---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 24 Feb 2001 (Michael Meyer) New in IGCS - Business and Economy: Taiwan jingji yanjiu yuan 台灣經濟研究院 (Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, TIER) Ed./Corp.: Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan URL: http://www.tier.org.tw/ Language: Chinese (Big5), English. Self description: "[...] established on September 1, 1976 by Dr. Chen-fu Koo as the first private independent research institute in Taiwan. The purposes of the Institute are to actively engage in research on domestic and foreign macroeconomics and industrial economics, to provide consultations for government and businesses, and to promote Taiwan's economic development." Description: Private institution with a strong governmental backing and a staff of more than 100 economists. Explicitly supported by some of Taiwan's leading figures in the field, including the late Prof. Tsiang Sho-chieh and John C. Fei. Internal organization encompasses seven divisions, one of which is dealing with the Mainland economy and cross-straits economic interactions. With an extra office in Tokyo, the TIER's main international focus lies, however, more on Japan than on Mainland China. The site is well-structured (albeit somewhat overloaded) and regularly up-dated. Site contents: (1) Lists of major publications and officially sponsored reports, including some on cross-straits economic relations; (2) On-line editions of the weekly "jingji pinglun" (Economic Forum) and the "Taiwan jingji yuekan" (Taiwan Economic Monthly); (3) Extensive link-collection of online journals, most of which are published by central and provincial government organs. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L