“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. 1488
Hainan: An International Tourism Consumption Centre?
YU Hong, 27 December 2019
No. 1487
Hainan’s Health Industry: Opportunities and Challenges
LI Yao, 27 December 2019
No. 1486
Proactive Port Development in Hainan
KONG Tuan Yuen, 27 December 2019
No. 1485
Building a Free Trade Port in Hainan: Institutions and Leadership
ZHOU Na, 27 December 2019
No. 1484
Hainan Pilot Free Trade Zone/Free Trade Port: The Rationale, Prospect and Implications
Sarah Y TONG, LI Yao & KONG Tuan Yuen, 27 December 2019
No. 1483
Do Japanese Economic Puzzles Validate Modern Monetary Theory?
XING Yuqing, 20 December 2019
No. 1482
China’s Poverty Reduction
Bert HOFMAN, 12 December 2019
No. 1481
Japan in 2019: Some Ripples in an Otherwise Calm Sea
LIM Tai Wei, 5 December 2019
No. 1480
Towards a Chinese National Emissions Trading System
Erik BAARK, 5 December 2019
No. 1479
China’s Climate Change Policies: Developing Pilot Emission Trading Systems
Erik BAARK, 5 December 2019
No. 1478
Uncertain Times: The Reconstruction of China-US Relationship
CHEN Weixing, 28 November 2019
No. 1477
China’s Social Credit System: Transformative Engineering or an Orwellian Nightmare?
SHAN Wei & CHEN Juan, 21 November 2019
No. 1476
China’s Fourth Party Plenum in 2019: Emphasising Governance Capacity Building amidst Severe Challenges
CHEN Gang, 15 November 2019
No. 1475
China-Israel Relations: Past, Present and Prospect
ZHU Zhiqun, 31 October 2019
No. 1474
American Public Opinion and Cross-strait Relations
HU Shaohua, 31 October 2019
No. 1473
North Korea’s Economy under Kim Jong-un: An Assessment
CHIANG Min-Hua, 24 October 2019
No. 1472
Global Value Chains and the Innovation of the Chinese Mobile Phone Industry
XING Yuqing, 18 October 2019
No. 1471
Birth Control to Birth Promotion? China’s Population Policy at a Crossroads
ZHANG Min, 3 October 2019
No. 1470
What is New for China’s Technocracy in Xi Jinping’s Time?
CHEN Gang, 27 September 2019
No. 1469
US-Taiwan Relations are Warming: Significant or Not?
John F COPPER, 19 September 2019
No. 1468
The Propaganda Machine of the Chinese Communist Party
Lance L P GORE, 12 September 2019
No. 1467
The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation: What is New?
YU Hong, 5 September 2019
No. 1466
The Young Generations in China: Values Changes and Political Implications
SHAN Wei, 30 August 2019
No. 1465
Hong Kong’s Anti-extradition Bill Protests: The Origins, Features and Interpretations
LIM Tai Wei, 23 August 2019
No. 1464
Japan’s Deflation, Monetary Policy and Issues Ahead
Gene PARK, 15 August 2019
No. 1463
Development Financing in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative
Sarah CHAN, 7 August 2019
No. 1462
Chinese Communist Party’s Grass-roots Organisations in State-owned Enterprises
LI Yao, 7 August 2019
No. 1461
Shinzo Abe’s Consumption Tax Reform
Yoshihisa GODO & LIM Tai Wei, 26 June 2019
No. 1460
China’s Core Interests and Critical Role in North Korea’s Denuclearisation
YUAN Jingdong, 13 June 2019
No. 1459
South Korea-Japan Relations in the 2010s: Ambivalent Strategic and Economic Partners?
