---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 31 May 2003 (HL) New in IGCS - politics: China Elections and Governance Ed./Corp.: China Village Elections Project, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA. URL.: http://www.chinaelections.org/ Language: Chinese (GB); English. Supplied note: "The [...] site now contains about 20,000 articles on various aspects of the Chinese government and changes in Chinese politics." - YL Self description: "The 'China Elections and Governance' [...] was launched in September 2002 jointly by The Carter Center and the Research Center on Chinese Local Governance at Beijing University, available in both Chinese and English. It provides Chinese officials at all levels a resource center for governance and election affairs and gives scholars worldwide the opportunity to study Chinese politics and offer reform measures. Users can access news, articles, academic papers, laws and regulations, and data on Chinese elections and governance on all levels. The site also features exclusive reports on election and governance matters commissioned by the China Elections Project at The Carter Center. The Carter Center is a not-for- profit, nongovernmental organization founded in 1982 in Atlanta by former U.S. President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in partnership with Emory University." Contents: (1) Elections and Governance; (2) Laws & Regs; (3) Election Archives; (4) News; (5) Library; (6) About Us; (7) Updates; (8) Links (Chinese Government, Foreign Governments, Chinese Media Outlets, Foreign Media Outlets, Chinese Academic Institutions, Foreign Academic Institutions, Chinese NGOs and Research Web Sites, Foreign NGOs and Research Web Sites); (9) Site Map; (10) Contact Us; (11) Hot Topics (as of May 2003: Battling with SARS, 10th NPC & CPPCC, Editorials & Op-Eds, Rural Issues, Notable Speeches); (12) Project Specials; (13) Essay Contest; (14) News Bulletin; (15) Features; (16) Keyword Search. Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (16 May 2003) by Yawei Liu/H- Asia. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html