“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2018)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 1418
Chinese Foreign Policy In 2018: A Watershed Year
Lance L P GORE, 28 December 2018
No. 1414
Chinese Society In 2018: Social Stability And Government Responses
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 18 December 2018
No. 1415
Hong Kong In 2018: Relative Calm And Getting Down To Work
LIM Tai Wei, 18 December 2018
No. 1416
Taiwan’s Economy In 2018: Growth Deceleration In The Wake Of China-US Trade War
CHIANG Min-Hua, 18 December 2018
No. 1417
The Chinese Communist Party And Politics In 2018: Constitutional Amendments And Party Power Centralisation
CHEN Gang, 28 December 2018
No. 1413
Singapore-China Connectivity And Its Role In The Belt And Road Initiative
Sarah CHAN, 13 December 2018
No. 1412
Capital Account Liberalisation In China: Recent Trends And Developments
Sarah CHAN, 13 December 2018
No. 1411
Taiwan’s 2018 Municipal Elections (II): Implications And A Harbinger Of A New Political Culture
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 6 December 2018
No. 1410
Taiwan’s 2018 Municipal Elections (I): The Election Results
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 6 December 2018
No. 1409
China’s Competition Policy: Some Recent Developments
QIAN Jiwei, 29 November 2018
No. 1408
China’s Recent Efforts To Confront The Evovling Safety And Security Challenges On Campus
ZHANG Min, 29 November 2018
No. 1407
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (II): Development And Challenges
YU Hong, 22 November 2018
No. 1406
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (I): Development Plan
YU Hong, 22 November 2018
No. 1405
Why Does Civil-Military Integration Matter To China’s Overall Development?
LI Nan, 16 November 2018
No. 1404
China-US Trade War And National Security Exception: A World Trade Organisation Perspective
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 16 November 2018
No. 1403
Technology As A Battle Ground: US Demands, China’s Responses
ZHAO Litao & YIN Xiangru, 8 November 2018
No. 1402
China’s Evolving Approach To Technology
ZHAO Litao & YIN Xiangru, 8 November 2018
No. 1401
The Ninth Southwest Forum And The Second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Think Tank Forum
KONG Tuan Yuen, 31 October 2018
No. 1400
Declining Taiwanese Nationalism And Rising Independent Voters In Taiwan Since 2016
QI Dongtao, 31 October 2018
No. 1399
Indo-Pacific: Japan, China And The Regional Power Shift
Purnendra JAIN, 25 October 2018
No. 1398
Foreign Nationals As Care Workers In Japan
Yoshihisa GODO & LIM Tai Wei, 25 October 2018
No. 1397
Health Reform In China: Ten Years After
QIAN Jiwei, 18 October 2018
No. 1396
Accelerating Sustainability By Hydropower Development In China
ZHANG Yan, 18 October 2018
No. 1395
Islam In China: Current Conditions And State Policies
SHAN Wei & Ryan HO, 11 October 2018
No. 1394
The Little Pinks: Young Allies Of The Chinese Government In Cyberspace
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 11 October 2018
No. 1393
No. 1392
China-US Trade War: A Modern Version Of The Thucydides Trap
XING Yuqing, 5 October 2018
No. 1391
China To Build Hainan Free Trade Port
YU Hong, 27 September 2018
No. 1390
Tourism Development In Hainan: An Update
YU Hong, 27 September 2018
No. 1389
North Korea’s Economic Prospect After Trump-Kim Summit
CHIANG Min-Hua, 20 September 2018
No. 1388
Japan’s Foreign Talent Policy
LIM Tai Wei, 20 September 2018
No. 1387
Impact Of Blockchain On China’s Cyber Statecraft: Opportunities And Risks
LIU Bojian, 13 September 2018
No. 1386
China’s Vaccine Scandal 2018: Pharmaceutical Companies Facing Heightened Regulatory Risks
CHEN Gang & LAI Ruilin, 13 September 2018
No. 1385
The Chinese Civil Service System: An Update
Autor CHAN Hon Suen, 6 September 2018
No. 1384
The National Supervisory Commission From Xi Jinping’s Anticorruption Campaign
ZHOU Na, 6 September 2018
No. 1383
Taiwanese Perception Of Stumbling Cross-Strait Relations (II): Explaining The Taiwanese Subjectivity
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 30 August 2018
No. 1382
Taiwanese Perception Of Stumbling Cross-Strait Relations (I): The Polls
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 30 August 2018
No. 1381
China Plans To Raise Retirement Age (II): Road Map And Practical Issues For Realisation
ZHANG Min, 23 August 2018
No. 1380
China Plans To Raise Retirement Age (I): Evolution Of Policies And New Challenges
ZHANG Min, 23 August 2018
No. 1379
China’s Unilateral Preferential Policies For Taiwan (II): Impact On Taiwan’s Brain Drain Problem And Beyond
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 16 August 2018
No. 1378
China’s Unilateral Preferential Policies For Taiwan (I): An Overview
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 16 August 2018
No. 1377
Big Data Development In China
SHIH Huimin & XUE Jianyue, 8 August 2018
No. 1376
Cashless Convenience In China: Development And Political Economics
LIM Tai Wei, 8 August 2018
No. 1375
China’s Food Self-Sufficiency And Food Trade Dependency
Jane DU, 2 August 2018
No. 1374
Structural Changes In China’s Economy: Progress And Challenges
WU Yanrui, 2 August 2018
No. 1373
China-US Trade War Intensifies
Sarah Y TONG & YIN Xiangru, 23 July 2018
No. 1372
China-US Trade Relations: What Underlies The Latest Tension?
