Emerging Civil Society in the Asia Pacific CommunityThough the notion of an Asia Pacific Community emerged more than a decade ago, media attention has focused on the regions dynamic economic development. Little is known abou tht ehuman dimension of this regional integration, and the actual sense of community that is being constructed by countries as vastly differend as China and Australa, Canada and Vietnam, Thailand and Japan. In fact, the ongoing process of integration has been underpinned by