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A new political animal?

A new political animal?
Chinese Indonesians search for a political role in the new Indonesia

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes
Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship

Never Indonesian enough

Never Indonesian enough
State discrimination against the Chinese is a form of cultural violence

A common destiny

A common destiny
Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi
Chinese Indonesians reflect on their place in the new Indonesia

Shot until dead

Shot until dead
No end in sight for the death penalty in Indonesia

The one that got away?

The one that got away?
Muchdi’s murder trial starts falling apart

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity
Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

Hot debates

Hot debates
A law on pornography still divides the community

No positive news

No positive news
People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Staying clean

Staying clean
Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia

Giving up partisan politics?

Giving up partisan politics?
Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Promoting pluralism

Promoting pluralism
Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms

Chocolate Strawberry

Chocolate Strawberry
An Indonesian film breaks new ground on the subject of teenage sexuality

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival
Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity

The name game

The name game
Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Writing for God

Writing for God
Piety and consumption in popular Islam

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Blaming the messenger

Blaming the messenger
Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

Skin deep

Skin deep
Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry

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