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China 

http://www.usc.cuhk.edu.hk/Eng/Default.aspx
Hong Kong University's Universities Service Center for Chinese Studies offers a variety of information and datasets on China

http://english.cctv.com/index.shtml 
China Central TV with lots of news along with live China TV!

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/china/china.html 
Lots of links from the Library of Congress on China

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ 
Good site for Geography with excellent maps of China in the geography teaching units drop section. Also good short history blurbs in the history drop section.

People's Daily Online offers up-to-date news on China

http://www.chinese.cn/
Confucian Institute Online with language learning and teaching resources

http://www.presby.edu/ci/
Confucius Institute located at Presbyterian College of which Furman is a partner institution; check out their website for news updates and events

http://www.cas.sc.edu/ci/
Confucius Institute located at University of South Carolina, a good resource for China-related events in Columbia

http://www.greenvillechinese.org/ 
Local Chinese Cultural Association 

Japan 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html#Japan 
East Asian History Sourcebook offers a mix of various short essays and pictures.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/japan/japan.html 
Lots of links from the Library of Congress on Japan.

http://spice.stanford.edu/docs/clearinghouse/
National Clearinghouse for US-Japan Studies has an enormous amount of resources on Japan. May take some searching to find exactly what you need. 

http://web-jpn.org/ 
Web Japan offers a variety of information about Japan across several genres including culture, history, and nature.

http://web-japan.org/jvt/en/index.html 
This is Web Japan's video library.

http://jguide.stanford.edu/ 
Stanford's guide to Japan information resources.

http://www.asahi.com/english/ 
Asahi-a Japanese newspaper.

http://www.jaasc.org/index.php 
Japanese America Association of South Carolina 

South Asia 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ 
Times of India website.

http://www.dawn.com/2005/09/27/index.htm 
Pakistan's leading English language newspaper.

http://sawnet.org/ 
The South Asian Women's Network.

http://sasialit.org/ 
A forum for discussion about contemporary South Asian literature. Also has an extensive links page dealing with South Asian literature. 

http://indiastudies.org/ 
The American Institute of Indian Studies has useful research centers on India along with useful links for resources on India.

http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/ 
Manushi is a journal of women and society in South Asia

General Asia 

http://www.asiainthecurriculum.org 
An excellent resource-a forum where educators post questions, announcements, and comments about Asia topics.

http://www.askasia.org/students/index.htm 
Good general site with maps, history blurbs, photographs etc.

http://library.furman.edu/resources/subject/asia/asiaref.htm 
Resources at Furman University library.

Asia Centers and Organizations

http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications 
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford.

http://www.nctasia.org 
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.

http://www.furman.edu/sccta 
South Carolina Center for Teaching about Asia. 

http://www.aasianst.org/ 
Association for Asian Studies. 

http://www.asianetwork.org/ 
ASIANetwork 

http://www.ki-society.com/english/index.html 
Ki Society Headquarters

Search Engines 

http://www.eric.ed.gov 
Education Resources Information Center-a database with a search engine and some full text articles.

http://www.historychannel.com 
A search engine and database for various historical blurbs.

DISCLAIMER: The resources listed above are for your information, and not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Asian Studies at Furman University.

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