海外华人文化 Chinese cultures abroad WWW VL

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Title, theme • Content manager • URL • Primary audience • Languages
• Special features • Navigability • Phone, fax • E-mail, snail mail address
Archival URLs • Dates created, last updated • Evaluator, dates accessed

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Introduction.

1. Overseas Chinese.
2. The World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies.
3. The Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center.
4. World Huaren Federation.

5. ChinaSite.com.
6. HuayiNet: Chinese Overseas Databank & Research.
7. Chinese Overseas Collection [Hong Kong].
8. Office of Affairs Concerning Nationals Living Abroad [Guizhou Province, PRC].

9. Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission [ROC].
10. Overseas Young Chinese Forum.
11. NTDTV [New Tang Dynasty TV].
12. Overseas Chinese Website Links.

13. Chinese American and Overseas Chinese News.
14. Shijie Haiwai Huaren Yanjiu Xuehui
(International Society for the Study of Overseas Chinese).
15. Resources of lion dance, lion design, and other folk games and arts.
16. Worldwide Dragon Boat Calendar.

17. Overseas Chinese Clippings Database.
18. Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library.
19. Chinatown: Definition and Much More.
20. Overseas Chinese Network (OCN).

21. Chinese Restaurants.
22. China News Digest.
23. Overseas Chinese Physics Association.

Introduction. For a transregional discussion of websites by or about Chinese in Southeast Asia and in the South Pacific, see Vincent K. Pollard's "From Southern Seas to Cyberspace: Chinese Diaspora Websites in South East Asia and the South Pacific" [從南洋到電子空間：在東南亞和南太平洋的華人網站], Research Notes and Data Papers, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies [Centre for the Study of Chinese Southern Diaspora, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University], vol. 1 (2007), pp. 138-147; downloadable as .pdf file.

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Trans-1. Hanno E. Lecher, M.A. Librarian; Content Manager & Editor Overseas Chinese The China WWW Virtual Library Institute of Chinese Studies Leiden University P. O. Box 9515 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands Phone: + 31-71 527 25 33 Fax: + 31-71 527 25 26 URL: www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/igsoc.htm#socoverseas	• One of the earliest Internet resources of its kind, this is a valuable section of a page accessed from the "Society" link on the Internet Guide to Chinese Studies. • Concise summaries and evaluations of more than fifteen websites about Overseas Chinese. The URL www.ccchome.com/ for one of these websites — Chinese Cyber City — had been maliciously cybersquatted as of 26 March 2004. • Systematically cataloged information about websites is categorized by "language," "self-description," "description," "site contents" — sometimes with an added "note." • E-mail template for contacting the content manager. • In English. • Established 20 November 1995. First accessed on 3 April 2004. Last updated 3 April 2004, as of last date accessed (1 September 2004) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-2. Dr. Liren ZHENG Ms. Yanling SUN Dr. Chinhong Lim CHANG The World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies Athens, Ohio U.S.A. URL: www.overseaschineseconfederation.org/	• Richly hyperlinked, this website connects users to Web resources relevant to the lives of Chinese in Hong Kong, South East Asia, Oceania, South and North America, Europe, and Africa. • Also with links to 32 Chinese-language newspapers and 6 e-magazines. • In Chinese and English. • Created in April 2001. • First accessed 10 August 2003; thereafter accessed 19 April 2005, 4 March 2006; last date updated 21 March 2007 as of last date accessed (12 September 2007) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-3. Keng We KOH Curator The Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center 122B Center for International Collections Alden Library Ohio University Athens, Ohio U.S.A. Phone: + 740 597-2530 Fax: + 740 593-0138 URL: www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/shao/ Archival URLs: 1 September 2006	STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: on The Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center: "The level of cooperation with so many libraries in a variety of countries (not just the U.S. and China) strongly suggests that it has a well-rounded collection" — Megan K. Kanemaru, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320c, Spring 2005. Return to top of Transregional. • Elaborate inward links to Ohio University resources, as well as external links to websites elsewhere on the Internet. • A rich "Resources" page includes institutes, scholars, databases, teaching on Overseas Chinese, relevant links (to Overseas Chinese-focused websites in the PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, East Asia, South and North America, Oceania, Europe, and Africa), and other valuable items. • Despite some overlap with sites linked to the WCILCOS website (listed above), both should be examined if one is to avoid overlooking valuable information. • Since many of the linked websites are in Chinese, Internet Explorer users should first pull down the "View" or "Character