“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2014)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 984
China’s Foreign Policy In 2014: The Unveiling Of President Xi Jinping’s Grand Strategy
ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 23 December 2014
No. 983
China’s Politics In 2014: Xi Jinping As A Game Changer
ZHENG Yongnian & CHEN Gang, 23 December 2014
No. 982
Japan’s Well-Strategised Snap Elections
LIM Tai Wei, 23 December 2014
No. 981
China’s Economy 2014/15: Reform And Rebalancing To Sustain Growth Under The “New Normal”
John WONG, 17 December 2014
No. 980
China’s Economy 2014/15: Adjusting To The “New Normal” Of Moderate Growth
John WONG, 17 December 2014
No. 979
Chinese Society In 2014: Adjusting To The “New Normal”
ZHAO Litao, 10 December 2014
No. 978
Chinese Society In 2014: Social Instability And State Responses
SHAN Wei, 10 December 2014
No. 977
US-China Relations In Asia-Pacific Economic Integration
CHIANG Min-Hua, 4 December 2014
No. 976
China In The Rapid Development Of Asia-Pacific Economic Regionalism
CHIANG Min-Hua, 4 December 2014
No. 975
The Curse Of General Indirect Taxes In Japan
Yoshihisa GODO & Sarah Y. TONG, 27 November 2014
No. 974
Abenomics Revisited: A Preliminary Assessment Of The Second Abe Cabinet
Yoshihisa GODO & Sarah Y. TONG, 27 November 2014
No. 973
Fiscal Sustainability In China
QIAN Jiwei, 20 November 2014
No. 972
Chongqing Under Sun Zhengcai
ZHAO Litao & QIAN Jiwei, 20 November 2014
No. 971
Xi Jinping-Abe Shinzo APEC Meeting: An Ice-Breaking Diplomacy?
LIM Tai Wei, 20 November 2014
No. 970
Grassroots Elections In China: 1993-2013
SHAN Wei & TANG Wenfang, 13 November 2014
No. 969
Taking Stock Of Xi Jinping’s Anti-Graft Campaign
John WONG & CHEN Gang, 13 November 2014
No. 968
China’s War On Smog: Measures And Challenges
LU Ding & WAN Jing, 6 November 2014
No. 967
China’s War On Smog: Causes And Rationale
LU Ding & WAN Jing, 6 November 2014
No. 966
The Role Of The National People’s Congress In Chinese Politics
BO Zhiyue, 30 October 2014
No. 965
China’s Fugitive Officials And Vanishing Fortune
Lance L. P. GORE, 30 October 2014
No. 964
Japan’s Post-Fukushima Energy Politics
LIM Tai Wei, 23 October 2014
No. 963
Ageing In Place Or Displaced? Hong Kongers Retiring In Mainland China
YEW Chiew Ping, 23 October 2014
No. 962
China’s Nuclear Energy Goes International
WU Dan, 16 October 2014
No. 961
China Steps Up Nuclear Energy Plans
WU Dan, 16 October 2014
No. 960
China’s Fiscal Reforms: Recent Developments
QIAN Jiwei, 9 October 2014
No. 959
Managing China’s Expanding Shadow Banking
WAN Jing, 9 October 2014
No. 958
China’s State-Owned Enterprise Mixed-Ownership Reform
ZHENG Yu, 2 October 2014
No. 957
Does Privatisation Affect Earnings Management Of State-Owned Enterprises In China?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 2 October 2014
No. 956
China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: East Asian Responses
LAM Peng Er, 23 September 2014
No. 955
Upgrading Bilateral Investment Treaties To Promote China’s Outbound Foreign Direct Investment
Sarah Y. TONG, 23 September 2014
No. 954
China’s Young Generation And Its Social Contentions
HUANG Yanjie, 18 September 2014
No. 953
China’s Young Generation: A Shaping Force In Society
HUANG Yanjie, 18 September 2014
No. 952
Land In China’s Urbanisation
TAO Ran & LIM Wen Xin, 12 September 2014
No. 951
Urbanisation And China’s Urban-Rural Divide In Consumption
LI Chunling & YAO Jielu, 12 September 2014
No. 950
“Youth Drain” And Its Implications For China’s Labor Shortage
LU Ding, 4 September 2014
No. 949
Rural Land Consolidation In China
ZHONG Sheng & PING Xiaojuan, 29 August 2014
No. 948
China’s Housing Market: An Update
Sarah Y. TONG & ZHOU Zhihua, 29 August 2014
No. 947
China’s Administrative Reform: Progress, Issues And Political Implications
GUO Baogang, 21 August 2014
No. 946
Women’s Participation In China’s Budgeting Process
GUO Xiajuan, 21 August 2014
No. 945
Climate Change Posing A Threat To China’s Long-Term Food Security
John WONG & CHEN Gang, 13 August 2014
No. 944
China’s Anti-Paraxylene Movements And Government’s Responses
SHAN Wei, 13 August 2014
No. 943
Hukou Reform In Shanghai And Guangdong: An Update
ZHAO Litao, 7 August 2014
No. 942
Xi Jinping-Li Keqiang’s Hukou Reform: New Guidelines And Implications
ZHAO Litao, 7 August 2014
No. 941
China’s “Maritime Silk Road Of The 21st Century” Initiative
YU Hong, 30 July 2014
No. 940
China’s Response To Rising Terrorism In Xinjiang
SHAN Wei & PING Xiaojuan, 30 July 2014
No. 939
Xi Jinping’s Generals
BO Zhiyue, 24 July 2014
No. 938
The Military Role In China’s Foreign Policy-Making
YOU Ji, 24 July 2014
No. 937
Rural Development Programs For Poverty Reduction In China
QIAN Jiwei, 18 July 2014
No. 936
The Deceleration Of Informal Migration And Urbanization In China
ZHAO Min, CHEN Chen & WU Dan, 18 July 2014
No. 935
China’s Outward Direct Investment: Recent Development And Government Policies
Sarah Y. TONG, 10 July 2014
No. 934
Is A China-Russia Alliance On The Horizon?
