weekly
  "Mongolia's only independent English weekly."
• Parliament of Mongolia
  

Taiwan

• The China Post
  "Taiwan's leading English-language newspaper" with in-depth weekly reports.
• Taiwan Journal
• Taipei Times

Macau

• Macau Special Administrative Region Government (MSAR)
  Links from here to more information on this China-ruled area.

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• Abyz News Links - Asia
  Links to newspapers and other news sources from Asia, arranged by country and region. Within each listing, news sources list home city, language, media type, and media focus. The News Links section lists web based foreign language translators and font resources.
• Asia Observer
  "A start page for observers of Asian Affairs" -can also pick the specific countries within South East Asia for their news. Emphasis on news, discussions, politics, economy and general background.
• Asia Daily
  A gateway site for Asian news sources, including many of more obscure countries such as Kazhakstan or Sri Lanka. The site also has links to current news photos.

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• Statistical Agencies (International)
  A listing of URLs for the official statistical agencies of foreign governments. Many, but not all, Asian states are listed here. The quality of the data varies between different countries, and, for some, there is no English-language version. Maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center of the Japanese Government
• Asia Business Today: Statistics/Indicators
  A collection of links to government and non-profit statistical agencies.
• InfoNation
  "InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."

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• American Oriental Society
  "Oldest learned society in the U.S. devoted to a particular field of scholarship."
• Asia Society
  "America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific." Also has links to many other resources.
• Association for Asian Studies
• Council of Conferences, Association for Asian Studies
• Council on East Asian Libraries
• International Institute for Asian Studies
  Research center in the Netherlands. Has Asian updates that provide background and analysis of newsworthy issues and events in Asia and U.S. and also country briefings.
• National Resource Centers for East Asian Studies
  Courtesy of Indiana University.
• Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies
  Co-operative framework of European Institutes specializing in Asian Studies.

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• Amnesty International On-line
• Human Rights Watch
• The Japan Foundation
  Organization for international cultural exchange in Japan.
• United Nations Home Page
• World Bank Group: East Asia and the Pacific

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