Set" menu on their Web browser's toolbar and click "Encoding." Depending on which version of Explorer you are using, then choose "Simplified Chinese" or "Chinese Simplified (GB2312)" to read the linked websites. • In Chinese and English. • Accessed, 8 July 2003, 12 July 2003, 1 September 2006; last updated, 10 December 2007 as of last date accessed (3 February 2008) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-4. Dr. Ka-Sing CHUA President World Huaren Federation 456 Montgomery St., Suite 700 San Francisco, California 94104-1240 U.S.A. 487 Mitcham Road VIC Australia URL: www.huaren.org/ Archived URLs: 1998 - 2004	• Intermittently, this website has not been accessible. • The Huaren organization describes itself as "a group of individuals.....scattered throughout the world with.....a passion to promote kinship and understanding among all Overseas Chinese." • Historic and contemporary discrimination against Chinese in South East Asia is the primary focus. • The website has two logos. The color and feeling of the logo against the background of a globe make it one of the most beautiful of those on any of the websites in this Directory. • Interested users are are encouraged to become involved in a "Yellow Ribbon Campaign" to promote "human rights equality for Indonesian Chinese." With message boards, an events calendar. • In English and Chinese. • Created 1998. First accessed, 10 July 2003; last date updated 30 September 2005, as of date last accessed (1 January 2004, 22 December 2004, 27 December 2005) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-5. Weiqing HUANG ChinaSite.com Aweto Company (Advanced Web Topology, Inc.) Wheeling, Illinois 60070 U.S.A. URL: www.chinasite.com/Lifestyle/OverseasChinese.html Archival URLs: 22 April 1999 - present	• Claiming to have "the longest history" of any "China-themed" website, its Chinese diaspora-focused web pages may be the oldest in the Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library. • Self-described as "the Complete Reference to Overseas Chinese Web Sites." • A page from the larger "Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites." With a rich array of links to pages in Chinese, English, Spanish and Portuguese on China and Chinese diaspora-focused topics ranging from coin collecting, the visual arts and religion to mysticism, medicine, and Japanese war crimes in China. • Linked to over seventy Chinese students' organizations in Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Canada, the United States (East Coast, Midwest, Southern States, California and Seattle, Hawai‘i), Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. • On 14 April 2005, an ostensible link to a Chinese students' organization in Japan did not link there. Instead, it took the user to the top of the menu. • In Chinese and English. • Created, 1994 [earliest archived site, 1999]; last updated 22 December 2003, as of latest dates accessed (22 December 2003, 13 December 2004, 14 April 2005, 19 March 2007, 30 July 2007, 6 November 2007) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-6. Prof. NG Chin Keong Adviser HuayiNet: Chinese Overseas Databank & Research Inter-agency Committee on Chinese Overseas Databank Singapore URL: www.huayinet.org/	STUDENT PERSPECTIVES on HuayiNet: Chinese Overseas Databank: "The website reveals how some people in earlier generations of Chinese communities are transmitting Chinese culture to younger generations in many ways" — Pamela G. Tse, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320C, Spring 2004. Return to top of Transregional. ".....Among several other Chinese diaspora websites evaluated, this is the most beneficial.....This website stresses the importance of the booming China market.....The only contradictory social value is that the Chinese who have settled here do not necessarily associate themselves with mainland China in any other form than just being descendants of that homeland.....[However,] there were no language tools anywhere on the homepage" — John P. McCadams, graduate student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320C, Spring 2004. Return to top of Transregional. • Self-described as "an online resource on ethnic Chinese materials available in the collections of the nine institutions represented in the inter-agency Committee on Chinese Overseas Databank." • Supported by Yayasan Lee (Lee Foundation of Malaysia). • A series of Web portals to resources, culture & language, happenings, biography series, Chinatown, and news. • Among other features deserving your attention are pages on "Associations," "Guilds," "Biography Series," and Willie HSU's Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia with updates by Yo Ai HOON. • In English and Chinese. • Last updated July 2002 as of dates accessed (8 July 2003, 13 July 2003, 25 March 2004, 29 March 2005, 31 May 2005, March 2006, and 11 March 2006, 18 March 2006 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-7. Ann S. CHIU, Ph.D. Head Chinese Overseas Collection The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong, S.A.R. People's Republic of China Phone: + 852 2609-8747 Fax: + 852 2603-6952 URLs: http://coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ http://coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/oca.htm Archival URLs: 28 May 2004 - 10 April 2007	Excerpts from