“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 1573
COVID-19 Highlights Need To Strengthen China’s Social Safety Net (II): The Social Assistance Programmes
Christine WONG & QIAN Jiwei, 24 December 2020
No. 1572
COVID-19 Highlights Need To Strengthen China’s Social Safety Net (I): The Unemployment Insurance Scheme
Christine WONG & QIAN Jiwei, 24 December 2020
No. 1571
China’s Space Industry: Background, Recent Developments And Challenges
QIAN Jiwei & LIU Bojian, 10 December 2020
No. 1570
China’s Biosafety Level 4 Laboratories And Their International Linkages In Pathogen Research
Ryan CLARKE, LI Yao & LAM Peng Er, 3 December 2020
No. 1569
High-Risk Pathogen Research Networks In China: Historical Origins, Current Dynamics And Near-Term Directions
Ryan CLARKE, LI Yao & LAM Peng Er, 3 December 2020
No. 1568
Japan’s New Defence White Paper 2020: Perceptions, Key Issues And Challenges
KATAHARA Eiichi, 26 November 2020
No. 1567
The Chinese Communist Party Politburo Collective Study Sessions
Lance L P GORE, 19 November 2020
No. 1566
China’s Fifth Plenum 2020: Five-Year Plan And Leadership Succession Void
CHEN Gang, 12 November 2020
No. 1565
Italy And China: Much Ado About An MOU
Giulio PUGLIESE, 5 November 2020
No. 1564
What Has Changed In China’s South China Sea Policy Under Xi Jinping?
LI Nan, 29 October 2020
No. 1563
Pandemic Recession And The Practice Of Modern Monetary Theory In Japan
XING Yuqing, 22 October 2020
No. 1562
China’s New Round Of Land Reforms In The Wake Of COVID-19
ZHOU Na & Sarah Y TONG, 15 October 2020
No. 1561
Economic Relations Between East And Southeast Asia Amid The COVID-19
KONG Tuan Yuen, 8 October 2020
No. 1560
Japan’s Space Programme: The Final Frontier
LIM Tai Wei, 1 October 2020
No. 1559
Taiwan And South China Sea Issues Amid Escalating Strategic Competition Between China And The United States
QI Dongtao, 25 September 2020
No. 1558
Likely China Policy Of Possible Biden Presidency
Lance L P GORE, 25 September 2020
No. 1557
China’s National Security Law For Hong Kong: The Domestic And Global Consequences (II)
LIM Tai Wei, 17 September 2020
No. 1556
China’s National Security Law For Hong Kong: The Origins, Process And Its Controversial Articles (I)
LIM Tai Wei, 17 September 2020
No. 1555
Amid COVID-19, The World Views China More Negatively: Evidence From Twitter
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 3 September 2020
No. 1554
China-India Border Conflicts: Geopolitical And Environmental Drivers And New Partnership Modalities
Ryan CLARKE, 27 August 2020
No. 1553
US-China Trade War, Not COVID-19, The Real Threat To Global Supply Chains
Troy STANGARONE, 27 August 2020
No. 1552
Japan And Korea: A Fragile Relationship
Haruko SATOH, 20 August 2020
No. 1551
No. 1550
No. 1549
COVID-19’s Impact On South Korea’s Economy And Countermeasures
CHIANG Min-Hua, 30 July 2020
No. 1548
How The US-China Trade War Further Opens China’s Market
Ryan HO & XING Yuqing, 30 July 2020
No. 1547
China’s Rising Household Debt: A New Debt Trap?
Sarah CHAN, 16 July 2020
No. 1546
The South China Sea Dispute: Do Taiwan And China Concur?
John F COPPER, 9 July 2020
No. 1545
Is China Converting COVID-19 Into A Strategic Opportunity?
Ryan CLARKE, 9 July 2020
No. 1544
South Korea’s 2020 Election Amid COVID-19
KIM Sung Chull, 3 July 2020
No. 1543
Employment And Livelihood Top Chinese Government’s Policy Agenda In 2020
Sarah Y TONG, Christine WONG, LI Yao & QIAN Jiwei, 3 July 2020
No. 1542
ASEAN-China Cooperation In The COVID-19 Outbreak
YANG Yue & LI Fujian, 25 June 2020
No. 1541
China Promotes Its Digital Economy
QIAN Jiwei, 25 June 2020
No. 1540
Evolving Social And Political-Economic Impacts Of Chinese Popular Cultural Development
LIM Tai Wei, 17 June 2020
No. 1539
The Evolving Role Of The Military In Containing COVID-19 In China
LI Nan, 17 June 2020
No. 1538
Taiwan And Hong Kong In The COVID-19 Epidemic: A Comparison
QI Dongtao, 11 June 2020
No. 1537
No. 1536
Taiwan’s Economy Amid COVID-19 Challenges
CHIANG Min-Hua, 4 June 2020
No. 1535
Life And Political Opinions During The COVID-19 Lockdown: Responses From Chengdu And Wuhan
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 4 June 2020
No. 1534
South Korea’s China Policy
CHOO Jaewoo, 28 May 2020
No. 1533
E-Philanthropy As Social Innovation In China
ZHAO Litao & Ryan HO, 28 May 2020
No. 1532
Hong Kong’s Politics During The COVID-19 Outbreak
Victor TEO, 20 May 2020
No. 1531
Robotics In The Elderly Care Sector: A Comparative Study Between China And Japan
LIM Tai Wei, 20 May 2020
No. 1530
China In International Organisations: Issues And Challenges In The Xi Jinping Era
