List of EAI Background Briefs circulated from 2002 to 2006

List of EAI Background Briefs circulated from 2002 to 2006 No. 316 No. 315 No. 314 No. 313 No. 312 No. 311 No. 310 No. 309 No. 308 No. 307 No. 306 No. 305 No. 304 No. 303 No. 302 No. 301 China's Politics in 2006: Harmony, More Harmony, and the Road to the 17th Party Congress LAI Hongyi & WANG Zhengxu, 22 December 2006 Haigui (Overseas Returnees) in China's Nation-Building and Modernization YANG Mu & TAN Soon Heng, 15 December 2006 Seeking Closer Cooperation: Indonesia's approach to the Rise of China LIM Tin Seng, 7 December 2006 India's Changing Relations with ASEAN in China's Perspective ZHAO Hong, 7 December 2006 China's Emerging Entrepreneur Class GUO Liangping @ Lance L.P. Gore, 23 November 2006 Adapting for Survival: China's Surging Cyber Market LEE Yu-Jung, 23 November 2006 How Ready are China's Banks to meet Full WTO Obligations? Sarah Y. TONG & ZHENG Yi, 9 November 2006 Hu Jintao at the Helm: Major Issues in the Aftermath of the 6th Party Plenum ZHENG Yongnian, WANG Zhengxu & TOK Sow Keat, 9 November 2006 China's Cultural Diplomacy: Going for Soft Power LAI Hongyi, 26 October 2006 China's Growing Middle Class in an Increasingly Stratified Society YAN Hao, 26 October 2006 China's Think Tanks: Roles and Characteristics ZHU Xufeng, 19 October 2006 Abe Shinzo's Agenda: a More Assertive and Nationalistic Japan LAM Peng Er, 5 October 2006 New Roles of Chinese Lawyers ZOU Keyuan, 28 September 2006 How China Resolves Trade Disputes KONG Qingjiang, 28 September 2006 Malaysia's "Look East" Policy: Tilting from Japan to China? LAM Peng Er & LIM Tin Seng, 14 September 2006 Population Ageing and Challenges to Old-age Support in China YAN Hao, 7 September 2006

No. 300 No. 299 No. 298 No. 297 No. 296 China's One-Child Policy in need of change YAN Hao, 7 September 2006 Selecting China's New Provincial Governors BO Zhiyue, 24 August 2006 Selecting New Provincial Party Bosses Before China's 17th National Party Congress BO Zhiyue, 24 August 2006 China's Cultural Rise: Its Domestic Ramifications (II) ZHAO Litao & TAN Soon Heng, 3 August 2006 China's Cultural Rise in the Context of its Peaceful Rise (I) ZHAO Litao, LAI Hongyi & TAN Soon Heng, 3 August 2006 No. 295 China's Changing R&D Landscape - Into 2020 Jon SIGURDSON, 18 July 2006 No. 294 No. 293 No. 292 No. 291 No. 290 No. 289 No. 288 No. 287 No. 286 No. 285 No. 284 Expanding Brain Gain in China's R&D Potential: Fudan and Dalian Jon SIGURDSON, 18 July 2006 China's Automobile Industry Post-WTO: Surging Growth YANG Mu & TENG Siow Song, 7 July 2006 Taiwan's Lame Duck President: Chen Shui Bian's Diminishing Power and Influence John F. COPPER, 5 July 2006 China Reweaves a New Social Safety Net GU Xin, 28 June 2006 Shanghai's Yangshan Deep Water Port: An International Mega Port in the Making YANG Mu & Lionel HO, 22 June 2006 Developing Central China: Policies and Prospects (II) LAI Hongyi, 15 June 2006 Developing Central China: Background and Objectives (I) LAI Hongyi, 15 June 2006 Seeking to Protect the Weak: China's Nascent Legal Aid System ZOU Keyuan, 31 May 2006 Yasukuni Factor in LDP's Forthcoming Presidential Election LAM Peng Er, 31 May 2006 The Right to Petition in China: New Developments and Prospects ZOU Keyuan, 10 May 2006 China Reforming the Hukuo System: Reducing Discrimination Against Rural Population ZHAO Litao & LI Jianying, 10 May 2006

