Business & Economics
(For those interested in profits and more...)

http://www.chinaonline.com/
This site has plenty of useful, up-to-date information on economics and more for China. A definite visit for those interested in the affairs of China. Two thumbs up from Dr. Carol Hamrin, our affiliate faculty member.
http://www.chinavista.com/home.html
This is a commercial site providing business, travel, and culture links and information on China. If you are willing to pay for data, it sells reports ranging from economic data to market analysis. (http://www.chinavista.com/business/consulting/index.html)
They also have a database to connect Chinese and international businesses.
www.qis.net/chinalaw/chinbus2.htm
Plenty of information here to help you do business in China.Topics range from a general survey of China to intellectual property rights and dispute settlement. This also links to the University of Maryland, School of Law's page on China law.
www.eiu.com
The Economist Intelligence Unit. This is a pay site with indepth international economic and political analysis. There are also some free articles.
www.ccpit.org
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. News briefs, regulations, and Chinese government/corporate links.
www.jetro.go.jp
JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) is a nonprofit, Japanese government related organization dedicated to promoting mutually beneficial trade and economic relations between Japan and other nations. If you are looking for business facts, figures, statistics, or surveys, this is the site you want to visit. It even offers a section in teaching simple Japanese language to businesspeople (click on international interaction on the menu).
www.mofe.go.kr/mofe/eng/e_index.htm
MOFE (Ministry of Finance and Economy) is the Korean version of JETRO. It is full of economic data, speeches and publications. However, some of their pages (e.g. the links page) are mainly in Korean.
www.viam.com
The Vietnam Business Journal. It does not carry much content but their "This week in Vietnam" does give an overview of the business climate in Vietnam.
www.iie.com
The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Lots of international hot topics discussed here. A definite visit if you are doing research.
http://www.asiapacific.com/
If you are looking into buying products from Asia Pacific, this site has good resources. It also has links to many countries in the Asia Pacific region.
www.dowjones.com/awsjweekly
Your dose of Wall Street in Asia (Asian Wall Street Journal).

www.insidechina.com
Lots of newsworthy articles on China. A resouceful site.
www.chinavista.com/newswire
Has links to Chinese newspapers and other news publications.
www.asiaone.com
News on Singapore and Southeast Asia.
www.bangkokpost.net
Home of the Thai newspaper, The Bangkok post.
www.saigon-news.com
News on Vietnam.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/default.stm
British Broadcasting Corporation Asia Pacific news. A great source of up-to-date asia pacific news.
www.oneworld.net/southasia/index.html
Although this site is not solely focused on Asia, it has an excellent database of information. Type in the country you want to read about in their search box, e.g. Thailand, and you will be pleased with the results.
www.feer.com
The Far East Economic Review online gives a generous sampling of articles from its magazine. It's a reliable resource.

www.asiasociety.org
The Asia Society is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization. It is dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.
www.aasianst.org
The Association for Asian Studies 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.

www.culturalbridge.com
A very well-presented site to bridge the cultural divide. Contains beautiful pictures and great readings on travelogues. Two thumbs up for this site.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china
If you are into rare oriental books (buy or sell), this site boasts of a great collection. This will be a great way to learn about culture - offline (after you bought the book of course).

Food
(The cook wannabes and the food lovers...)

www.chinesefood.org
Although this is a commercial site, it carries lots of useful information on Chinese cooking and recipes. The pictures alone will make you salivate! If you need help with the chopsticks, they have instructions for you as well!
www.orientalfood.com
This site not only carries recipes from different Asian countries, it also has a mixed variety of information from Chinese horoscope to planting Asian vegetables in your backyard! (under their "special" heading)

Music
(When you are in the mood...)

http://metalab.unc.edu/chinese-music
Whether you are interested in Chinese music before the liberation, during the Cultural Revolution or just plain popular current hits, this site has it all. The only problem is, the site does not always displays in English—mainly Mandarin. Downloading the music may be challenge. Also, don't forget to scroll down.

Miscellaneous

http://search.asiaco.com
A search engine on Asia. Pick your country and search away.