“To promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development”
Background Briefs (2017)
EAI Background Briefs are policy-oriented research papers circulated to government. They are available for reference in National Library or NUS Library.
No. 1311
Taiwan’s Economy In 2017: Boosted By Apple’s Great Appetite
CHIANG Min-Hua, 28 December 2017
No. 1310
Chinese Society In 2017: Addressing Unbalanced Development
ZHAO Litao, 28 December 2017
No. 1309
Hong Kong Politics In 2017
LIM Tai Wei, 19 December 2017
No. 1308
Chinese Foreign Policy In 2017: Seizing The “Trump Opportunities” And Engaging The World
Lance L P GORE, 19 December 2017
No. 1307
Growth In China’s Foreign Direct Investment Decelerates
Sarah Y. TONG, 13 December 2017
No. 1306
Growth In China’s Foreign Direct Investment Decelerates
Sarah Y. TONG, 13 December 2017
No. 1305
Japan’s Quest For A Permanent Seat In The United Nations Security Council
LAM Peng Er, 6 December 2017
No. 1304
China-US Relations: Trump’s State Visit And Implications For Bilateral Ties
LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Juan, 6 December 2017
No. 1303
Brics: Post-Xiamen Summit
Anthony Petros SPANAKOS & Iris CHEN Xuechen, 30 November 2017
No. 1302
China’s Reactive And Proactive Taiwan Policies
QI Dongtao, 30 November 2017
No. 1301
Can China’s Services Sustain Economic Growth?
Sarah CHAN, 23 November 2017
No. 1300
China’s Recent Deleveraging: A Panacea For Its Financial Ills?
Sarah CHAN, 23 November 2017
No. 1299
Has China’s State-Owned Enterprise Reform Failed?
YU Hong, 17 November 2017
No. 1298
China’s Super State Giants: Big But Not Strong
YU Hong, 17 November 2017
No. 1297
Japan’s 2017 Lower House Election: Liberal Democratic Party’s Landslide Victory
LAM Peng Er, 9 November 2017
No. 1296
China’s New Guiding Ideology: The Unfolding Of The Xi Jinping Era
Lance L. P. GORE, 9 November 2017
No. 1295
China’s 19th Party Congress: Agenda-Setting And Power Reshuffling For Xi Jinping’s “New Era”
CHEN Gang, 30 October 2017
No. 1294
China’s Local Governments In China-Asean Cooperation
YANG Xiangzhang & Sarah Y. TONG, 25 October 2017
No. 1293
Xi Jinping And Donald Trump: Interactions Of An Odd Couple
Lowell DITTMER, 19 October 2017
No. 1292
Sino-American Relations Under Trump: The Honeymoon
Lowell DITTMER, 19 October 2017
No. 1291
World Class 2.0: China’s Major Initiative In Higher Education
ZHAO Litao, 12 October 2017
No. 1290
Anticorruption Regulations And Corruption Practices In China’s Public Procurement
ZHOU Na, 5 October 2017
No. 1289
Suzhou Industrial Park: Harnessing Social Development For Industrial Transformation (VI) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1288
Suzhou Industrial Park: Developing A Distinctive Model Of Social Development (V) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1287
Suzhou Industrial Park: Innovating With Biopharmaceuticals, Nanotechnology And Cloud Computing Industries (IV) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1286
Suzhou Industrial Park Two Decades On: Tracing The Journey Of Transformation (III) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1285
Suzhou Industrial Park: Adaptation, Growth And Innovation (II) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1284
Suzhou Industrial Park: No Ordinary Industrial Park (I) – (Not for Public Circulation)
EAI SIP Research Team, 28 September 2017
No. 1283
Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy In The Global Supply Chain
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 21 September 2017
No. 1282
China-South Korea Relations: Terminal High Altitude Area Defence System Deployment And Implications For Bilateral Ties
LYE Liang Fook & CHEN Juan, 21 September 2017
No. 1281
China’s Belt And Road Initiative And Its Implications For Singapore
YU Hong, 14 September 2017
No. 1280
Belt And Road Forum For International Cooperation: What Did China Accomplish?
