---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 18 Jul 2003 (Hanno Lecher) New in IGCS - News Media: Google News Ed./Corp.: Google, Mountain View, CA, USA (Headquarters). URL.: http://news.google.com/ Language: English; also available in German. Self description: Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide -- enabling you to see how different news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item that interests you, then go directly to the site which published the account you wish to read. Description: Google.news also offers a search facility that allows to find news on specific countries, regions and/or topics. Major English language newspapers from East Asia (e.g. People's Daily Online, China; The Standard, Hong Kong; Asia Times Online, Hong Kong; Taipei Times, Taiwan; Straits Times, Singapore) ar part of the 4,500 google.news sources, while other important newspapers are missing (such as the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong). _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno E. Lecher 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