“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2010)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 590
Japan In 2010: Foreign Relations Setbacks Impacting On Domestic Politics
LAM Peng Er, 22 December 2010
No. 589
China’s Foreign Policy In An Eventful 2010: Facing Multiple Challenges In A Deteriorating External Environment
ZHENG Yongnian, LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Gang, 22 December 2010
No. 588
China’s Post-Crisis Domestic Politics 2010: More Confident Leadership And Stronger Government
ZHENG Yongnian, LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Gang, 22 December 2010
No. 587
The Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor: Its Promises And Problems
John WONG & CHONG Siew Keng, Catherine, 20 December 2010
No. 586
Mechanisms For Maintaining Stability In China
XIE Yue, 16 December 2010
No. 585
“Comprehensive Management Of Security”: A Stability Maintenance Method In China
XIE Yue, 16 December 2010
No. 584
Taiwan’s 2010 Municipal Elections
XIE Yue, 16 December 2010
No. 583
China Moving Beyond Oil Diplomacy In The Middle East?
Ryan CLARKE & CHEN Gang, 2 December 2010
No. 582
China’s Intensified Energy Engagement In The Middle East
Ryan CLARKE & CHEN Gang, 2 December 2010
No. 581
Reforming Public Hospitals In China
QIAN Jiwei, 26 November 2010
No. 580
Community Building In Shanghai
SHI Fayong & ZHAO Litao, 26 November 2010
No. 579
China’s Response To Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize
WANG Di, 19 November 2010
No. 578
Reforming China’s Water Industry
YANG Mu & WENG Cuifen, 12 November 2010
No. 577
China Acts To Avert A Water Crisis
YANG Mu & WENG Cuifen, 12 November 2010
No. 576
Managing Labor In China: A Defining Moment
Lance L. P. GORE, 3 November 2010
No. 575
Impact Of The Market On Grassroots Organizations Of The Chinese Communist Party
Lance L. P. GORE, 3 November 2010
No. 568
Chinese Labor Contract Law Of 2008: Background And Assessment
LI Jianyong, 8 October 2010
No. 569
American Public Opinion On China And US Foreign Policy
Ryan CLARKE & LYE Liang Fook, 14 October 2010
No. 570
China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: An Update
Sarah Y. TONG & CHONG Siew Keng Catherine, 14 October 2010
No. 571
North Korea In Transition: Back To The Past Or Moving To The Future
BO Zhiyue & Ryan CLARKE, 18 October 2010
No. 572
China’s National Leading Group To Address Climate Change: Mechanism And Structure
ZHU Xufeng, 22 October 2010
No. 573
Hu Jintao’s Generals
BO Zhiyue, 22 October 2010
No. 574
The Fifth Party Plenum Of The Chinese Communist Party: Confirming Five-Year Plan And Political Succession
CHEN Gang, 28 October 2010
No. 567
Two Years In Opposition: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive party Moves From Defeat To Revival?
QI Dongtao, 8 October 2010
No. 566
Yunnan-GMS Economic Cooperation In The Context Of “Bridgehead Strategy”
LU Guangsheng & CHONG Siew Keng Catherine, 1 October 2010
No. 565
Coercion Versus Engagement: The Cheonan Incident And Its Aftermath
KIM Sung Chull, 1 October 2010
No. 564
Development Of The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Region
YU Hong & BO Zhiyue, 24 September 2010
No. 563
Beijing’s Policy Towards Macao And Its Implications For Beijing’s Borderlands Policy
Bill K. P. CHOU, 24 September 2010
No. 562
Harvesting Sunlight: Solar Photovoltaic Industry In China
YANG Mu & PAN Rongfang, 17 September 2010
No. 561
Harvesting Sunlight: Solar Thermal Industry In China
YANG Mu & PAN Rongfang, 17 September 2010
No. 560
China’s Ambitious Low Carbon Plans Making Progress
CHEN Gang, 8 September 2010
No. 550
Recent American And Chinese Military Exercises: Strategic Signaling
Ryan CLARKE & ZHU Zhiqun, 6 August 2010
No. 551
China’s Hukou Reform: The Guangdong And Shanghai Cases
ZHAO Litao & Courtney FU Rong, 13 August 2010
No. 552
Coping With Regional Inequality In Healthcare In China
QIAN Jiwei, 13 August 2010
No. 553
China’s Ambitious Low Carbon Plans Making Progress
CHEN Gang, 8 September 2010
No. 554
China’s Path To The World’s Largest Economy: Limits Of Extrapolations
LU Ding, 20 August 2010
No. 555
China’s Media Initiatives And Its International Image Building
LYE Liang Fook & Chong Siew Keng Catherine, 26 August 2010
No. 556
China In The BRICs: Seeking Closer Cooperation, Not Hegemony
LYE Liang Fook & ZHANG Yang, 26 August 2010
No. 557
China’s Emerging Middle Class And Its Socio-Political Attitude
YANG Jing, 2 September 2010
No. 558
Middle Class Consumers In China
YANG Jing, 2 September 2010
No. 559
China’s Local Government Debts: How Serious?