CUHK Librarian's note: "The item date ranges from the 1940s" until the present. Topics include "business, economics, politics, society, education, ethnicity, culture, history, literature, tourism, and even clan or dialect based asociations of the Chinese overseas communities." Also, "documents on Hakka overseas and Zheng He" amplify the holdings (Ann S. Chiu). • Divided into 4 sections: CUHK [Chinese University of Hong Kong] Collections; Biblio Index; Newsletters; Related Sites. • 124 external links to websites by or about Chinese diaspora. • With respect to the holdings, "Zheng He" (a/k/a "Cheng Ho") refers to a Muslim Chinese admiral (1371-1435). Zheng He's fleet sailed past Singapore during the course of his early-15th-century voyages to lands and seas beyond China of the Ming Dynasty. Recent exaggerated claims about the furthest extent of Zheng He's discoveries have generated historiographic controversy. • E-mail template. • In Chinese and English. • Accessed 9 July 2003, 19 May 2005, 7 June 2005, 1 July 2008 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-8. Foreign Affairs Office of Guizhou Province Office of Affairs Concerning Nationals Living Abroad No. 64 Beijing Road Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550004 People's Republic of China Telephone: + 682 5063, + 682 5107 URL: www.gzgov.gov.cn/enggov/pages/government-44.htm	• Landlocked subtropical Guizhou Province in Central/Southwest China is relatively poor. In clockwise order, Guizhou borders Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongkqing, Hunan and Guangzi Provinces. Slightly over half of Guizhou's population consists of ethnic minorities. They occupy almost two fifths of the land. • This web page was once a 15-point document, although the numbering was removed on or before 10 April 2007. It outlines the responsibilities of the subnational, i.e., province-level, Office of Affairs Concerning [Chinese] Nationals Living Abroad. In the future, perhaps this website will state how many Guizhou people have temporarily or permanently migrated outside China. • On 12 December 2004 and on every subsequent date when this website has been accessed by the Editors (see below), Point #4 (numbering now removed) in this document remained blank. • Point #12 (numbering removed from version viewed on 10 April 2007) is of special interest: [To] carry on the work of provincial returned overseas Chinese and relatives of overseas Chinese; cooperate the departments concerned to do well the personnel arrangement of the representatives form returned overseas Chinese and relatives of overseas Chinese; protect the just rights and interests of overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese and the relatives of overseas Chinese; carry on the propaganda of the policy and regulations concerning overseas Chinese affairs; develop the affairs for Taiwan through the work of overseas Chinese affairs. • China's Office of Affairs Concerning Nationals Living Abroad sponsors this website. That Office and seven others operate under the direction of the State Council, the chief administrative body of the People's Republic of China. • Other provinces may have similar websites. • A page from the English-language side of the Chinese-English website of the Guizhou People's Government. • Date created unknown. Last date updated not stated as of dates accessed: 11 August 2003, 7 January 2004, 13 July 2004, 12 December 2004, 10 April 2005, 30 December 2005, 4 March 2006, 10 April 2007 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-9. Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission (OCAC) Executive Yuan Floors 3, 15-17 No, 5, Hsuchou Road Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China Phone: + 886 2 2327-2600 Fax: + 886 2 2356-6367 URL: www.ocac.gov.tw/	• Since 1926, the Commission has been part of the Government of the Republic of China (ROC). Since 1949, however, the ROC has been the government only on Taiwan and a few islands offshore Mainland China. • "In March 1985 the 'Chin Shan Overseas Chinese Culture Center,' OCAC's first overseas Chinese culture center, was formally inaugurated in San Francisco, U.S.A. The number of OCAC's overseas service centers gradually increased, and a total of 17 had been established by October 2001, including centers in the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Thailand, Philippines, and Australia. Plans have been made to expand the scope of OCAC's services by establishing new service centers in Washington D.C., U.S.A., Vancouver, Canada, and Sao Paulo, Brazil." • History, organization and services — liason, educational, business, students, certification, and news and information. • Links to files with short films by the Commission in Chinese, Taiwanese and Cantonese. • E-mail link to the Commissioner. • In Chinese and English. • Created 31 May 1994 [?]; accessed 11 August 2003. Last updated 24 May 2005, as of last date accessed (30 May 2005) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-10. Hao ZOU President (2003-2004) Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) 11423 Potomac Oaks Drive Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. URL: www.oycf.org/	STUDENT PERSPECTIVE on the Overseas Young Chinese Forum: "The OYCF's activities and framework give the organization a very good basis for reaching out to overseas