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This website is a remarkably comprehensive listing of publications in Western languages on Chinese popular religions. The selections are organized by year of publication, by authors, and also by topic. One area that I have explored a bit is "death, afterlife, tombs, and ancestral cults." It's an astonishing list of resources and would be a great help for students researching the subject or for folks interested in getting translated primary sources to include in various assignments. The bibliography is not annotated, however, so there's no hint which sources might be profusely illustrated or especially good.

The scholar who initiated this project was Laurence Thompson, a long time USC professor. Thompson's co-author on the last print editions of the project was Gary Seaman, a USC professor of anthropology. Philip Clart is the scholar compiling this web collection.

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~clartp/bibliography_CPR.html

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Hi Folks,
I was much impressed by the roof repairs underway at the Meiji Shrine during our visit. A white screen was erected to shield visitors (?) from their work. It was purely an aesthetic shield, not one for safety. Though given the religious significance of the shrine, perhaps the shield did allow for greater safety.

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Here's a photo of a woman working to keep the Forbidden City clean.

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Prices are up in the U.S., but Japanese consumers are also feeling squeezed. At the same time, Japanese bankers and politicians are expecting consumers to lead Japan out of the golden recession it's endured for almost two decades now.

WADA Yuki's (Japanese name order) popularity, however, suggests that many Japanese are not "get me the latest and fastest X at whatever the cost" consumers. This Business Week story explains that Wada's blog coaches people on how to save money. Her frugality is also extremely environment-friendly. Her blog gets about 180,000 unique visitors a month and is rising in popularity. Click on the link below to see Wada (umbrella shielding her from the sun) and read the story.

Tokyo Yuki

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I also posted this information in the Human Rights Workshops forum.

Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies has created an essential web resource focusing on the killing that took place during the years the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia. It's an extensive site, including information from the 2001 tribunal, several databases, bibliographies, and maps.

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

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Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies has created an essential web resource focusing on the killing that took place during the years the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia. It's an extensive site, including information from the 2001 tribunal, several databases, bibliographies, and maps.

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

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Hi Folks,
Please remember to post ALL website reviews and ALL film reviews in the Asia in My Classroom forum. Please copy and paste your existing reviews to

Asia in My Classroom -- Web Resources
Asia in My Classroom -- Film Festival

Thank you.

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Hi Folks,

Thanks for the recent posts to our collective diary. I greatly appreciate the time it takes and how hard it can be to sort through the flood of images and memories. It's helpful, though, to write things out. I hope more of you will react to your colleagues' observations. Feel free to comment on these entries and to take up other subjects in the larger forum, Asia in My Classroom.

Can it be that this once talkative group is suddenly without opinions? Nah -- have at it.

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Matthew, great topic -- and endorsed by another Matthew even.

I am looking forward to hearing still more on this from everyone else. I'm fascinated by what sticks and what needs to be shared.

I'm not surprised that the Olympics opening has special relevance for many of us. Did you see the flag go up (and subsequently be made to wave by a fan)?　Ｆor me it was an instant reminder of the scene in Zhang Yimou's Not One Less where the students raise the flag.

NBC has web video of the raising of the Olympic flag near the end of the ceremony, but I've not seen web video of the raising of the Chinese flag at the start of the opening ceremony. If anyone has a link, please share it.

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Hi Folks,

Thanks to Sharon, Kumiko, and Matthew. These three have already emailed us their evaluations. We hope to hear from everyone else asap. We're hoping you'll write whil ethe memory is fresh.

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Thanks, Matthew, for getting this discussion of East Asian players in world football (soccer) launched. Here's a link to a 2005 Time magazine article about Park:

http://www.time.com/time/asia/2005/heroes/park_ji_sung.html

Here's a more recent article (May 2008) from Times Online:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3977048.ece

Park is quoted as saying:
“I proved my ability with PSV but some people still think Asian players aren’t good enough to play in Europe.... It's always challenging to prove them wrong. When I first came to United I had to prove my ability. Now everyone knows I’m not just here to sell shirts!" [meaning he wasn't signed by United just to boost shirt sales among Koreans]

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I was stunned when we visited an elite private high school in Kyoto and heard from the principal that among the school's greatest achievements was success in sports, especially in American football. Given the focus on academics, this came as a surprise though I'd been impressed during earlier visits to Japanese high schools by the fervor for sports, arts, and various hobbies. A friend recently explained that since the high school was affiliated with Ritsumeikan University it was natural that it would emphasize American football. It turns out that Ritsumeikan is a Japanese university American football powerhouse. It's chief rivals are Kyoto University and Kwansei Gakuin University.

In baseball, Waseda University and Keio University are terrific rivals. It might be interesting for students to explore this. Waseda, incidentally, renewed its baseball rivalry with the University of Chicago.

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Hi Folks,
I'm sure there are great slide shows at many sites, but those at the NY Times are handy (don't use flash, which means you can easily the pictures) and impressive.

preparations 8/5
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/05/sports/0805-OLYMPICS_index.html

bird's nest stadium 8/5
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/05/sports/olympics/0805NEST_SLIDESHOW_READY_index.html

souvenirs 7/20
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/20/sports/olympics/0720-SOAPBOX_index.html

opening ceremony 8/8 (zhang yimou, hero emphasized0
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/08/sports/0808-CEREMONY_index.html

mao and pop culture
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/03/arts/0803-COTT_index.html

preparing opening ceremony 8/7

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/07/world/0807-GURU_index.html [Edit by="Clay Dube on Aug 8, 3:20:59 PM"][/Edit]

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Ian Condry teaches at MIT and has built an archive of Japanese popular music. It requires registration and a password, but sounds worthwhile. Here's his description:

An archive of "Japanese music with subtitles in English and Japanese maintained by the HyperStudio at MIT ( http://metaphor.mit.edu/ ).
The Hip-Hop Japan archive includes about 30 songs, most of which are Japanese rap music, but also including selections of enka, folk, rock, R&B, and children's music. The songs are listed in the order that they are referred to in my book "Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization" (2006, Duke UP) but there is no need to buy (or even to use) the book to access the site. The site is free to use (no ads, no spam).

Access is available for those whose purposes are research, education, or critical commentary. We ask that teachers desiring to use the archive in class please apply for several usernames and passwords to be shared by a single class. You can ask for this in a single request.

Here's the direct link for registration.

http://metaphor.mit.edu/mmedia-web/metamedia.jsp?pageAction=register#top
Ask for access to the Hip-Hop Japan archive, and please specify your educational and/or research interests."

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Here are some recommended web resources -- a doc version is attached.

Useful Curriculum Resources –

Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/

Japan Information Network
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/ (use Web Japan section)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

China: Dawn of a Golden Age
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/china_dawn/index.html

Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm?HomePageLink=toah_l

Chinese Museums

Palace Museum (Beijing)
http://www.dpm.org.cn/index.html

National Palace Museum (Taipei)
http://www.npm.gov.tw/main/fmain_en.htm

Japanese Museums

Tokyo National Museum
http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=X00&processId=00

Kyoto National Museum
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html

Korean Museums

Horim Museum (Seoul)
http://www.welcome.to/horim

National Museum of Korea (Seoul)
http://www.museum.go.kr/

Korean Village Folk Museum (Yong-in)
http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/index.htm

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