No. 283 No. 282 No. 281 No. 280 No. 279 No. 278 No. 277 No. 276 No. 275 No. 274 No. 273 No. 272 No. 271 No. 270 No. 269 No. 268 China's 'Twin Surpluses': Causes and Remedies YU Yongding, 27 April 2006 Warranted Optimism on China's Medium-Term Growth Prospects YU Yongding, 27 April 2006 China's Efforts to Develop a Robust Chip Industry HENG Siam-Heng, Michael, 12 April 2006 China's Intellectual Property Rights Protection after WTO - What has been the Progress? Gordon C K CHEONG, 12 April 2006 A New Cohort of Princeling Generals in China's PLA: Meritocracy vs Professionalism (II) BO Zhiyue, 29 March 2006 Do Family Connections Matter in the People's Liberation Army in China (I) BO Zhiyue, 29 March 2006 China's National People's Congress 2006: Policy Shifts amidst Growing Dissatisfaction with Existing Development Patterns ZHENG Yongnian, WANG Zhengxu & TOK Sow Keat, 17 March 2006 Why does the Dragon fly while the Elephant walks? Comparing Economic Growth in China and India WU Yanrui, 8 March 2006 The 'Freezing Point (Bingdian)' Saga in China: Did the Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department Make a Mistake? BO Zhiyue, 1 March 2006 Politics on Green GDP in China (II) GUO Liangping, 15 February 2006 How "Green GDP" Becomes Fashionable in China (I) GUO Liangping, 15 February 2006 Time to Care for Migrant Workers: New Social Initiatives in the Hu-Wen Era ZHAO Litao, 8 February 2006 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area: The Hurdles of Investment Negotiations CHEN Huiping, 19 January 2006 Korea's Role in East Asia: Constructing an East Asian Regionalism JOO Jae Woo, 19 January 2006 Expanding China's 2005 Growth and Its Problems (II) John WONG, 6 January 2006 China's Economy 2005: Still High Growth, But Need to Re-balance and Re-orient (I) John WONG, 6 January 2006

No. 267 No. 266 No. 265 China Politics 2005: Promoting a Harmonious Society to Cope with Crisis of Governance ZHENG Yongnian, WANG Zhengxu & LYE Liang Fook, 21 December 2005 The Shanghai Residential Real Estate Market John WONG & Lionel HO, 6 December 2005 Can China's High Economic Performance be Sustained by Productivity Growth? WU Yanrui, 6 December 2005 No. 264 Taiwan's Relations with Southeast Asia, Post 1997 Samuel KU, 18 November 2005 No. 263 No. 262 No. 261 No. 260 No. 259 No. 258 No. 257 No. 256 No. 255 No. 254 No. 253 No. 252 Taiwan's Southward Policy and its Changing Relations with Southeast Asia, 1990-1997 Samuel KU, 18 November 2005 Hu Jintao's Power Consolidation (II): Can a Stable and Viable Power Structure be Created WANG Zhengxu & LYE Liang Fook, 4 November 2005 Hu Jintao's Power Consolidation (I): Moving with Ease and Skill LI Cheng & LYE Liang Fook, 4 November 2005 Labour Shortage in a Labour Abundant Country? ZHAO Litao, 28 October 2005 The Role of France in Sino-European Relations: Central or Marginal? Jean-Pierre CABESTAN, 11 October 2005 The Relations between France and China: Towards a Paris-Beijing Axis? Jean-Pierre CABESTAN, 11 October 2005 Corporate China Goes Global Friedrich WU, 27 September 2005 Hong Kong's CEPA with China: Round Two John WONG & ZHANG Yang, 27 September 2005 Japan's Coming Election: Koizumi to remake the Ruling Party through Postal Reforms LAM Peng Er, 6 September 2005 Trade and Investment between China and Thailand: Trading with the Economic Powerhouse Busakorn CHANTASASAWAT, 5 September 2005 The Burgeoning Sino-Thai Relations: Seeking Sustained Economic Security Busakorn CHANTASASAWAT, 5 September 2005 Towards a Harmonious Society for China: Hu-Wen's Social Policy Change GU Xin, 23 August 2005

