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	Research Staff: Senior Research Fellows

Dr. CHEN Chien-Hsun （陳建勳）

Education Background
PhD (Economics), Oklahoma State University, 1985
MS (Econs), Oklahoma State University, 1981
M.Laws (East Asian Studies), National Chengchi University, 1979
B.Laws (Public Finance), National Chengchi University, 1975

Research Interests
Macroeconomics & Monetary Economics

Economic Development

Chinese Economy

List of Publications

Tel: (65) 6516 8335

E-mail: eaichen@nus.edu.sg

Dr. GUO Liangping @ GORE Lance Liangping（郭良平）

Education Background
PhD (Political Science), University of Washington, 1996
MA (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University, 1988
BA (Literature), Beijing Normal University, 1985

Research Interests

Political Economy

Comparative Politics

Political Impact of the Market: CCP and China's Capitalist Revolution

State-Market Relations

Dr. Gore obtained his Ph. D in political science from the University of Washington and M.A. in sociology from Johns Hopkins University. His research interests span a wide range of topics on China and East Asia. He has done research and published on Chinese environmental politics (around the so-called "Green GDP" experiment), the reforms in China's steel industry, energy sector, patterns of entrepreneurship in Mainland China, the economic bureaucracies of Chinese government, cadre performance evaluation, the impact of China's socioeconomic changes on the Chinese Communist Party, industrial relations in China, elite politics and the People's Liberation Army. He developed and taught courses on the Politics and Societies in Southeast Asia, the International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Contemporary Chinese Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy and International Political Economy at Bowdoin College (US). He also taught contemporary Chinese politics and modern Chinese history at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in Boston. He has published a book titled "Chinese Communist Party and China's Capitalist Revolution: the Political Impact of Market" (Routledge). His book "Market Communism: the Institutional Foundations of China's Post-Mao Hyper-Growth" was published by Oxford University Press in 1998. His most recent book is Chinese Politics Illustrated: the Cultural, Social and Historical Contexts (World Scientific 2014). He is currently working on a book project on comparing the entrepreneurial roles of local governments in economic development to shed light on the so-called "China model" and the emerging shape of China's political economy.

Tel: (65) 6516 1596

E-mail: eaigore@nus.edu.sg

Dr. LAM Peng Er （蓝平儿）

Education Background
PhD (Political Science), Columbia University, 1994
Inter-University Centre for Japanese Studies (Yokohama) administered by Stanford University, 1991
MA (International Relations), Australian National University, 1986
Bachelor of Social Science (1st Class Hons), National University of Singapore, 1984

Research Interests

Japan's peace-building in Asia and Africa

Sino-Japanese relations

Japan-Southeast Asia relations

Japanese domestic politics

Dr Lam Peng Er obtained his PhD from Columbia University and is a political scientist. His publications have appeared in international journals such as the Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, Asian Affairs, Japan Forum and Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics. Lam's forthcoming book is Japan's Peace Building Diplomacy in Asia: Searching for an Active Political Role (New York and London: Routledge). Other books include Japan's Relations with China: Facing a Rising Power (New York and London: Routledge, 2006) edited and Green Politics in Japan (London: Routledge, 1999). His research interest includes Tokyo's peace-building in Asia and Africa, and Japanese local politics.

List of Publications

Tel: (65) 6516 3717

E-mail: eailampe@nus.edu.sg

	Dr. TIAN Zhihui （田智辉） Education Background PhD (Communication), Communication University of China, 2008 MA (Communication), University of Westminster, 2009 MA (Chinese Modern & Contemporary Literature), Liaoning Normal University, 1995 BA (English Education), University of Hunan Science & Engineering, 1987 Research Interests Communication and Society Social Media Social Participation Social Campaign Tel: (65) 6516 1573 E-mail: eaitz@nus.edu.sg

		Dr. TONG Yueting, Sarah （仝月婷） Education Background PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2000 Research Interests International Trade Economic Growth and Development Chinese Economy Economic Transition Asian Economies
	Dr Sarah Y Tong is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at San Diego and held an academic position in the University of Hong Kong before joining NUS. Her research interests include international trade, foreign direct investment, economic reforms and industrial restructuring. Her publications have appeared in international journals such as the China: An International Journal, China and the World Economy, China Economic Review, Global Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, and Review of Development Economics. She co-edited a book titled China and Global Economic Crisis, published by World Scientific in early 2010. She is editor for Trade, Investment and Economic Integration (Volume 2 of Globalization, Development, and Security in Asia) to be published by World Scientific (www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8977). List of Publications Tel: (65) 6516 3718 E-mail: eaityt@nus.edu.sg

Dr. YANG Mu （杨沐）

Senior Research Scholar

Education Background
PhD. (Econs), China's Academy of Social Sciences, 1988
MBA, Leuven University, 1981
B Eng, Jiao Tong University, 1970

Tel: (65) 6516 2934

E-mail: eaiv30@nus.edu.sg

	Dr. YOU Ji （由冀） Education Background PhD (Political Science), Australian National University, 1994 M.A., Australian National University, 1989 B.A. (Hons), Victoria University of Wellington, 1985 B.A., Beijing University, 1980 Research Interests Chinese Politics and Government PLA studies (changing civil-military relations and force transformation Regional security challenges, North Korea, disputes in the East and South China Seas Great-power relations, Sino-US, Sino-Japanese, Sino-Russo relations List of Publications Tel: (65) 6516 8334 E-mail: eaijiy@nus.edu.sg

		Dr. ZHAO Litao （赵力涛） Education Background PhD (Sociology), Stanford University, 2004 M.A. (Sociology), Peking University, 1998 B.A. (Sociology), Peking University, 1995 Research Interests Social stratification, sociology of education, organizational analysis, China's social policy.
	Dr Zhao Litao obtained his PhD in Sociology from Stanford University. His main research interests include social stratification and mobility, sociology of education, organisational analysis, and China's social policy. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in China Quarterly, Research in Social Stratification and mobility, International Journal of Educational Development, Built Environment, Social Sciences in China, China: An International Journal, and Frontiers of Education in China. He is the author of Paths to Private Entrepreneurship: Markets and Mobility in Rural China (VDM Verlag, 2008). With Yang Dali, he edited China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (World Scientific, 2008). He is now working with Lim Tin Seng on another volume on China's social policy. List of Publications Tel: (65) 6516 3711 E-mail: eaizlt@nus.edu.sg

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