“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2015)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 1096
China’s Foreign Policy In 2015: Balancing Its International Responsiblity And National Interest
ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 28 December 2015
No. 1095
China’s Politics 2015: Bold Reforms And Unabated War On Corruption
ZHENG Yongnian & CHEN Gang, 28 December 2015
No. 1094
Hong Kong In 2015: Political Trends
LIM Tai Wei, 28 December 2015
No. 1093
South Korea’s Economy In 2015: Moderate Expansion Fuelled By Stimulus Policies
CHIANG Min-Hua, 22 December 2015
No. 1092
Chinese Society In 2015: Development Under The “New Normal”
ZHAO Litao, 22 December 2015
No. 1091
Japan Introduces A Unified Personal Identification Number System
Yoshihisa GODO, 22 December 2015
No. 1090
Shaping Collective Attitudes: Chinese Narrative Of The “China Dream”
LIM Tai Wei, 16 December 2015
No. 1089
Sources Of China’s Assertiveness In The South China Sea
KUIK Cheng Chwee & WU Dan, 16 December 2015
No. 1088
Policy Challenges In Maintaining Renminbi Stability In China
Sarah CHAN, 9 December 2015
No. 1087
China’s Stock Market Turmoil: Lessons And Implications
WAN Jing, 9 December 2015
No. 1086
Xi Jinping Overhauls The People’s Liberation Army
Lance L. P. GORE, 9 December 2015
No. 1085
China, The US-Japan Alliance And War: Avoiding The Thucydides Trap?
LAM Peng Er, 1 December 2015
No. 1084
The Xi-Ma Meeting: A Variant Perspective Assessment
John F. COPPER, 1 December 2015
No. 1083
China’s Push For State-Owned Enterprise Reform
YU Hong, 25 November 2015
No. 1082
The Dominance Of State Firms In The Chinese Market
YU Hong, 25 November 2015
No. 1081
China-ASEAN Economic Relations: An Update
Sarah Y. TONG & LIM Wen Xin, 18 November 2015
No. 1080
China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement
CHIANG Min-Hua, 18 November 2015
No. 1079
China’s Ethnic Policy Since 2009
LIANG Yongjia, 11 November 2015
No. 1078
Grass-Roots Governance In Shanghai
ZHAO Litao, 11 November 2015
No. 1077
Xi Jinping And The 13th Five-Year Plan
Lance L. P. GORE, 11 November 2015
No. 1076
China’s Foreign Relations After The 2008 Financial Crisis
Brantly WOMACK & WU Dan, 4 November 2015
No. 1075
China Enhances Low Carbon Cooperation With The United States
CHEN Gang & WU Dan, 4 November 2015
No. 1074
China’s One Belt, One Road And Its Overland Central Asian Component
John WONG & LIM Tai Wei, 28 October 2015
No. 1073
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank And China’s Role In Regional Economic Governance
XING Yuqing, 28 October 2015
No. 1072
China’s “Two Centenary Goals”: Progress And Challenges
LU Ding, 22 October 2015
No. 1071
The Political Implications Of Xi Jinping’s “Four Comprehensives”
Lance L. P. GORE, 22 October 2015
No. 1070
The Political Implications Of Xi Jinping’s “Four Comprehensives”
Lance L. P. GORE, 22 October 2015
No. 1069
International Law And International Institutions: Implications For A Rising China
KONG Qingjiang & PING Xiaojuan, 15 October 2015
No. 1068
Xi Jinping’s Economic Cybersecurity Agreement With Barack Obama
CHEN Gang & LIM Wen Xin, 7 October 2015
No. 1067
China-US Relations: Finding The Right Balance (II)
LYE Liang Fook, 7 October 2015
No. 1066
China-US Relations: President Xi Jinping’s State Visit To The United States (I)
LYE Liang Fook, 7 October 2015
No. 1065
Korean Wave (Hallyu) In Singapore: Policy Implications
LIM Wen Xin, LIM Tai Wei & PING Xiaojuan, 1 October 2015
No. 1064
China’s Efforts To Reform Its Think Tanks
GAO Ziping & LYE Liang Fook, 1 October 2015
No. 1063
The Fast Changing Landscape Of China’s Film Industry
SHIH Hui Min, 25 September 2015
No. 1062
Chinese War Correspondents
ZHANG Shixin, 25 September 2015
No. 1061
Assessing Industrial Development In Western China
YU Hong, 16 September 2015
No. 1060
Development Of Transport Infrastructure In Western China
YU Hong, 16 September 2015
No. 1059
Income Inequality In South Korea
CHIANG Min-Hua, 9 September 2015
No. 1058
China’s Graft Busters Target State-Owned Enterprises
CHEN Gang, 9 September 2015
No. 1057
Reforming China’s Inter-Governmental Fiscal System Under The “New Normal”
QIAN Jiwei, 2 September 2015
No. 1056
Do Related Party Transactions Help Or Impede China’s Listed Companies?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 2 September 2015
No. 1055
Do Related Party Transactions Help Or Impede China’s Listed Companies?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 2 September 2015
No. 1054
China Relaxes Population Control To Ease Future Labour Market Pressure
Jane DU, 27 August 2015
No. 1053
Can China And The United States Build A New Model Of Major Power Relations?