No. 251 No. 250 No. 249 No. 248 No. 247 No. 246 No. 245 No. 244 No. 243 No. 242 No. 241 No. 240 No. 239 No. 238 No. 237 No. 236 No. 235 Undervalued Yuan and Ineffective Monetary Sterilization in China WU Ying, 3 August 2005 US-China Trade Dispute in Textile and Clothing Sarah Y. TONG & LIANG Ruobing, 28 July 2005 China's Demographic Window: The Boom and Bust in Prime-age Workers Judith BANISTER & Calla WIEMER, 18 July 2005 US Taiwan Policy: Under Neocon Influence John F. COPPER, 30 June 2005 Neither Friends Nor Foes? China's Dilemmas in Managing its Japan Policy ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 15 June 2005 China's Oil Diplomacy Going Global (II): Reducing Reliance on the Middle East and the Malacca Strait LAI Hongyi, 6 June 2005 China's Regional Oil Diplomacy (I): Middle East and Africa LAI Hongyi, 6 June 2005 China Planning to become a Technological Superpower CAO Cong, 26 May 2005 China's Construction of Strategic Petroleum Reserves: How Urgent? Elspeth THOMSON, 11 May 2005 China's Current Oil Production and Consumption: The Facts Elspeth THOMSON, 11 May 2005 Japan's Deteriorating Ties with China: The Koizumi Factor LAM Peng Er, 5 May 2005 Is China Diverting FDI from Its Neighbouring Countries? Busakorn CHANTASASAWAT, 28 April 2005 The Role of Law and Foreign Investment in China: View from EU Investors SHAN Wenhua, 28 April 2005 Ningbo: A Regional City Leapfrog into Hi-tech Development Jon SIGURDSON, 21 April 2005 Cadre Exit in China's Economic Transition ZHAO Litao, 14 April 2005 China's Path to Exchange Rate Flexibility Calla WIEMER, 4 April 2005 Can Donald Tsang End Hong Kong's Governance Crisis? ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 28 March 2005

No. 234 No. 233 No. 232 No. 231 No. 230 No. 229 No. 228 No. 227 No. 226 No. 225 No. 224 No. 223 No. 222 No. 221 No. 220 No. 219 No. 218 The Chen-Soong Meeting: The Beginning of Inter-Party Rapprochement in Taiwan? Raymond R WU, 23 March 2005 China's Anti-Secession Law: A Legal Perspective ZOU Keyuan, 17 March 2005 The Anti-Secession Law and Beijing's Taiwan Policy YOU Ji, 17 March 2005 Putting Farmers First: An End to China's Agriculture Tax LU Mai & Calla WIEMER, 9 March 2005 What do Chinese Peasants Want? ZHONG Yang, 9 March 2005 Taiwan as US-Japan's 'Common Strategic Objective': A Web of Containment? ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 2 March 2005 Health Care Marketization in Urban China GU Xin, 16 February 2005 Growth with Rising Income Inequality: China's Response to the Problem LAI Hongyi, 16 February 2005 A Bird's Eye View of China's New National Defence Strategy YOU Ji, 2 February 2005 Central Leading Small Groups: China's Highest Policy Formulation Bodies SHAW Chong Hai & LYE Liang Fook, 2 February 2005 Governing Capacity in China: Creating a Contingent of Qualified Personnel Kjeld Erik BRODSGAARD, 26 January 2005 China's Currency Peg: Firm In The Eye Of The Storm Calla WIEMER, 19 January 2005 China's Economy In 2004: Stability Takes Precedence Over Growth John WONG, 10 January 2005 China's Politics In 2004: Dawn Of The Hu Jintao Era ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 28 December 2004 China's Peaceful Rise (II): Rhetoric Versus Reality ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 9 December 2004 China's Peaceful Rise (I): HU-Wen's Core Foreign Policy Strategy ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 9 December 2004 Strengthening Corporate Governance: China's Strategy For Completing Its Unfinished Business of State-Owned Enterprise Reform Sarah Y. TONG & LIANG Ruobing, 23 November 2004

