Amy L. Freedman was an associate professor of government at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is currently the Asia Pacific coordinator of a consulting project on democratization and political Islam. Published works include "Political Participation and Ethnic Minorities: Chinese Overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia, and The United States" (2000) and several articles: "Thailand's Missed Opportunity for Democratic Consolidation," Forthcoming in "Japanese Journal of Political Science," Spring 2006; "SARS and Challenges to Regime Legitimacy in China" "Asian Affairs "(London),...