“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2009)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 497
China’s Economy 2009 In Review: Rebound First And Rebalance Later
John WONG, 29 December 2009
No. 496
China’s Foreign Policy In 2009: Shouldering Greater Responsibilities And Building Stronger Partnerships
ZHENG Yongnian, LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Gang, 24 December 2009
No. 495
China’s Politics 2009 In Review: An Increasingly Confident Chinese Leadership
ZHENG Yongnian, LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Gang, 24 December 2009
No. 494
China’s Attempt To Professionalize Its Civil Service
Kjeld Erik BRODSGAARD & CHEN Gang, 16 December 2009
No. 493
China’s Civil Service Reform: An Update
Kjeld Erik BRODSGAARD & CHEN Gang, 16 December 2009
No. 492
China Starts Grooming Its Sixth Generation Leaders
BO Zhiyue, 9 December 2009
No. 491
The Hatoyama Administration And Japan’s Climate Change Initiatives
LAM Peng Er, 3 December 2009
No. 490
China’s Recent Clampdown On High-Stakes Corruption
CHEN Gang & ZHU Jinjing, 19 November 2009
No. 489
Carbon Intensity: China’s Card For Climate Politics
CHEN Gang, 19 November 2009
No. 488
Chinese State Media Going Global
ZHANG Xiaoling, 5 November 2009
No. 487
Hatoyama’s East Asian Community And Sino-Japanese Relation
YANG Lijun & LIM Chee Kia, 28 October 2009
No. 486
China Moves To Reform Its Health Care System
ZHAO Litao & HUANG Yanjie, 22 October 2009
No. 485
Welfare Housing Programs In Urban China
YAN Hao, 22 October 2009
No. 484
EU-China Relations: Economics Still In Command?
Kjeld Erik BR?DSGAARD & HONG Wai Mun, 15 October 2009
No. 483
EU-China: Managing A Strained Relationship
Kjeld Erik BRODSGAARD & LIM Chee Kia, 15 October 2009
No. 482
Taiwan And Southeast Asia Since Ma Ying-Jeou’s Presidency
Samuel C. Y. KU, 1 October 2009
No. 481
The United States And New Dynamics In Cross-Strait Relations
WANG Jianwei, 1 October 2009
No. 480
The Fourth Party Plenum And Political Succession In China
BO Zhiyue, 23 September 2009
No. 479
Economic Corridors For The Greater Mekong Subregion
Calla WIEMER, 15 September 2009
No. 478
Sizing Up The Elephant: Chinese Views Of India In The New Millennium
YUAN Jing-dong, 15 September 2009
No. 477
Impact Of The Global Economic Crisis On The Pearl River And Yangtze River Delta Regions
YU Hong & HUANG Yanjie, 10 September 2009
No. 476
Understanding China’s High Saving
Calla WIEMER, 10 September 2009
No. 475
Japan’s 2009 Electoral Tsunami And Its Implications
LAM Peng Er, 5 September 2009
No. 474
Behind The “Green Dam”: Internet Censorship In China
CHEN Gang & ZHU Jinjing, 2 September 2009
No. 473
China Attracting Global Top Talents: Central And Local Government Initiatives
ZHAO Litao & ZHU Jinjing, 2 September 2009
No. 472
How Much Do The Chinese Trust Their Government?
SHAN Wei, 28 August 2009
No. 471
Ma Ying-Jeou’s Political Storm In The Aftermath Of Typhoon Morakot
OU-YANG Hsin-yi & BO Zhiyue, 25 August 2009
No. 470
Tianjin City: Leadership Reshuffle And Economic Development
BO Zhiyue, 25 August 2009
No. 469
State, Market Force And Building National Identity In China’s Hong Kong And Macao
CHOU Kwok Ping, 20 August 2009
No. 468
The Rio Tinto Affair
CHONG Siew Keng, Catherine & Desmond CHUA, 5 August 2009
No. 467
The Chinese Leadership And The Internet
LYE Liang Fook & YANG Yi, 27 July 2009
No. 466
The End Of LDP’s One-Party Dominance In Japan?
