Professor Justin Yifu Lin presented his ideas on approaches to development and transition at a distinguished speaker seminar on 5 December 2007. The seminar explored the reasons underlying both the dynamic economic growth of some countries such as Japan, newly industrialized economies (NIEs) in...

"Many studies of China's relations with and influence on Southeast Asia tend to focus on how Beijing has used its power asymmetry to achieve regional influence. Yet, scholars and pundits often fail to appreciate the complexity of the contemporary Chinese state and society, and just how...

"The latest wave of globalization in South and Southeast Asia has been largely services driven, in particular by firms from advanced economies relocating part of their business processes abroad. This has caused profound changes in the international division of labour, and has had correspondingly...