HU Weixing & LIM Wen Xin, 19 August 2015
No. 1052
China And The World Order
ZHENG Yongnian & LIM Wen Xin, 19 August 2015
No. 1051
The Changing Geopolitical Landscape And China’s World Order
ZHENG Yongnian & LIM Wen Xin, 19 August 2015
No. 1050
China’s Pivot To Central And South Asia
LIM Tai Wei, 12 August 2015
No. 1049
China And Neighbouring Countries In The South China Sea Dispute: An Update
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 5 August 2015
No. 1048
China And The United States In The South China Sea Dispute: An Update
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 5 August 2015
No. 1047
China Introduces Deposit Insurance
WAN Jing, 30 July 2015
No. 1046
Recent Development And Implications Of China’s Monetary Policy
Sarah Y. TONG, WAN Jing & XIE Na, 30 July 2015
No. 1045
Africa And China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Alvin LIM Cheng Hin, 22 July 2015
No. 1044
Thailand’s Kra Canal Proposal And China’s Maritime Silk Road
LAM Peng Er, 22 July 2015
No. 1043
The Outcome Of The Political Reform Package Vote In Hong Kong
LIM Tai Wei, 15 July 2015
No. 1042
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
WAN Jing, 15 July 2015
No. 1041
Nationalism In China: Ideology And Socio-Demographics
SHAN Wei, 9 July 2015
No. 1040
What Xi Jinping Is Made Of: Xi In His Own Words
Lance L. P. GORE, 7 July 2015
No. 1039
Sino-Japanese Relations: Japanese Perspectives
LIM Tai Wei, 3 July 2015
No. 1038
Abe And The Art of Managing Intraparty Factionalism
LIM Tai Wei, 3 July 2015
No. 1037
China’s Rural Land Reform: An Update
ZHOU Zhihua, 25 June 2015
No. 1036
The Chinese Government’s New Housing Market Initiatives
ZHOU Zhihua, 25 June 2015
No. 1035
The Chinese Government’s New Housing Market Initiatives
ZHOU Zhihua, 25 June 2015
No. 1034
The Export of China’s Railway Technology: A Smooth Road Ahead?
YANG Mu, Henry CHAN & LIM Wen Xin, 18 June 201
No. 1033
The Emerging Private Sector In The Chinese Health System
QIAN Jiwei, 11 June 2015
No. 1032
Trends Of Private Consumption In The Restructuring Of China’s Economy
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 11 June 2015
No. 1031
Problems Of Land-Centred Urbanisation In China
YU Hong, 3 June 2015
No. 1030
Yunnan In China’s Maritime Silk Road Of The 21st Century Strategy
YU Hong, 3 June 2015
No. 1029
Strategic Partnership Versus Alliance: The China-Pakistan Relations Versus The US-Japan Alliance
LIM Tai Wei, 28 May 2015
No. 1028
Xi Jinping’s Reform Leading Group: A Year In Operation
Lance L. P. GORE, 28 May 2015
No. 1027
Indonesia’s South China Sea Policy And Relations With China
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 21 May 2015
No. 1026
Vietnam’s Domestic Politics And South China Sea Policy
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 21 May 2015
No. 1025
Mainland Visitors And Sustainable Tourism In Hong Kong
YEW Chiew Ping, 14 May 2015
No. 1024
New Requirements For Policy Making And Project Planning In China
YAN Hao, 14 May 2015
No. 1023
Xi Jinping’s Style Of Reform And Governance: Towards A “Two Hundred-Year-Vision” For China
WANG Zhengxu, 14 May 2015
No. 1022
Is China In The International Tax Competition Arena?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 6 May 2015
No. 1021
The Economic Card In China’s Pro-Active Diplomacy
John WONG & LIM Tai Wei, 6 May 2015
No. 1020
No. 1019
Food Security In China (II): Rationale And Recent Policies
Jane DU, 23 April 2015
No. 1018