Chinese and other interested people. However, perhaps the website is a little too academic. In any case, the website is nicely developed and well organized" — Dennis Johannesen, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320C, Spring 2004. Return to top of Transregional. "In its online journal Perspectives,.....the OCYF's utilization of the simplified characters implemented by the People's Republic of China is evidence of the groups's affiliation with the mainland nation. The articles are all focused on issues shaping life for Chinese all over the contemporary world" — Sara E. Rigas, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320C, Spring 2005. Return to top of Transregional. • "The inaugural meeting of OYCF was held on April 23-25, 1999 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA." • ".....established for overseas young Chinese to exchange their views on social, economic, political and cultural issues concerning China and to develop common aspirations through regular discussions. These discussions emphasize the interplay of various factors affecting the current transformation in China in hope to provide reference points for policy initiatives for China's future transformation. Our purpose in organizing such activities is to educate, to learn, to exchange, and to develop." • Separate pages for "About OYCF"; the online monthly journal Perspectives; OYCF's annual meeting; Teaching in China; Research in China; Local salons/seminars; article submission; online BBS; interesting links; and "In the News." • The 29-30 May 2004 "Gender and Women's Issues in China" conference at American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, was the Forum's sixth annual meeting. • In Chinese and English. • With e-mail addresses for general information and to contact the Webmaster. • Accessed, 8 March 2004 and 29 March 2005; last updated in 2005 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-11. Zhong LEE President New Tang Dynasty TV 229 W. 28th Street, Suite 1200 New York, New York 10001 U.S.A. Phone: + 212-871-8785 Fax: + 212 736-8536 URL: www.ntdtv.com/	STUDENT PERSPECTIVE on NTDTV: "This website is a nice mix of trying to keep Chinese culture alive by those who find themselves residing outside China while catering to the adaptation they are undergoing as they try to make their homes in foreign countries" — Megan K. Kanemaru, student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Asian Studies 320c, Spring 2005. Return to top of Transregional. • Although the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) was a cultural peak in Chinese history, Tang imperial power shattered into five dynasties and ten kingdoms. In any case, one of NTDTV's four goals is helping "Chinese people outside China to adapt and assimilate to mainstream society." • Features a range of programming offered by an associated 24-hour Chinese satellite TV station which began 24-hour broadcasting in February 2002 and a link to the associated Epoch Times. A free live webcast and e-bulletin are available. • This website and a collaborating TV station were criticized in a Hong Kong publication for downplaying connections with the Falung Gong spiritual movement (Susan V. Lawrence, "Falung Gong Uses Free Speech as a Sword," Far Eastern Economic Review, vol. 167, no. 15 [15 April 2004], pp. 26-29). While an explicit acknowledgement from the webmaster of this site is needed to meet best-practices standards, similar criticisms could be leveled at other media corporations for failing to disclose their directors' religious and political connections when they publish religion-related articles. • With e-mail template. • In Chinese — accessible with GB or Big 5 software — and English. • Accessed, 8 March 2004, 13 May 2004, 10 December 2004; updated daily, as of last date accessed (8 May 2005) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-12. Alan A. LEW, Ph.D., AICP Professor and Department Chair Overseas Chinese Website Links Dept. of Geography, Planning & Recreation College of Arts & Sciences Northern Arizona University Box 15016 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016 U.S.A. Phone: + 928-523-6567 Fax: + 928-523-2275 URL: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~alew/personal/other/overseaschinese.html	• Briefly annotated links to twenty-nine websites. Of these, twenty-six websites are in English; and three, in Chinese. • At least one link is dead. • In English. • Accessed on 3 April 2004, 12 September 2004. Last date updated not indicated, as of date accessed (20 March 2006) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-13. J. LAU Chinese American and Overseas Chinese News YellowBridge U.S.A. URL: www.yellowbridge.com/news/	"YellowBridge is a guide to Chinese culture and entertainment from a Chinese American perspective. Our goal is to provide a cultural bridge to anyone interested in getting an insider's view of Chinese civilization as well as to enhance the Chinese American experience. Our vision is neither wholly Chinese nor wholly American but a fusion of the best of both worlds." In a "Special Note to Chinese Americans," the webmaster writes: As people of Chinese descent, we are fortunate to have inherited a 4,000-year civilization that gives us plenty to be proud about. But to truly appreciate China, we must reach beyond the