No. 217 No. 216 No. 215 No. 214 No. 213 No. 212 No. 211 No. 210 No. 209 No. 208 No. 207 No. 206 No. 205 No. 204 No. 203 China's And The EU: Trade, Capital Flows, Strategic Issues Wolfgang KLENNER, 10 November 2004 China's Efforts At Turning "Brain Drain" Into "Brain Gain" CAO Cong, 1 November 2004 The Brain Drain Problem In China CAO Cong, 1 November 2004 Has Corruption Peaked In China? YANG Dali, 21 October 2004 Reforming The Chinese Communist Party: Strengthening Internal Supervision TAN Qingshan, 14 October 2004 The Politics Of Cooling China's Overheated Economy BO Zhiyue, 7 October 2004 Tracking Hot Money Flows Into China Calla WIEMER & ZHANG JIkang, 30 September 2004 From Capital Flight To Speculative Influx: The Tidal Shift In China's Balance Of Payments Calla WIEMER & ZHANG JIkang, 30 September 2004 China's Fourth Party Plenum: Complete Power Transition From Jiang Zemin To Hu Jintao ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 23 September 2004 Rise And Fall Of China Threat Theory In Japan LAM Peng Er, 16 September 2004 China-Malaysia Relations: Expanding Common Interests YOW Cheun Hoe, 9 September 2004 China's Reaction To DPM Lee Hsien Loong's Visit To Taiwan John WONG, ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 25 August 2004 The Innovative China Jon SIGURDSON, 17 August 2004 China's Governance Over Offshore Oil And Gas Development ZOU Keyuan, 17 August 2004 Power Crisis In China: Why? Elspeth THOMSON, 12 August 2004

No. 202 No. 201 No. 200 No. 199 No. 198 No. 197 No. 196 No. 195 No. 194 No. 193 No. 192 No. 191 No. 190 No. 189 No. 188 No. 187 No. 186 China's Propaganda Reforms (II): The Challenge Of Modern Information Management ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 2 August 2004 China's Propaganda Reforms (I): Rapid Changes In Media Scene ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 2 August 2004 The "Rise" Of China And Its Impact On South Korea CHUNG Jae Ho, 26 July 2004 The 2004 Upper House Elections: Implications For The Koizumi Administration LAM Peng Er, 13 July 2004 Foreign Trade Law In China And Its Amendment GAO Yongfu, 9 July 2004 China's New Generals BO Zhiyue, 2 July 2004 China's Provincial Party Secretaries (II): Powers And Constraints Forrest TAN Qingshan, 25 June 2004 China's Provincial Party Secretaries (I): Roles And Functions Forrest TAN Qingshan, 25 June 2004 The Dalai Lama's New Initiatives Toward China HE Baogang, 10 June 2004 Mineral Resource Requirements For China's Economic Growth: Striving For Greater Self-Reliance Elspeth THOMSON & LIANG Ruobing, 28 May 2004 US-China Trade Balance: Beyond Merchandise Trade Sarah Y. TONG, 21 May 2004 Hong Kong Democratisation: A Crisis Brewing For Beijing? ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 7 May 2004 Prospects For The Pan-Blue In Post-Election Taiwan Raymond R. WU, 30 April 2004 Presidential Politics And Taiwan's 2004 Campaign In Retrospect Raymond R. WU, 30 April 2004 Emerging Features Of China's Private Economy (II) LAI Hongyi, 19 April 2004 Surge Of China's Private And Non-State Economy (I) LAI Hongyi, 19 April 2004 The Emerging Research Institutions Of Life Science In China CAO Cong, 7 April 2004