Sarah Y TONG, 23 July 2018
No. 1371
Social Values Of The Young Generation In Hong Kong, Taiwan And Mainland China
SHAN Wei, 19 July 2018
No. 1370
“Xi Jinping Thought On Diplomacy”: The Central Work Conference On Foreign Affairs Of 2018
Lance L P GORE, 19 July 2018
No. 1369
Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy And Prospects Of Industrial Cooperation With ASEAN
KONG Tuan Yuen, 12 July 2018
No. 1368
Sino-Malaysian Ties Post-14th Malaysian General Elections
KONG Tuan Yuen & XUE Jianyue, 12 July 2018
No. 1367
China’s Economic Relations With Japan, South Korea And Taiwan Sustained By Persistent Technological Gaps
CHIANG Min-Hua, 5 July 2018
No. 1366
Japan’s North Korean Conundrum
LAM Peng Er, 5 July 2018
No. 1365
The Rise Of Smart Cities In China: Domestic Development And Comparative Perspectives
LIM Tai Wei, 28 June 2018
No. 1364
China’s State Enterprise Reform: The Latest Development
Barry NAUGHTON, 28 June 2018
No. 1363
China’s Economic Transition: Impact On East Asia
Sarah CHAN, 21 June 2018
No. 1362
China’s Evolving Role In Global And Regional Supply Chains
Sarah CHAN, 21 June 2018
No. 1361
Tax Administration Reform In China
QIAN Jiwei, 13 June 2018
No. 1360
Massive Return Migration Emerging In China
ZHAO Litao, 13 June 2018
No. 1359
Post-Materialism: What Divides Youth In Hong Kong, Taiwan And Mainland China
SHAN Wei, 8 June 2018
No. 1358
China’s Massive Restructuring Of Party And State Apparatus In 2018
CHEN Gang & XUE Jianyue, 8 June 2018
No. 1357
Macau And The Belt And Road Initiative
YU Hong, 31 May 2018
No. 1356
How Does Taiwan’s Ageing Population Affect Its Economy?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 31 May 2018
No. 1355
China’s Partial Reappraisal Of Kuomintang History And Its Impact
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 23 May 2018
No. 1354
Qujianghua In Taiwan: Taiwanese Democracy Against Chinese Authoritarianism?
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 23 May 2018
No. 1353
China’s Modernising Nuclear Forces: Facing US Nuclear Primacy
LIU Bojian, 17 May 2018
No. 1352
No. 1351
Taiwan’s History Textbook Guidelines Issues
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi & LIM Tai Wei, 10 May 2018
No. 1350
Taiwan-US Relations Under Trump
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 10 May 2018
No. 1349
The Rise Of The “Floating Elderly” (II): Challenges And Long-Term Implications
ZHANG Min, 3 May 2018
No. 1348
The Rise Of The “Floating Elderly” (I): A Signal Trend Of China’s Ageing Population
ZHANG Min, 3 May 2018
No. 1347
China’s Management Of The Outmigration Of Low-Skilled Labour
XIANG Biao, 24 April 2018
No. 1346
High Inequality Levelling Off In China
ZHAO Litao, 26 April 2018
No. 1345
How China Monitors Public Opinion On The Internet
SHIH Hui Min & XUE Jianyue, 19 April 2018
No. 1344
The Impact Of China’s New Cybersecurity Law
SHIH Hui Min & XUE Jianyue, 19 April 2018
No. 1343
Can Xiongan New Area Coordinate Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Development?