limited experience of any one set of individuals, including that of our first-generation immigrant ancestors. • Links to news about "Greater China," including Chinese Americans. • Pages on the same website include a forum and online shopping opportunities. • With template for e-mail contact. • In English. • Created January 2003. Apparently updated daily, as of dates accessed (25 May 2004, 27 December 2005) — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-14. Shijie Haiwai Huaren Yanjiu Xuehui (International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas) (ISSCO) Hong Kong, S.A.R. People's Republic of China University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California U.S.A. URL: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~ethnicst/issco/ Asien-Instituttet [Nordic Institute of Asian Studies] & The Department of Asian Studies Københavns Universitet [Copenhagen University] Københavns Denmark URL: www.nias.ku.dk/issco5/ Archival URLs: 11 April 2001 - 17 May 2005	In July 1993, an interim Board of Directors was established for the Society. According to ISSCO's downloadable "Membership Information & Application," the organization's regional representatives reside in South Africa, United States, Panama, Japan, the Philippines, France and Australia. • A rich set of materials; authors and titles of panel papers from ISSCO's Conference in Havana, Cuba is "Chinese Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean," 10-12 December 1999. Self-described as "the beginnings of an ISSCO website," it promises "an online brochure, an archive of previously published ISSCO Bulletin newsletters, and the latest conference information. • The Society sponsors conferences on the Chinese diaspora at various intervals in different countries. Other than on the present Directory (the Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library), information about other ISSCO conferences apparently is not clickably accessible from a centralized website. The downloadable CFP for the 5th ISSCO V conference, 10-12 May 2004, is on a different website from the one hosting the 1999 ISSCO conference program summarized above. • " Diversity in Diaspora: The Chinese Overseas" (also downloadable) was the theme of an ISSCO conference at the University of Pretoria during 4-6 December 2006. (For more information about Chinese diaspora-focused online activity, visit the Africa section of the Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library.) • In English, Spanish, and Chinese. • First accessed 11 August 2003; most recently accessed, 27 October 2004, 19 December 2004, 6 February 2005, 10 April 2005, 20 April 2006 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-15. Resources of lion dance, lion design, and other folk games and arts About, Inc. PRIMEDIA Inc. U.S.A. URL: http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/liondance/	• A section of the China Online project. • "In 2005 About, Inc. was acquired by The New York Times Company." • Numerous links to lion dance-related examples, questions and organizations. • In English. • Accessed 13 May 2005 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-16. Yee-Wah CHOW Site owner and Webmaster Worldwide Dragon Boat Festival Long Beach, California U.S.A. URL: www.dragonboatcalendar.com/?adw_dragonboat	• Reflecting the kinetic dynamism of Chinese cultures abroad, this exciting website informs us that dragon boat racing takes place in "50 countries." • Valuable historical and cultural background is concisely summarized on the "Facts" page. • Dragon boat events are listed for almost twenty countries — in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe. • Fitness guide and training techniques. • External links. • To show who uses this website, a pie chart summarizes the relative weight of presumed countries of origin for visitors to this website. However, interpreting visitor shares for web surfers from the many countries with infrequent visitors (tiny slivers of the pie) is difficult. Perhaps this information would be communicated more effectively with a bar graph or even a table. • With Web template for e-mail comments. • In English. • Accessed, 27 December 2005 and 30 December 2005 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-17. Overseas Chinese Clippings Database Ho Sin Hang Campus Hong Kong Baptist University Waterloo Road Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R People's Republic of China. URL: www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib/overseas-chinese/chi.htm	"The Overseas Chinese Clippings Database is an effort by the Hong Kong Baptist University Library to digitize some of its newspaper and periodical clippings on Overseas Chinese and that was originally collected by the Union Research Institute. The estimated 200,000 clippings were taken from approximately 230 Chinese language newspapers and 40 periodicals, published in 17 countries or regions, from 1950 through 1970. "The approximately 33,700 clippings [33,788, as of 24 January 2005 -- v.k.p.], selected for this project, focus on the Chinese and Taiwanese governments' policies on Overseas Chinese and cover six main topics: government agencies dealing with Overseas Chinese, foreign remittance and investments, Overseas Chinese villages, reception and settlement of returned expatriates, Overseas Chinese