No. 185 No. 184 No. 183 No. 182 No. 181 No. 180 No. 179 No. 178 No. 177 No. 176 No. 175 No. 174 No. 173 No. 172 No. 171 No. 170 No. 169 Post-WTO Trade Barriers Against China KONG Qingjiang, 29 March 2004 How China Views Singapore ZHENG Yongnian & TOK Sow Keat, 19 March 2004 Analysing Taiwan's Coming Presidential Election Raymond R. WU, 4 March 2004 China's Central Party School: Adapting To Changes (II) ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 26 February 2004 China's Central Party School: A Unique Institution (I) ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 26 February 2004 US-China Trade Balance: Why Such A Huge Discrepancy? Sarah Y. TONG, 16 February 2004 China's Ailing Public Health System GU Xin, 28 January 2004 Why And How China Maintains RMB's Stability LU Ding, 16 January 2004 China's Economy In 2003: Hectic Growth Amidst Worries Of Overheating John WONG, 30 December 2003 China's Politics In 2003: The Fourth Generation Leaders Making Their Mark ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 30 December 2003 CEPA To Deepen Hong Kong's Economic Dependence On China John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 12 December 2003 China's Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) With Hong Kong: A Gift From Beijing? John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 12 December 2003 Rise In Economic Legislation In China To Embrace Market Economy ZOU Keyuan, 27 November 2003 The Koizumi Government Post 2003 Lower House Elections LAM Peng Er, 11 November 2003 Referendums On Taiwanese National Identity: Challenging China's Bottomline HE Baogang, 28 October 2003 What Do Workers Want: Dynamics Of Governance In China's Industrial Workplace HE Gaochao, 7 October 2003 The Neocons And US-China Policy John F. COPPER, 17 September 2003

No. 168 No. 167 No. 166 No. 165 No. 164 No. 163 No. 162 No. 161 No. 160 No. 159 No. 158 No. 157 No. 156 No. 155 No. 154 No. 153 No. 152 The Neocons And US-Asia Policy John F. COPPER, 17 September 2003 Japan's Diplomatic Initiatives In Asia (II): Peace Building In Aceh LAM Peng Er, 27 August 2003 Japan's Diplomatic Initiatives In Asia (I): Peace Building In Sri Lanka LAM Peng Er, 27 August 2003 Taiwan: Changing Cross Strait Relations In Perspective Raymond R. WU, 12 August 2003 The Wang-Koo Singapore Meeting: Developments Across The Taiwan Strait In Retrospect Raymond R. WU, 12 August 2003 China's Service Industry (II): Gearing Up For WTO Challenges John WONG & LIANG Ruobing, 28 July 2003 China's Service Industry (I): Growth And Structural Change John WONG & LIANG Ruobing, 28 July 2003 The Wenzhou Diaspora YOW Cheun Hoe, 10 July 2003 China And The Nuclear Crisis On The Korean Peninsula GONG Shaopeng, 30 June 2003 How Serious Are China's Non-Performing Loans With Its State Banks? John WONG & CHEN Chien-Hsun, 5 June 2003 China's Banking Reform One Year After WTO Accession CHEN Chien-Hsun, 5 June 2003 China's Western Development (II): Problems Ahead LAI Hongyi, 26 May 2003 China's Western Development (I): Progress In The First Two Years LAI Hongyi, 26 May 2003 An Assessment Of China's Outward Direct Investment John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 9 May 2003 China's Rising Outward Direct Investment John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 9 May 2003 China's High-Tech Parks In Transition CAO Cong, 24 April 2003 Zhongguancun Aspiring To Become "China's Silicon Valley" CAO Cong, 24 April 2003

