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Contributors A. Dahana is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta; he is also a writer on Chinese affairs. Lee Kam Hing is a director, Asian Center for Media Studies Sdn. Bhd. in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. He was formerly Professor of History at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. P. Ramasamy is Professor at the Center for History, Political Science, and Strategic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia. Shamsul A.B. is Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization (ATMA) and the Institute of Occidental Studies (IKON), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, where he was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Sharon Siddique, a sociologist, was formerly Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. She is currently a partner in Sreekumar, Siddique & Co. Pte. Ltd., a regional research consulting company based in Singapore. Leo Suryadinata is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. He was formerly Professor in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. Tan Ern Ser is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, and Academic Convenor of the Singapore Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. Contributors viii Eugene K.B. Tan is Lecturer in Law at the Singapore Management University and, in academic year 2003–2004, Fellow with the Stanford Programme in International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School, USA. Mely G. Tan, a sociologist, is currently affiliated with a number of civil society organizations, and is also on the faculty of the Program on the Study of Police Sciences of the Graduate Program of the University of Indonesia. Until August 2003 she was a Commissioner of the National Commission on Violence against Women. Other previous positions include Chair, Research Institute, Atma Jaya Catholic University and Senior Researcher (Ahli Peneliti Utama or APU), Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Wang Gungwu is Professor and Director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. Frans H. Winarta, an advocate in Jakarta, is also a council member of the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute under the leadership of Nelson Mandela and one of the founders of the Indonesian Anti-Discrimination Movement (GANDI). ...

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