東 亞 研 究 協 會
Association for East Asian Studies
Yoshihide Suga’s First 120 Days
By Ichiro Suzuki On September 16, 2020, Yoshihide Suga, 72, became Prime Minister of Japan, after 7 years and 9 months of Shinzo Abe at...
An Unmitigated Disaster
By Ichiro Suzuki The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 2020 with its Nikkei index at 27,444, the highest since it peaked at the end of 1989 at...
China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Friend or Foe | Tea with Erping | 01/10/2021
A successful vaccine could save many lives. And vaccines from China are about to become a public health reality. A celebrity Chinese...
CCP Virus 1 Year on: Discovering China’s True Heroes | Tea with Erping
What does it take to be a hero in a society like China, which is ruled by a communist dictatorship? How hard is it to tell the truth, and...
What It Was Like to Vote in China, My Story | Tea with Erping
In the West, voting is a civic duty. But Chinese people are technically “residents,” not “citizens” - we don’t have the rights that...
The Rise of Chinese EVs
By Ichiro Suzuki One of the developments to be remembered in the 2020 equity markets is the rise of electric vehicle makers. Tesla took...
Financing China’s Capital Requirements in the 2020s
By Ichiro Suzuki It has been long expected that China would shift the gear of its economic growth to be less export-dependent and be...