JO Yanghyeon & LAM Peng Er, 6 June 2019
No. 1458
American Asian Strategy under Trump: The Art of the Deal
Lowell Dittmer, 6 June 2019
No. 1457
Political Participation in China
XIAO Tangbiao & SHAN Wei, 30 May 2019
No. 1456
The Han Kuo-yu Phenomenon in Taiwan: Interpretations of the Democratic Progressive Party and the Implications
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi, 23 May 2019
No. 1455
The Sino-American Trade Dispute and its Regional Implications: An Interim Report
Lowell DITTMER & CHEN Juan, 16 May 2019
No. 1454
Legal Treatment Of Foreign Drug Offenders Who Face Capital Punishment In China
LIANG Bin, 9 May 2019
No. 1453
The Rapid Industrialisation Of Artificial Intelligence In China And Its Limits
SHIH Hui-Min & LIU Bojian, 9 May 2019
No. 1452
Hong Kong’s International Status: No Longer A Middleman
LI Hak Yin, 2 May 2019
No. 1451
China’s Quality-Oriented Urban Development In The New Urbanisation
ZHONG Sheng, 2 May 2019
No. 1450
Cross-Strait Relations: The Perennial Political Divide And The Uncertain Economic Integration
CHIANG Min-Hua, 25 April 2019
No. 1449
The One Belt, One Road In Southeast Asia
KONG Tuan Yuen, 25 April 2019
No. 1448
Sustaining Growth Through Market-Friendly Reforms In China
Sarah Y TONG, 18 April 2019
No. 1447
China’s 2019 “Two Sessions”: A Sense Of Crisis And Purpose
Lance L P GORE, 18 April 2019
No. 1446
No. 1445
Taiwan’s Constitutional Reforms And Its Implications For Cross-Strait Relations
QI Dongtao & Ryan HO, 4 April 2019
No. 1444
China’s Party-Dominated Governance System: How Does It Achieve Efficiency, Legitimacy And Accountability?
Lance L P GORE, 4 April 2019
No. 1443
China’s Narrowing Current Account Surplus: Trends And Policy Implications
Sarah CHAN, 28 March 2019
No. 1442
Smart City Seoul
JOO Yu-Min, 21 March 2019
No. 1441
China’s Feed Trade And Imports Of Major Feed Commodities
Jane DU, 14 March 2019
No. 1440
Major Security Challenges To China’s Belt And Road Initiative
LI Nan, 7 March 2019
No. 1439
China’s Belt And Road Initiative: Five Years On
YU Hong, 7 March 2019
No. 1438
The Rapid Expansion Of E-Commerce In China
KONG Tuan Yuen, 28 February 2019
No. 1437
China’s Goals And Tactics In The South China Sea Code Of Conduct Negotiation
ZHANG Feng, 28 February 2019
No. 1436
China’s Artificial Intelligence Endeavours (II): Status, Development And Implications
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi & LIM Tai Wei, 21 February 2019
No. 1435
China’s Artificial Intelligence Endeavours (I): Issues And Challenges
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi & LIM Tai Wei, 21 February 2019
No. 1434
Mixed Ownership Reforms Of China’s State-Owned Enterprises
Sarah Y TONG & YIN Xiangru, 15 February 2019
No. 1433
China’s Indigenous Innovation Policies
Erik BAARK, 15 February 2019
No. 1432
Partner Assistance Among China’s Provinces (II): Reducing Poverty In The Western Regions
ZHOU Na, 8 February 2019
No. 1431
Partner Assistance Among China’s Provinces (I): An Overview
ZHOU Na, 8 February 2019
No. 1430
Ideologies In Chinese Cyberspace
SHAN Wei & GU Yongxin, 30 January 2019
No. 1429
Islam In China: “Pan-Halalfication” And Islamophobia
SHAN Wei & Ryan HO, 30 January 2019
No. 1428
China’s Rising Financial Risks And Liquidity Problems
LI Yao, 24 January 2019
No. 1427
Growth Of Chinese Mobile Phone Industry And Domestic Value-Added Of Chinese Brands
XING Yuqing, 24 January 2019
No. 1426
South Korea’s Politics 2018: Unpredictable External Relations And A Slowing Economy
CHOO Jaewoo, 18 January 2019
No. 1425
Hong Kong’s Economy In 2018 And Outlook For 2019
ZHANG Yang & Sarah Y TONG, 18 January 2019
No. 1424
Chinese Economy 2018: Transforming Economic Structures And Stabilising Growth
QIAN Jiwei, 11 January 2019
No. 1423
North Korea In 2018: Nuclear Charm Offensives
YUAN Jingdong, 11 January 2019
No. 1422
Japan In 2018: Abe Administration Surviving Scandals, Consolidating Power
LAM Peng Er, 11 January 2019
No. 1421
South Korea’s Economy 2018: Setback Of Moon Jae-In’s Reform
CHIANG Min-Hua, 3 January 2019
No. 1420
Taiwan’s Politics 2018: The Dilemma Of The Movement Government
QI Dongtao, 3 January 2019
No. 1419
Chinese Society 2018: Stabilising Development Amid Uncertainties
ZHAO Litao, 3 January 2019