LAM Peng Er, 23 July 2009
No. 465
Bo Xilai And The Chongqing Model
BO Zhiyue & CHEN Gang, 17 July 2009
No. 464
New Initiatives For Industrial Upgrading In The Pearl River Delta
YU Hong & ZHANG Yang, 17 July 2009
No. 463
China’s Flawed Policy In Xinjiang And Its Dilemmas
SHAN Wei & CHEN Gang, 13 July 2009
No. 462
China And India: The Energy Policies
ZHAO Hong, 2 July 2009
No. 461
China’s Rapidly Growing Enterprise-Led Innovation System
Sarah Y. TONG & ZHU Jinjing, 2 July 2009
No. 460
Renewing 35 Years Of Malaysia-China Relations: Najib’s Visit To China
LIM Tin Seng, 23 June 2009
No. 459
Growth And Investment Efficiency In China
WU Yanrui, 18 June 2009
No. 458
Economic Zone On The West Coast Of Taiwan Strait
ZHAO Hong & LIANG Ruobing, 18 June 2009
No. 457
Macao’s Gambling Industry At A Crossroads
SHENG Sixin & CHENG TJ, 5 June 2009
No. 456
Macao’s Economy In The Financial Crisis
ZHANG Yang & KWAN Fung, 5 June 2009
No. 455
Friends In Need Or Comrades In Arms?: The Decline Of Sino-Russo Weapons Trade
YOU Ji, 29 May 2009
No. 454
China’s Naval Deployment To Somalia And Its Implications
YOU Ji & LIM Chee Kia, 29 May 2009
No. 453
Women’s Political Participation In China
ZHENG Yongnian, GUO Xiajuan & ZHAO Litao, 22 May 2009
No. 452
Taiwan-Mainland Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA): Implications For Cross-Strait Relations
ZHAO Hong & Sarah Y. TONG, 21 May 2009
No. 451
Suzhou Industrial Park Today: Progress And Challenges (II) [Restricted Circulation]
John WONG, ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 13 May 2009
No. 450
Suzhou Industrial Park Today: Progress And Challenges (II) [Restricted Circulation]
John WONG, ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 13 May 2009
No. 449
Sino-American Relations: The G20 And The Future G2?
ZHENG Yongnian, 28 April 2009
No. 448
Sino-American Relations: The G20 And The Future G2?
ZHENG Yongnian, 28 April 2009
No. 447
Vietnam’s Policy Responses To The Financial Crisis
LE Thi Thuy Van, 14 April 2009
No. 446
China’s New Battle With Terrorism In Xinjiang
ZHENG Yongnian & LIM Tai Wei, 8 April 2009
No. 445
Provincial Leaders In The CCP Politburo, 1978-2008
SHENG Yumin, 8 April 2009
No. 444
Crisis Of Industrialization In The Pearl River Delta
HUANG Yanjie & CHEN Shaofeng, 26 March 2009
No. 443
Global Financial Crisis And The Voice Of The New Left In China
BO Zhiyue & CHEN Gang, 26 March 2009
No. 442
Global Financial Crisis And The Voice Of The New Left In China
BO Zhiyue & CHEN Gang, 26 March 2009
No. 441
China’s Ethnic Policies: Political Dimension And Challenges
LAI Hongyi, 12 March 2009
No. 440
The Evolution Of China’s Ethnic Policies
LAI Hongyi, 12 March 2009
No. 439
Unemployment And Social Instability In China: Will They Run Out Of Control?
ZHAO Litao & HUANG Yanjie, 11 March 2009
No. 438
China’s Responses To The Economic Crisis
Sarah Y. TONG & ZHANG Yang, 11 March 2009
No. 437
How Severe Is China’s Economic Downturn?
YANG Mu & LIM Tin Seng, 9 March 2009
No. 436
Combating The Global Economic Crisis: Japan’s Policies And Politics
LIM Tai Wei, 9 March 2009
No. 435
Sino-African Relations: Going Beyond Energy Resources
ZHAO Hong, 5 March 2009
No. 434
Comparing Pollution By Asian Giants: China Vs India
WU Yanrui, 5 March 2009
No. 433
Declining Fertility Rates In Japan: An Ageing Crisis Ahead
LAM Peng Er, 26 February 2009
No. 432
Old Age Care In China
ZHAO Litao & SHENG Sixin, 26 February 2009
No. 431
Youth Nationalism In Japan And Sino-Japanese Relations
YANG Lijun & LIM Chee Kia, 19 February 2009
No. 430
Japan’s New National Security Networks
Purnendra JAIN, 19 February 2009
No. 429
Kim Jong-Il’s Illness And North Korea’s Succession Crisis
YOU Ji, 5 February 2009
No. 428
Reforming China’s Statistical System
HUANG Langhui & Sarah Y. TONG, 5 February 2009
No. 427
Why Did The Chinese Stock Market Perform So Badly In 2008?
YANG Mu & LIM Tin Seng, 22 January 2009
No. 426
Obama’s China Policy: Continuity Rather Than Change
BO Zhiyue, 21 January 2009
No. 425
Obama’s Asian Policy: Change And Continuity
YOU Ji, 21 January 2009
No. 424
Return Rural Migration In China: A Source Of Social Instability Or A Force For Rural Transformation?
ZHAO Litao, 9 January 2009
No. 423
How Globalized Are The Chinese Provinces?
SHENG Yumin, 8 January 2009