YU Hong, 14 September 2017
No. 1279
How China’s Post-1980 Generation Is Politically Different
SHAN Wei, 7 September 2017
No. 1278
The Guo Wengui Expose: A Political Lightning Rod Before The 19th Party Congress
Lance L. P. GORE, 7 September 2017
No. 1277
The Belt And Road Initiative: China’s Financing Efforts And Implications
Sarah CHAN, 30 August 2017
No. 1276
Capital Market Liberalisation In China: Progress And Challenges
WAN Jing, 30 August 2017
No. 1275
China’s Reactions To The Regime Change In Taiwan Since 2016
QI Dongtao, 23 August 2017
No. 1274
Family Changes In China
ZHAO Litao & LI Xueying, 23 August 2017
No. 1273
China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones (II): From One to Many
LU Ding, 16 August 2017
No. 1272
China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones (I): Rationale And Achievements
LU Ding, 16 August 2017
No. 1271
Chinese Citizens’ Declining Trust In Their Central Government
SHAN Wei, 10 August 2017
No. 1270
Training Ethnic Minority Cadres In China
SHAN Wei, 10 August 2017
No. 1269
Effect Of Two-Child Policy On China’s Industrial Labour Supply
Jane DU, 3 August 2017
No. 1268
Increasing Government Social Expenditure And Intergovernmental Fiscal Relation In China
QIAN Jiwei, 3 August 2017
No. 1267
Party And Political Work System In The People’s Liberation Army: An Update
LI Nan, 27 July 2017
No. 1266
Northeastern China: A Lost Region In The Making?
YU Hong, 27 July 2017
No. 1265
South Korea’s Economy Under The Moon Jae-In Administration: Bringing “J-Nomics” Into Play
CHIANG Min-Hua, 20 July 2017
No. 1264
China’s Changing Approaches To Southeast Asia And ASEAN
ZHANG Feng, 20 July 2017
No. 1263
Taiwan’s Housing Affordability Crisis: Government Policy Responses
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 13 July 2017
No. 1262
China’s Demographic Transition
Jane DU, 13 July 2017
No. 1261
China To Set Up A National Supervisory Commission
CHEN Gang, 13 July 2017
No. 1260
Taiwan-Japan Relation (II): Uncertainties And Prospects
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 6 July 2017
No. 1259
Taiwan-Japan Relation (I): Explaining The Closeness
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 6 July 2017
No. 1258
Tax Reforms In China: Recent Initiatives And Remaining Concerns
QIAN Jiwei, 29 June 2017
No. 1257
Gender Politics In Taiwan: Sociopolitical Developments In The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans And Queer Community
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi & LIM Tai Wei, 22 June 2017
No. 1256
China-Japan Tourism Exchanges: A Spotlight In Bilateral Relations
CHIANG Min-Hua, 22 June 2017
No. 1255
China’s New Regulations For Its Housing Sector
ZHOU Zhihua, 15 June 2017
No. 1254
Growth Or Structural Reforms? China’s Changing Policy Priorities
Sarah Y. TONG, 15 June 2017
No. 1253
Japan-United States Economic Relations In The Post-Trans-Pacific Partnership Era
CHIANG Min-Hua, 8 June 2017
No. 1252
No. 1251
The North Korean Nuclear Issue: Maintaining De Facto Peace
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 1 June 2017
No. 1250
The USS Carl Vinson Strike Group: A Security Anatomy Of The Korean Crisis
LIM Tai Wei, 1 June 2017
No. 1249
Understanding China’s Monetary Policy
Sarah CHAN, 25 May 2017
No. 1248
How China Is Rapidly Narrowing Its Technological Gaps
Hohn WONG & ZHAO Litao, 25 May 2017
No. 1247
Koike Yuriko’s Potential As Japan’s Prime Minister: Smashing The “Iron Ceiling”?