Lance L. P. GORE, 10 July 2014
No. 933
The “Tigers” In Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
CHEN Gang, 30 June 2014
No. 932
China’s White Paper On “One Country, Two Systems”: Changing Hong Kong-Beijing Relations
YEW Chiew Ping, 30 June 2014
No. 931
The Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone And China’s Maritime Silk Road In The 21st Century
YU Hong & LIM Wen Xin, 26 June 2014
No. 930
Reviving The Ancient Silk Road: China’s New Diplomatic Initiative
John WONG & LYE Liang Fook, 26 June 2014
No. 929
China’s Naval Escorts
LYE Liang Fook, 19 June 2014
No. 928
The China-Vietnam Clashes In The South China Sea: An Assessment
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 19 June 2014
No. 927
No. 926
China’s Science And Technology System: Governance, Funding And Performance
ZHAO Litao, 12 June 2014
No. 925
Is The Taiwanese Government In A Debt Crisis?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 5 June 2014
No. 924
No. 923
The Making Of A Giant Cage: Managing Internet Public Opinion In China
SHAN Wei, 29 May 2014
No. 922
How The Chinese Government Manages And Uses The Internet
SHAN Wei, 29 May 2014
No. 921
Developing The Private Medical Sector In China
HE Jingwei Alex, 22 May 2014
No. 920
Inter-Regional Industrial Transfer In China
YU Hong, 22 May 2014
No. 919
The Controversial Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement
CHIANG Min-Hua, 14 May 2014
No. 918
Obama’s “Rebalancing” Trip To East Asia: Security, Trade And Values
LAM Peng Er, 14 May 2014
No. 917
The Crisis In Ukraine: China’s Response And Implications
LYE Liang Fook, 7 May 2014
No. 916
China-Ukraine Relations: An Overview
LYE Liang Fook, 7 May 2014
No. 915
The Sunflower Movement In Taiwan: An Assessment
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 30 April 2014
No. 914
Chinese Air Defense Identification Zone: A Geo-Strategic And Military Analysis
YOU Ji, 30 April 2014
No. 913
Cross-Strait Relations After Zhang-Wang Meeting: Institutionalizing The Status Quo
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 24 April 2014
No. 912
Sustaining Hong Kong’s Services Amid Changing Dynamics Of Greater China Economic Linkage
CHIANG Min-Hua, 24 April 2014
No. 911
China’s New Urbanization Plan To Revamp Public Service Provision
QIAN Jiwei, 16 April 2014
No. 910
China Launches New Urbanization Plan (2014-2020)
ZHOU Zhihua, 16 April 2014
No. 909
Prime Minister Abe’s Yasukuni Shrine Visit: Motivations And Consequences
LAM Peng Er, 10 April 2014
No. 908
China’s Leading Group For Comprehensively Deepening Reforms
Lance L. P. GORE, 10 April 2014
No. 907
China’s New Initiatives In The Land Sector
ZHOU Zhihua, 3 April 2014
No. 906
The Internationalization Of China’s Enterprises
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 3 April 2014
No. 905
China’s Council Of State Security: Evolution, Rationality And Operations
YOU Ji, 26 March 2014
No. 904
No. 903
Unemployment Insurance In China
QIAN Jiwei, 13 March 2014
No. 902
China’s “Ghost” Cities
YU Hong, 13 March 2014
No. 901
Hong Kong’s External Relations: Ambiguities And Opportunities Of Chinese Foreign Policy
Simon SHEN, 6 March 2014
No. 900
China In Its Second Decade Of World Trade Organization Membership
Sarah Y. TONG & WU Dan, 6 March 2014
No. 899
Foreign Banks In China
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 27 February 2014
No. 898
Reforming China’s Public Finances To Sustain Growth
LIN Shuanglin & Sarah Y. TONG, 27 February 2014
No. 897
Xi Jinping’s New Strategy Toward Xinjiang
BO Zhiyue, 20 February 2014
No. 896
Chinese Air Defense Identification Zone In The East China Sea
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 20 February 2014
No. 895
China’s Changing Labor Force And Implications For Economic Growth
LU Ding, 13 February 2014
No. 894
Rejuvenating China Through Human Resources Development
ZHAO Litao, 13 February 2014
No. 893
Trade Competition Between Taiwan And China
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 5 February 2014
No. 892
China Targets ASEAN’s High Speed Rail Sector
YU Hong, 5 February 2014
No. 891
The Exodus Of The Rich From China
Lance L. P. GORE, 27 January 2014
No. 890
Deciphering The Two Abrupt Turns Of The Xi Jinping Regime
Lance L. P. GORE, 27 January 2014
No. 889
America’s Asia Pivot: What Does It Mean And Will It Succeed?
John F. COPPER, 22 January 2014
No. 888
The Third Plenum And China’s New Road-Map For Economic Reforms
Sarah Y. TONG & YAO Jielu, 22 January 2014
No. 887
Jang Song-Thaek’s Fall In North Korea
KIM Sung Chull, 15 January 2014
No. 886
South Korea In 2013
CHOO Jaewoo, 15 January 2014
No. 885
Taiwan’s Economy In 2013: Slower Than Expected
CHIANG Min-Hua, 9 January 2014
No. 884
Hong Kong In 2013: Governance Challenges In A Divided Society
YEW Chiew Ping & KWONG Kin Ming, 9 January 2014