Food Security In China (I): The Evolution Of Post-1978 Grain Policies
Jane DU, 23 April 2015
No. 1017
Recent Development In China’s Trade And Government Policies
Sarah Y. TONG & PING Xiaojuan, 16 April 2015
No. 1016
Lianghui And Li Keqiang’s Economic Agenda
Sarah Y. TONG, 16 April 2015
No. 1015
Hallyu Power: Cultural Policies Of The South Korean Government
LIM Wen Xin, 8 April 2015
No. 1014
Hallyu Power: The Korean Wave
LIM Wen Xin, 8 April 2015
No. 1013
The Central Organisation Department Of The Chinese Communist Party
CLance L. P. GORE, 2 April 2015
No. 1012
Wang Qishan And China’s Central Commission For Discipline Inspection
CHEN Gang, 2 April 2015
No. 1011
The Impacts Of Social Media On China
SHIH Hui Min & LIM Wen Xin, 26 March 2015
No. 1010
The Twenty Years Of Development Of The Chinese Internet
SHIH Hui Min, 26 March 2015
No. 1009
China’s 2015 “Lianghui”: Government Agenda In The Social Domain
ZHAO Litao & QIAN Jiwei, 19 March 2015
No. 1008
China’s Parliamentary Sessions 2015: Agenda-Setting In The “New Normal”
CHEN Gang, 19 March 2015
No. 1007
Sri Lanka And China’s Maritime Silk Road: A Convergence Of Interests
LAM Peng Er, 12 March 2015
No. 1006
Changes In The Global Energy System And Their Implications For China
ZHANG Chi, 12 March 2015
No. 1005
China’s Pension Reform Under Xi Jinping
ZHAO Litao, 5 March 2015
No. 1004
The “Naked Official” Phenomenon In China
Lance L. P. Gore, 5 March 2015
No. 1003
The People’s Liberation Army In The South China Sea Dispute: Institutional Role And War Preparation
YOU Ji, 25 February 2015
No. 1002
China’s Civil-Military Strategies For South China Sea Dispute Control
YOU Ji, 25 February 2015
No. 1001
Japan’s Demographic Transition: An Update
LIM Tai Wei, 25 February 2015
No. 1000
Understanding Xi Jinping’s “Rule of Law” Campaign
ZHENG Yongnian & SHAN Wei, 12 February 2015
No. 999
China’s Leap In Shantytown Renovation Project
ZHOU Zhihua, 5 February 2015
No. 998
China’s Innovation In Home Eviction
DENG Yanhua, 5 February 2015
No. 997
China-Philippines South China Sea Arbitration Case: Procedural And Substantive Issues
LIU Dan & WU Dan, 29 January 2015
No. 996
China-Philippines South China Sea Arbitration Case: Current Development And Future Trends
LIU Dan & WU Dan, 29 January 2015
No. 995
China’s Rural-Urban Migration (II): Peri-Urbanisation And The Rural Left-Behinds
ZHANG Li & HUANG Yanjie, 22 January 2015
No. 994
China’s Rural-Urban Migration (I): Economic And Social Impacts
ZHANG Li & HUANG Yanjie, 22 January 2015
No. 993
Public Policy Satisfaction In Urban China
TANG Wenfang & Erico YU Dong, 15 January 2015
No. 992
Taiwan’s Economy In 2014: On An Expansionary Path?
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 7 January 2015
No. 991
Taiwan’s Politics In 2014
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 7 January 2015
No. 990
A Review Of Abenomics And The Japanese Economy In 2014
Yoshihisa GODO & Sarah Y. TONG, 7 January 2015
No. 989
The Revamp Of The Chinese Communist Party In 2014
Lance L. P. GORE, 7 January 2015
No. 988
North Korea 2014: Continued Domestic Instability And International Isolation
YOU Ji, 2 January 2015
No. 987
Japan At A Crossroads In 2014: Abe Shinzo’s Politics And Abenomics
LAM Peng Er, 2 January 2015
No. 986
The Hong Kong Occupy Central Movement: Internal And External Dynamics
LIM Tai Wei, 2 January 2015
No. 985
Hong Kong In 2014: Foreseeable Governance Challenges In A New Age of Pro-Democracy Movement
YEW Chiew Ping, 2 January 2015