LAM Peng Er, 18 May 2017
No. 1246
US Missile Attack On Syria: The Act And Its Aftermath
John F COPPER, 18 May 2017
No. 1245
Li Zhanshu: A Key Player In Xi Jinping’s Second Term
Lance L. P. GORE, 11 May 2017
No. 1244
No. 1243
East Asia Connectivity For Regional Economic Integration
YU Hong, 4 May 2017
No. 1242
China’s Push For Economic Globalisation: The “One Belt, One Road” Initiative
YU Hong, 4 May 2017
No. 1241
Assessing China’s Changing Attitudes Towards Singapore
ZHANG Feng, 27 April 2017
No. 1240
Naval Leadership Reshuffle, Evolving Maritime Strategy And Professionalisation
LI Nan, 27 April 2017
No. 1239
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Elections 2017: The Race, The Candidates And The Winner
LIM Tai Wei, 20 April 2017
No. 1238
US-China Relations: The Mar-A-Lago Retreat And Implications For Bilateral Ties
LYE Liang Fook, 20 April 2017
No. 1237
Taiwan’s Pension Crisis In The Making
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 13 April 2017
No. 1236
Reforming Public Hospitals In China
QIAN Jiwei, 13 April 2017
No. 1235
China’s Developmental Potential And Middle Income Transition
Jane DU, 7 April 2017
No. 1234
Income Transitions In East And Southeast Asia
Jane DU, 7 April 2017
No. 1233
Toru Hashimoto’s Failed Attempts To Reform Local Governance In Osaka
Yoshihisa GODO & LIM Tai Wei, 31 March 2017
No. 1232
Trainee Schemes In Japan
Yoshihisa GODO & LIM Tai Wei, 31 March 2017
No. 1231
China Enhances Its Pollution Control Efforts
NI Jinlan, 23 March 2017
No. 1230
China’s Parliamentary Sessions 2017: Agenda-Setting In The Run-Up To The 19th Party Congress
CHEN Gang, 23 March 2017
No. 1229
South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement: An Assessment
CHIANG Min-Hua, 16 March 2017
No. 1228
China’s Trade Relations With The United States: An Update
Sarah Y. TONG & LÜ Yue, 16 March 2017
No. 1227
China’s Rural Finance In The 21st Century: A Developmental Agenda And The Market Pitfalls
FENG Hui, 9 March 2017
No. 1226
Uighurs In China: Unemployment And Causes
SHAN Wei, 9 March 2017
No. 1225
The New Taiwanese Identity: Implications And Challenges
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 2 March 2017
No. 1224
Tsai Ing-Wen Reshuffles Taiwan’s Bureaucracy
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 2 March 2017
No. 1223
China’s Corporate Debt: Recent Developments And Implications
Sarah CHAN, 23 February 2017
No. 1222
The Emergence Of China’s Mergers And Acquisitions Market
CHEN Chien-Hsun, 23 February 2017
No. 1221
Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Storm In The Military
YU Minghui & CHEN Gang, 16 February 2017
No. 1220
China’s Joint Military And Civilian Development
CHEN Gang & YU Minghui, 16 February 2017
No. 1219
The Rise Of Localist Young Activists In Hong Kong
Lincey QI & LIM Tai Wei, 8 February 2017
No. 1218
Leadership Transition In China And Japan
LIM Tai Wei, 8 February 2017
No. 1217
China’s Dismal Trade Performance In 2016 And More Difficulties In 2017
Sarah Y. TONG, 8 February 2017
No. 1216
China’s Industrial De-Capacity Campaign (II): Resettling Laid-Off Employees
QI Dongtao, 1 February 2017
No. 1215
China’s Industrial De-Capacity Campaign (I): Reviving The Steel And Coal Industries
QI Dongtao, 1 February 2017
No. 1214
South Korea In 2016
JOO Jaewoo, 1 February 2017
No. 1213
North Korean Provocations And Amid China-US Competition
KIM Sung Chull, 19 January 2017
No. 1212
Japan In 2016: Slow Economic Growth But An Affluent Society
XING Yuqing, 19 January 2017
No. 1211
Hong Kong’s Economy In 2016 And Outlook For 2017
ZHANG Yang & Sarah Y. TONG, 19 January 2017
No. 1210
Chinese Society In 2016: Stable But Under Tightened Control
SHAN Wei, 19 January 2017
No. 1209
Reforming The Chinese Communist Party In 2016
Lance L. P. GORE, 11 January 2017
No. 1208
China’s Economy 2016/17: Lower Growth Amidst Greater External Uncertainty (II)
John WONG, 6 January 2017
No. 1207
China’s Economy 2016/17: Lower Growth Amidst Greater External Uncertainty (I)
John WONG, 6 January 2017
No. 1206
China’s Politics 2016: Xi Jinping As “Core Leader” And Massive Personnel Reshuffles
CHEN Gang, 6 January 2017