Sarah Y. TONG & YAO Jielu, 8 September 2010
No. 549
Taiwan-Mainland Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
ZHAO Hong, 6 August 2010
No. 548
The China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement: Politics, Not Just Economics
John F. COPPER, 6 August 2010
No. 540
China’s Railway Development
YU Hong & YANG Mu, 8 July 2010
No. 541
China’s Great Leap In High-Speed Railway Development
YU Hong & YANG Mu, 8 July 2010
No. 542
Japan’s July 2010 Upper House Election: Political Gridlock Ahead
LAM Peng Er, 15 July 2010
No. 543
Chinese Analysts Dissect The US National Security Strategy 2010
ZHANG Yongjin, 15 July 2010
No. 544
China’s “New Deal” Measures To Cope With Its Bubbling Housing Market
LU Ding & HUANG Yanjie, 23 July 2010
No. 545
Hong Kong’s Political Reform And Dilemma
YEW Chiew Ping, 23 July 2010
No. 546
The Sinking Of The Cheonan And China-North Korea Relations
ZHU Zhiqun, 28 July 2010
No. 547
Leadership Reshuffle In North Korea: Future Implications
BO Zhiyue, 28 July 2010
No. 535
School Killings And The Rise Of Violent Crimes In China
ZHAO Litao & HUANG Yanjie, 17 June 2010
No. 536
China’s Recent Spate Of Labor Protests: Tables Turned For Chinese Workers?
YEW Chiew Ping, 24 June 2010
No. 537
Progress And Dilemmas Of Chinese Trade Unions
QI Dongtao, 24 June 2010
No. 538
China’s Labor Shortage In The After-Crisis Era
ZHAO Litao & HUANG Yanjie, 30 June 2010
No. 539
China’s Higher Education Reform: What Has Not Been Changed?
ZHAO Litao & ZHU Jinjing, 30 June 2010
No. 534
Creating Public Opinion Pressure In China: Large-Scale Internet Protest
TONG Yanqi & LEI Shaohua, 17 June 2010
No. 533
Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto: A Rocky Road Ahead?
LAM Peng Er, 9 June 2010
No. 532
U.S.-China Strategic And Economic Dialogue 2010
ZHU Zhiqun & Courtney FU Rong, 4 June 2010
No. 521
Chinese Government Learning To Live With Social Protests
TONG Yanqi & LEI Shaohua, 15 April 2010
No. 522
China’s “Super-Rich”
ZHAO Litao & SHENG Sixin, 21 April 2010
No. 523
Unemployment Problem Of China’s Youth
ZHAO Litao & HUANG Yanjie, 28 April 2010
No. 524
China’s Macro Economic Policies In 2010: Sustaining Recovery Without Overheating
Sarah Y. TONG & YAO Jielu, 6 May 2010
No. 525
China’s Wind Power Industry: From Infant Stage To Growth Stage
YANG Mu & PAN Rongfang, 6 May 2010
No. 526
China’s Airports: Recent Development And Future Challenges
YANG Xiuyun & YU Hong, 13 May 2010
No. 527
Deregulatory Reform Of China’s Airports: Attracting Non-State Investors
YANG Xiuyun & YU Hong, 13 May 2010
No. 528
Chinese Working Class In Predicament
QI Dongtao, 13 May 2010
No. 531
China’s “New Deal” In Xinjiang
SHAN Wei & WENG Cuifen, 31 May 2010
No. 529
Shanghai As An International Financial Centre: Problems And Prospects
YANG Mu & Michael HENG Siam-Heng, 20 May 2010
No. 530
Western System Versus Chinese System
PAN Wei, 20 May 2010
No. 520
Large-Scale Mass Incidents In China
TONG Yanqi & LEI Shaohua, 15 April 2010
No. 519
China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: A Regional Perspective
Sarah Y. TONG & Catherine CHONG Siew Keng, 12 April 2010
No. 518
China-ASEAN FTA: Changing ASEAN’s Perspective On China
WANG Yuzhu & Sarah Y. TONG, 12 April 2010
No. 501
China’s Steel Industry: An Update
YU Hong & YANG Mu, 14 January 2010
No. 510
Toyota’s Crisis: Japan’s Decline?
LAM Peng Er, 5 March 2010
No. 502
China More Ready To ‘Say No’ Again
YANG Lijun & LIM Chee Kia, 28 January 2010
No. 503
Google Takes On China: A Moral Crusade Or A Shrewd Business Move?
LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Gang, 5 February 2010
No. 504
China’s New National Energy Commission: Policy Implcations
BO Zhiyue, 5 February 2010
No. 505
China-US Relations: Worsening Ties Or Momentary Downturn?
LYE Liang Fook & BO Zhiyue, 10 February 2010
No. 506
China’s High-Tech Exports: Myth And Reality
XING Yuqing, 25 February 2010
No. 507
US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations
KONG Qingjiang, 25 February 2010
No. 508
Sino-South Korean Trade Relations: From Boom To Recession
ZHOU Shengqi, 3 March 2010
No. 509
North Korea As A Nuclear State Between The U.S. And China: The 2009 Crisis And Beyond
KIM Sung Chull, 3 March 2010
No. 517
Shanghai Coming To Grip With Its Aging Population Problems
ZHANG Li, 1 April 2010
No. 511
China And Brazil: Potential Allies Or Just BRICs In The Wall?
Anthony Peter SPANAKOS, 11 March 2010
No. 512
China And India In Their Outward Investment
ZHAO Hong, 11 March 2010
No. 513
China’s National People’s Congress 2010: Addressing Challenges With No Breakthrough In Legislative Assertiveness
YEW Chiew Ping & CHEN Gang, 17 March 2010
No. 514
China’s Rapidly Growing Non-Governmental Organizations
XU Ying & ZHAO Litao, 25 March 2010
No. 515
Grievances Of China’s Ethnic Minorities: Analysing Their Political Attitudes
SHAN Wei, 25 March 2010
No. 516
China’s Vocational Education And Training: The Next Key Target Of Education Promotion
YAN Hao, 1 April 2010
No. 500
China’s Automobile Industry: An Update
YU Hong & YANG Mu, 14 January 2010
No. 499
China’s Foreign Policy Think-Tanks And Various Channels Of Policy Input
ZHAO Quansheng, 8 January 2010
No. 498
China’s Reaction To H1N1 Pandemic Flu
HUANG Yanzhong, 8 January 2010