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi & YIN Xiangru, 7 May 2020
No. 1529
The COVID-19 Pandemic And Political (Dis)Satisfaction: Tracing Public Opinions In China Using Social Media Data
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 7 May 2020
No. 1528
COVID-19 And Hong Kong: Model Performer, “Tripple Whammy” And Political Economic Reboot
LIM Tai Wei, 30 April 2020
No. 1527
Techno-Nationalism In China-US Relations: Implications For Universities
Paul EVANS, 30 April 2020
No. 1526
Turkey-China Relations: Closer Yet Apart
Colin DUERKOP, 24 April 2020
No. 1525
South Korea’s New Southern Policy: Motivations, Implementations And Implications
CHIANG Min-Hua, 17 April 2020
No. 1524
Fighting COVID-19 Through Technology
LIM Tai Wei, 17 April 2020
No. 1523
Chinese External Propaganda
Lance L P GORE, 31 March 2020
No. 1522
The COVID-19 Outbreak And Its Implications For China’s Economy
Sarah Y TONG & LI Yao, 31 March 2020
No. 1521
Accomplishments And Challenges Of The China-Japan-Korea Trilateral Summits
LIM Tai Wei, 26 March 2020
No. 1520
China’s Personnel Reshuffle In The Covid-19 Epidemic
ZHOU Na, 26 March 2020
No. 1519
A Digital Renminbi: Plans, Features And Implications
LIU Bojian & Bert HOFMAN, 20 March 2020
No. 1518
Japanese Crisis Management Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
LIM Tai Wei & LAM Peng Er, 20 March 2020
No. 1517
China’s Expansionary Fiscal Policy For Stabilising Economic Growth
QIAN Jiwei, 20 March 2020
No. 1516
COVID-19 in South Korea: Behind the Soaring Numbers
CHIANG Min-Hua & Ryan HO, 12 March 2020
No. 1515
Economic Contagions of Novel Coronavirus Spread via Global Value Chains
XING Yuqing, 12 March 2020
No. 1514
COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Impact on China’s Push for the “Belt and Road” Initiative
YU Hong, 12 March 2020
No. 1513
The Long-Awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Significance and Challenges
KONG Tuan Yuen & Sarah Y TONG, 5 March 2020
No. 1512
A Stable Chinese Society in 2019: Under Tightening Control
CHEN Juan & SHAN Wei, 5 March 2020
No. 1511
China’s Health Initiatives in the COVID-19 Outbreak
QIAN Jiwei, 5 March 2020
No. 1510
Politics of China’s Crisis Management against COVID-19
CHEN Gang, 5 March 2020
No. 1509
Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis: Government Policy and their Limitations
YU Hong, 27 February 2020
No. 1508
The Emerging Supervisory Power in China: Misconduct and Regulation
ZHOU Na, 27 February 2020
No. 1507
The Chinese Economy 2019/2020: A Rocky Road Ahead
LI Yao & Sarah Y TONG, 27 February 2020
No. 1506
Taiwan’s 2020 Presidential, Vice Presidential and Legislative Elections: Transformational or not?
John F COPPER, 27 February 2020
No. 1505
Cabinet Instability in Taiwan: Executive-Legislature Relations, Intra-Party Politics, Public Opinion and Election (II)
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 20 February 2020
No. 1504
Cabinet Instability in Taiwan: Executive-Legislature Relations, Intra-Party Politics, Public Opinion and Election (I)
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 20 February 2020
No. 1503
South Korea’s Economy in 2019/2020: Slow Recovery, Growing Social Expenditure and Industrial Upgrade
KIKUCHI Tomoo, JEONG Seung-Hwan and LEE Gun-Woo, 20 February 2020
No. 1502
China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper: What has Changed in China’s Defense Policy?
LI Nan, 13 February 2020
No. 1501
Taiwan Politics 2019/2020: Tsai Ing-wen’s Political Comeback
QI Dongtao, 13 February 2020
No. 1500
Housing Policies in Hong Kong
LIM Tai Wei, 6 February 2020
No. 1499
Hong Kong’s Economy in 2019 and Outlook for 2020
LI Chen, 6 February 2020
No. 1498
The Chinese Economy in 2019: Structural Reforms and Firms’ Behaviour amid Growing Uncertainties
QIAN Jiwei, 6 February 2020
No. 1497
Financial Repression and Financial Risk: The Case of China
Sarah CHAN, 30 January 2020
No. 1496
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2019
Victor TEO, 30 January 2020
No. 1495
Coping with Hard Times: Chinese Foreign Policy in 2019
Lance L P GORE, 30 January 2020
No. 1494
Taiwan’s Economy in 2019: Back to the Growth Track
CHIANG Min-Hua, 23 January 2020
No. 1493
Chinese Society 2019/2020: Navigating Another Bumpy Year
ZHAO Litao, 23 January 2020
No. 1492
South Korea in 2019: Unfulfilled Ambitions, Debilitating Troubles
RYU Yongwook, 16 January 2020
No. 1491
The Chinese Communist Party and Politics 2019/2020
CHEN Gang, 16 January 2020
No. 1490
North Korea 2019-2020
KIM Sung Chull, 9 January 2020
No. 1489
Domestic Sources of the US Trade War with China
Troy STANGARONE, 9 January 2020