No. 151 No. 150 No. 149 No. 148 No. 147 No. 146 No. 145 Harmonizing Local Laws With Central Legislation: A Critical Step Towards Rule Of Law In China ZOU Keyuan, 9 April 2003 Nurturing Political Leaders For Japan: Matsushita Seikei Juku LAM Peng Er, 27 March 2003 Xi Qi Dong Shu: China's West-East Gas Pipeline Mega-Project Elspeth THOMSON, 13 March 2003 China's Export Tax Rebate Policy CUI Zhiyuan, 20 February 2003 Health Care In China No Longer Free GU Xin, 7 February 2003 How Kinship Influences Village Elections In China HE Baogang, 24 January 2003 The 'Ma Ying-Jeou Phenomenon' And The 2004 Presidential Election In Taiwan Raymond R. WU, 14 January 2003 No. 144 China's Politics In 2002 ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 2 January 2003 No. 143 China's Economy In 2002 And Outlook For 2003 John WONG, 2 January 2003 No. 142 No. 141 No. 140 No. 139 No. 138 Succession Politics, Power Distribution And Legacies: China After The 16th Party Congress ZHENG Yongnian & LYE Liang Fook, 9 December 2002 Nan Shui Bei Diao: China's Mammoth Water Diversion Project (II) Elspeth THOMSON, 2 December 2002 China's Water Shortages: A Potential Crisis (I) Elspeth THOMSON, 2 December 2002 Taiwan's Burgeoning Budget Deficit: A Crisis In The Making? CHEN Chien-Hsun, 25 November 2002 Why China's Economy Can Sustain High Performance: An Analysis Of Its Sources Of Growth John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 14 November 2002 No. 137 The U.S.-China Security Review Commission: A Thorn In U.S.-China Relations Anthony Alexander LOH, 28 October 2002

No. 136 No. 135 No. 134 No. 133 No. 132 No. 131 No. 130 No. 129 No. 128 No. 127 No. 126 No. 125 No. 124 No. 123 No. 122 Sino-Japanese Relations 30 Years After: Conflict And Cooperation LAM Peng Er, 21 October 2002 Can Chinese Scientists Win The Nobel Prize? CAO Cong, 11 October 2002 China In The WTO: Protection Of Foreign Intellectual Property Rights KONG Qingjiang, 30 September 2002 China's Government Debt: How Serious? LIN Shuanglin, 23 September 2002 Is This The Right Time To Change China's Population Policy? PENG Xizhe, 10 September 2002 Democracy In Question: Taiwan's 2001 Legislative Election John F. COPPER, 21 August 2002 China-Taiwan Relations: The Odds Against Changing The Status Quo John HSIEH Fuh-sheng, 21 August 2002 Hong Kong's Economic Integration With The Pearl River Delta Victor FUNG, 13 August 2002 Chen Shui-Bian's Referendum Statement: Crisis Or Portent Of Things To Come? John F. COPPER & John HSIEH Fuh-sheng, 7 August 2002 How Serious Is China's Fiscal Deficit? Applying EU's 'Golden Rule' CUI Zhiyuan, 16 July 2002 From Village To Township: Will China Move Elections One Level Up? HE Baogang, 29 June 2002 Kejiao Xingguo (II): Challenges In China's Science And Technology Development CAO Cong, 17 June 2002 Kejiao Xingguo (I): China's Science And Education Policy In Perspective CAO Cong, 17 June 2002 China To Revamp Its Training of Lawyers ZOU Keyuan, 28 May 2002 A Surge Of Foreign Students In China's Universities ZHOU Xiao-zhuang, 13 May 2002

No. 121 No. 120 No. 119 No. 118 No. 117 No. 116 No. 115 No. 114 No. 113 No. 112 No. 111 Can The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Resolve Cross-Strait Trade Disputes? KONG Qingjiang, 26 April 2002 China's WTO Membership: How Prepared Are Local Governments? LAI Hongyi, 26 April 2002 China Rising: The Demise Of Japan-Led Flying Geese Development Model? LAM Peng Er, 9 April 2002 China's Software Industry (II): The Race With India John WONG & WONG Chee Kong, 26 March 2002 China's Software Industry (I): On The Fast-Track John WONG & WONG Chee Kong, 26 March 2002 Taiwan's 2004 Presidential Election: Still Hope For James Soong? SHAW Chong-Hai, 13 March 2002 How Is Shanghai Coping With The Ageing Problem? PENG Xizhe, 28 February 2002 Can Hu Jingtao Also Rein In The PLA? (II) YOU Ji, 19 February 2002 Jiang Zemin's Art Of Controlling The PLA (I) YOU Ji, 19 February 2002 China's Insurance Industry: Liberalisation To Meet WTO Challenges John WONG & Sarah CHAN, 31 January 2002 The Age Factor In Chinese Politics ZHENG Shiping, 15 January 2002