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Recent arrests of some Chinese doctors and employees of a multinational pharmaceutical firm provide a window into the incentive distortions  of China's healthcare system, as highlighted in an August 7th article of ChinaOutlook that quoted health economist and AHPP program director Karen Eggleston.

http://china-outlook.net/systemic-flaws-within-chinas-health-care-system/

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Annually since 1995, the American Political Science Association has given an Aaron Wildavsky award to the "best" recent PhD dissertation on the subject of religion and politics.  Normally a single dissertation is selected.  In 2013, for the first time, a second dissertation was recognized with an Honorable Mention.  Its author is Jeremy Menchik, an assistant professor in international relations at Boston University.  Its title is "Tolerance Without Liberalism: Islamic Institutions and Political Violence in Twentieth Century Indonesia." 

In 2011 Prof. Menchik was chosen to be a Shorenstein post-doctoral fellow at APARC.  During his stay at Stanford in 2011-12 he revised his thesis for publication, worked on a new project on religio-political identity in Indonesia as revealed by election campaign symbols, and presented findings from his research and writing at a seminar hosted by SEAF.  In 2012-13 he was a research associate at the American University of Beirut.  In 2013 he began his tenure-track position at Boston University.  His advanced degrees in political science are from the University of Wisconsin- (PhD, MA) and the University of Michigan.

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The Southeast Asia Forum congratulates Puangthong Pawakapan, a professor of international relations and Southeast Asian studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and an "alumni" of SEAF.  In 2010-11, as a Shorenstein / Asia Foundation research fellow at APARC, she worked on a book manuscript on the Preah Vihear Temple controversy involving Thailand and Cambodia.  Her SEAF lecture on the subject was well received.  The manuscript has been published as State and Uncivil Society in Thailand at the Temple of Preah Vihear (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013).  For more on Prof. Pawakapan, see <http://aparc.stanford.edu/people/Puangthong_Pawakapan>.

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Wei Wang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  She has worked at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for 18 years. Currently, she is the Deputy General Manager of the Corporate Banking Deptartment II of ICBC's head office and a member of both the Senior Credit Review Committee and Senior INvestment Review Committee.  Wang holds a certification of Certified Public Accountants, received her master's degree in industrial management engineering from the Harbin Institute Technology of China, and an IMBA degree from the University of Hong Kong.

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Tun Wang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  Wang has worked at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for 17 years.  Currently, he is the deputy head of the Global Market Department in the head office in Beijing.  He received his bachelor's degree in Electronics and IT Systems from Ocean University of China and his master's degree in Finance from the Graduate School of People's Bank of China. His work experience and research activities focus on financial market trading business.

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Huihong Cai is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  Cai has worked at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for 17 years - participating in a majority of the projects of IT infrastructure construction such as the project of Data Consolidation and the project of Recovery Data Center Construction.  Currently, he is the Section Chief of the System Management Division of the IT Department at ICBC's head office in Beijing.  Previously, he worked in other divisions & branches and served as the Deputy Mayor of Wanyuan in the Sichuan Province for one year. Cai received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering form Zhejiang University and his MBA from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).

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Just a couple of weeks after last month's defeat of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the upper-house elections comes the timely publication of Japan under the DPJ: The Politics of Transition and Governance, a new book from the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, coedited by Kenji E. Kushida (Takahashi Research Associate in Japanese Studies) and Phillip Y. Lipscy (Thomas Rohlen Center Fellow).

Japan under the DPJ endeavors to explain the DPJ's rapid rise to power in 2009, examines the limited policy change that occured while the party was in power, and analyzes what led to the party's dramatic fall in 2012. The volume consists of 14 chapters addressing electoral structure, party recruitment and partisianship, DPJ domestic and foreign policy, and the DPJ's response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Japan under the DPJ is available for purchase now from Brookings Institution Press; you can also download the table of contents and introductory chapter from the related publication link, below.

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Tejas Mehta is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  Mehta has 16 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales and marketing and has been with Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., India since 2005.  Currently, Mehta is the General Manager in the marketing department where he is responsible for forecasting and achieving revenue and profit objectives in line with organization growth plan.  Additionally, he is responsible for understanding market dynamics, preparing marketing plans and creating marketing tools and campaigns to achieve the set objectives.  Mehta received his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Sardar Patel University in 1997. 

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Chunquan Liu is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  He has over 20 years of work experience in China's energy industry.  In 2005, he established the Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Company (BPEC), which later became part of the Yanchang Petroleum Group Company (YCPC) in 2010.   As the engineering and technology subsidiary of YCPC, BPEC plays an important role in the group's strategic plan, new technology development and innovation, engineering design, and project mangement.  Currently, he serves as the CEO of BPEC.

While at Shorenstein APARC, Liu will research 1) international advanced technology, know-how and best practices; 2) how to find the right solution integrated with heavy oil, coal and gas suitable for China's energy structure and situation; and 3) how to make the significant improvement on the energy efficiency and emission reduction.

Liu received his bachelor's degree from China Petroleum University, his master's degree (EMBA) from Peking University and his master's degree in environmental technology from Tsinghua University.

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Xiaoyu Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14. Zhang worked at China Huangqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation for 15 years, serving most recently as the director of the Human Resources Department.  Since 2010, he has served as the chairman of the board of Huanqiu Project Management (Beijing) Co. Ltd., which is a subsidiary of PetroChina. Zhang received his bachelor's degree in petroleum refining from Fushun Petroleum Institute and his MBA from Tsinghua University.

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