education, Overseas Chinese tours and visits. "There are basic and advanced methods to search this database. Users can search the clippings by topics, headlines, authors, newspaper or periodical titles, and/or place and date of publication. After selecting the records, users can view the full-text images of the clippings" (supplied notes, from the webmaster). Return to top of Transregional. • In Chinese; with an English introduction. • Dates created and last updated not stated; accessed 24 January 2006 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-18. Vincent K. Pollard Editor & content manager Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW Virtual Library Asian Studies Program University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Honolulu, Hawai‘i U.S.A. Fax: + 808 956-2682. URL: www2.hawaii.edu/~pollard/chculture.html Archival URLs: 1999 - present	• The Chinese Cultures Abroad WWW VL has become part of the communication process that it has been summarizing and classifying. • External evaluations. • Advisory board. • In English. • Created May 2003; updated monthly or more often as needed — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-19. Caleb Chill, Esq. Answers Corporation Chinatown: Definition and Much More The Tower Jerusalem Technology Park Israel Phone: + 972 2-649-5000 Fax: + 972 2-649-5001 URL: www.answers.com/topic/chinatown	• The author of this website acknowledges borrowing from a Wikipedia article on the same topic: This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors. • Introductory essay and links to related websites, including to dozens of websites about Chinatowns in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, and Oceania. • In English. • Accessed 2 August 2007; last updated, 2007 — Vincent K. Pollard. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-20. Overseas Chinese Network (OCN) Shanghai People's Republic of China URL: www.ocnetwork.org	• OCN's "aim is to provide social and networking opportunities in order to promote the development of our community." • "Examples of the target audience include (but not limited to): xBCs (overseas-born Chinese), including both western-born (USA, Canada, Australia, etc.) and eastern-born (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thai, Japan, etc.) Anybody from Hong-Kong / Taiwan / Macau Chinese immigrated overseas People with mixed blood (with a Chinese descendent in their family tree)" • OCN plans to begin organizing activities in Beijing and Guanzhou. • Created 2006. • First accessed, 2 September 2007 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-21. Chinese Restaurants Tissa Films Toronto Canada Phone: + 1 416 804-1527 Fax: + 1 416 231-7532 URLs: www.tissa.com www.ChineseRestaurants.tv Archival URLs: 1 February 2003 - present	• A commercial website. Its purpose is to market a remarkable video ensemble: "Chinese Restaurants" (fifteen episodes/five movies). • Are Chinese restaurants the icon of the Chinese diaspora? Whether or not this is so, "Chinese Restaurants" highlights the continuities and adaptations of Chinese cuisine in fifteen locations from Argentina to Madagascar to Turkey and India. • This website is divided into nine sections: Home, Series, Films, Episodes, Essays, Reviews, Papers, Production, and About Us. • In English. • Created 2003 (?). • First accessed, 15 September 2008 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-22. China News Digest CND 到 CND/HXWZ China News Digest International, Inc. (CND) P. O. Box 10111 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20898-0111 U.S.A. URL: www.cnd.org Archival URLs: "Blocked.....via robots.txt."	• Some Chinese diaspora content. • China News Digest (CND)" is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Maryland, United States. CND is operated by volunteers with a mandate to provide timely and balanced news coverage on China and China related affairs. CND also provides other information services to Chinese communities around the world." • In Chinese and English. • E-mail distribution service was initiated on 6 March 1989. A weekly newsletter is still mailed to those who wish to subscribe to it • In 1991, China News Digest began running an .ftp site before the Internet transitioned to the World Wide Web. • Website created, 1994 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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Trans-23. FANG Sun-Yu Treasurer Overseas Chinese Physics Association P. O. Box 8743 Newport Beach, California 92658 U.S.A. Telefax: + 949 721-8812 URL: www.ocpaweb.org/ Archival URLs: 17 April 1997 - 9 August 2007	• Members are from "all disciplines of physics, and spill over into chemistry, electrical engineering, computer science and mathematics. The membership is still small, being only around 400. But our reputation as a physics professional organization reflects on the quality of our membership rather than on the quantity. Our membership includes Nobel Laureates, a Field Medalist, members of the National Academy as well as many outstanding leaders of physics research today." • "All our activities are in English." • Apparently, the website is entirely in English, as well. • Offers assistance finding jobs. • Conferences. • Accessed 2 July 2008 — v.k.p. Return to top of Transregional.
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