News
and Blogs about Asia
News Sources in English on Asia-- Asia
News Network, Asia Times, Channelnewsasia,
Asia
Media International, Nikkei Asian Review (Japan),
The Diplomat, East Asia Forum,
Radio
Free Asia, The Wire
(India), The Statesman
(India), The Times of
India (India), The Economic Times (India), Indian
Express (India), The Hindu (India), Hindustan
Times (India), The Nation (Pakistan),
Dawn
(Pakistan), Express Tribune
(Pakistan), Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Daily
Star (Bangladesh), China
Daily (Chinese government), Xinhuanet
(Chinese government), China News Service (Chinese
government), China.org.cn (Chinese government), Global
Times (Chinese Communist Party), Sixth Tone (Chinese
state-funded), South China Morning Post
(Hong Kong), Focus Taiwan
(Taiwan), Taipei Times
(Taiwan), Straits Times
(Singapore), Bangkok Post
(Thailand), The Nation
(Thailand), The Star (Malaysia), VNExpress (Vietnam), Vietnam
Plus, Khmer Times (Cambodia), Jakarta
Post (Indonesia), Jakarta Globe
(Indonesia), Manila Times
(Philippines), Manila Bulletin (Philippines), Sydney
Morning Herald (Australia), The Age
(Australia), New Zealand Herald,
Asahi
Shimbun (Japan), The Mainichi (Japan), Japan
Times, Japan Today, Nippon.com,
The Japan News, Korea Times
(South Korea), Korea JoongAng
Daily (South Korea), Chosun Ilbo (South
Korea), NK News (about North
Korea, from U.S.), Daily NK (about North Korea,
from Seoul), Google
News, BBC, CNN, Christian
Science Monitor, Washington
Post, New
York Times, Associated Press,
Reuters
Asia-Pacific, Reuters China, Reuters India, The
Guardian (Asia), The
Guardian (China), The
Guardian (Australia), China Digital
Times (UC Berkeley), Al
Jazeera
Insightful
Blogs on Asia-- Asian Polyglot View Blog, East
Asia and Pacific on the Rise (World Bank), End
Poverty in South Asia (World
Bank), South Asia Brief
(Foreign Policy), Asia Unbound (Council on Foreign
Relations), 38
North (on North Korea, from SAIS at Johns Hopkins
University), China Brief
(Foreign Policy), China
(World Economic Forum), Central Asia-Caucasus
Analyst
Other
Sources about Asia
• Asia Foundation-- NGO "committed to
the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open
Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in
Asia that help improve governance, law, and civil society;
women's empowerment; economic reform and development; and
international relations..." The Publications
section contains surveys, reports, research, analysis,
handouts, brochures, and other materials. There is also a
Multimedia section.
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)--
"The premier forum for facilitating economic growth,
cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific
region." Information about APEC, the international
economics and trade of the region, latest news, official
statements, agreements, and more. Hundreds of free
publications for download.
• Asia Regional Integration Center--
From the Asian Development Bank to provide "an array of
regularly updated information about the economic
performance and prospects of 16 Asian nations."
• Asia Society-- America's leading institution dedicated to fostering communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. Note the Education section.
• Asian Barometer--
"Applied research program on public opinion on political
values, democracy, and governance around the region. The
regional network encompasses research teams from 13 East
Asian political systems... and 5 South Asian countries...
Together, this regional survey network covers virtually
all major political systems in the region, systems that
have experienced different trajectories of regime
evolution and are currently at different stages of
political transition... a true pan-Asian survey research
initiative."
• Asian Development Bank-- Online data
and publications are available from this multilateral
development finance institution, including from the Data
Library page and the annual statistical data book Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific.
Regional and country data and analysis are available off
the Countries and Regions page.
• Association
for
Asian Studies-- "The largest society of its kind...
is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional
association open to all persons interested in Asia. It
seeks through publications, meetings, and seminars to
facilitate contact and an exchange of information among
scholars to increase their understanding of East, South,
and Southeast Asia."
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations--
Information about this major IGO, its activities, its
members, and the region as a whole, including its foreign
relations.
• East-West Center-- At the University of Hawaii, "an internationally recognized education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress to strengthen understanding and relations between the United States and the countries of the Asia Pacific region." Publications and commentary online.
• Economic Research Institute for
ASEAN and East Asia-- Based in Jakarta, a think
tank concerned with a broad range of economic issues
affecting its members, Asia, and the world generally.
Posts news, opinion pieces, and many excellent studies.
• EurasiaNet-- News, country
information, features, analysis, discussion forums, and
multimedia about the region of Central Asia, from the
Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute.
• H-Asia--
Part of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, "to
enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily
communicate current research and teaching interests; to
discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods
and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share
comments and tips on teaching... [and] committed to
discussing region wide, comparative and professional
issues important to scholars of Asia."
• National Bureau of Asian Research-- A nonprofit, nonpartisan U.S. institution
that conducts advanced research utilizing the world's
premier specialists on Asia and Russia, and serves as the
international clearinghouse on regional expertise and
important policy issues. Selected publications online.
• The New Humanitarian-- From the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
providing news items on crises in Asia.
• Tibetan and Himalayan Library--
"Publisher of websites, information services, and
networking facilities relating to the Tibetan plateau and
southern Himalayan regions... promotes the integration of
knowledge and community across the divides of academic
disciplines, the historical and the contemporary, the
religious and the secular, the global and the local."
• United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific-- From the U.N.,
news, analysis, and statistics about development,
population, environmental, and trade issues in Asia and
the Pacific. Note especially the Statistical Yearbook for
Asia and the Pacific.
• World Bank East Asia and Pacific--
Papers, discussion notes, and reports dealing with the
full range of economic, environmental, and social issues
facing East Asia and the Pacific today.
• World Bank Europe and Central Asia--
Papers, discussion notes, and reports dealing with the
full range of economic, environmental, and social issues
facing Eastern Europe and Central Asia today.
• World Bank South Asia-- Papers,
discussion notes, and reports dealing with the full range
of economic, environmental, and social issues facing South
Asia today.