Jane DU, 11 April 2018
No. 1342
China’s New Foreign Policy Team: Bigger Roles And Tougher Challenges Ahead
Lance L P GORE, 11 April 2018
No. 1341
Taiwan’s Nationalist Party (II): The Taiwanese Identity
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 5 April 2018
No. 1340
Taiwan’s Nationalist Party (I): Setbacks And Prospects
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 5 April 2018
No. 1339
China-Japan Economic Interdependency Despite Political Antagonism
CHIANG Min-Hua, 29 March 2018
No. 1338
China’s Parliamentary Sessions 2018: New Cabinet With State Organs Revamped
CHEN Gang, CHEN Juan & Ryan HO, 22 March 2018
No. 1337
Xi Jinping To Rule Beyond 2023
CHEN Gang & XUE Jianyue, 22 March 2018
No. 1336
China’s Rural Land Reform Trials (2015-2017): Experience And Challenges
ZHOU Na, 15 March 2018
No. 1335
Promoting Inclusive Financing In China: Recent Policies And Implications
LI Yao, 15 March 2018
No. 1334
Sino-Latin American Relations 2.0 (II): New Relations, Opportunities And Challenges
Anthony Petros SPANAKOS, 8 March 2018
No. 1333
Sino-Latin American Relations 2.0 (I): Evolution Of Relations
Anthony Petros SPANAKOS, 8 March 2018
No. 1332
Recent Developments Of Public Housing Programmes In China
QIAN Jiwei, 1 March 2018
No. 1331
China Acts To Contain Risks Of Local Government Debt
QIAN Jiwei, 1 March 2018
No. 1330
The Changing Characteristics Of Hong Kong’s Trade
KONG Tuan Yuen, 21 February 2018
No. 1329
Coal And Its Importance In China’s Energy Mix
LIM Tai Wei, 21 February 2018
No. 1328
Can China Handle A North Korean Refugee Crisis?
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 13 February 2018
No. 1327
19th Party Congress And People’s Liberation Army’s Leadership Reshuffle
LI Nan, 13 February 2018
No. 1326
China’s Special Economic Functional Areas (II): The Various Management Models
LI Yao & Sarah Y. TONG, 7 February 2018
No. 1325
China’s Special Economic Functional Areas (I): Economic Development Experiments
LI Yao & Sarah Y. TONG, 7 February 2018
No. 1324
The Decline Of China’s Communist Youth League And Its Strive For Survival
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 1 February 2018
No. 1323
Xi Jinping’s Building Of New Central Leadership For the 19th Party Congress
ZHOU Na, 1 February 2018
No. 1322
South Korean Politics And Foreign Policy In 2017 And 2018: Impeachment And Striving Towards Inter-Korean Summit
CHOO Jaewoo, 26 January 2018
No. 1321
Chinese Society In 2017: Under Tightened And “Smart” Control
SHAN Wei, 26 January 2018
No. 1320
Is Taiwan’s Declining Public Investment A Crisis In The Making?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 18 January 2018
No. 1319
Hong Kong’s Economy In 2017 And Outlook For 2018
ZHANG Yang & Sarah Y. TONG, 18 January 2018
No. 1318
South Korea’s Economy In 2017: Moderate Economic Expansion Despite Growing Geopolitical Tensions
CHIANG Min-Hua, 11 January 2018
No. 1317
Cross-Strait Relations In 2017: Political Confrontation And Social Economic Integration
QI Dongtao, 11 January 2018
No. 1316
China’s Economy 2017/2018 (II): Xi Jinping’s Long-term Vision For The Chinese Economy
John WONG, 5 January 2018
No. 1315
China’s Economy 2017/2018 (I): Stabilising Slowdown And Gearing Up For A New Mode Of Growth
John WONG, 5 January 2018
No. 1314
The North Korean Nuclear Crisis In 2017: Challenges And Risks
KIM Sung Chull, 4 January 2018
No. 1313
Japan In 2017: Successes And Scandals
LAM Peng Er, 4 January 2018
No. 1312
China’s Politics 2017: Xi Jinping Starts His Second Term Without An Heir Apparent
CHEN Gang, 4 January 2018
