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Jean is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Banking and Finance Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and an honorary fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law, the University of Hong Kong. She practiced law in China as a financial lawyer. Jean is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong (Ph.D.) (2010), New York University (LL.M.) (2011), University of Toronto (LL.M.) (2004) and Peking University (LL.B.) (2000). She received the Dean's Admission Award of NYU School of Law. Jean visited the University of Michigan Law School as a Michigan Grotius research scholar in the academic year of 2016-17. She was a visiting post-doctoral fellow in January-March 2016 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, and a visiting fellow at the University of Melbourne Asian Law Centre as an Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship awardee in 2007. She is currently doing research on law and development, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road initiative. Her research interests include securities regulation, development finance, FinTech, corporate finance, corporate governance and other regulatory issues in financial sector.
Research Areas
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): A Parallel IFI of the Global Financial System
This research project explores the impacts of China-led AIIB and BRI on the established global financial architecture. It addresses the following issues from development finance and geo-political perspectives: (i) BRI's Opportunities and risks; (ii) Singapore as a major international infrastructure financial hub; (iii) AIIB governance; (iv) Comparison of development strategies between AIIB and other MDBs; (v) Visions of the U.S. and China on the global financial system.
Publications
Book
Book Chapter
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"A-share Bailout and the Role of China's Securities Watchdog on a Policy-driven Market", in E Avgouleas & D Donald eds., The Political Economy of Financial Regulation (International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation), Cambridge University Press, January 2019 forthcoming |
Journal articles
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"Private Securities Litigation in China: Passive People's Courts and Weak Investor Protection" (2014), Bond Law Review, Vol. 26: Issue 1, Article 4, available at: |
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"Controlling Minority Structure (CMS) in China's Family Controlled Group Affiliates" (2012), City University of Hong Kong Law Review, Vol. 3:2, pp. 265-280; |
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"Risk of China's 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative", NASD Journal Science Challenges [ISSN 2411-3506], pp. 25-30 |
Conference papers
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"The 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative as Regional Public Goods: Opportunities and Risks", presented at the Third World Approaches to International Law Conference (TWAIL Singapore) hosted by National University of Singapore Faculty of Law on 17-19 July 2018; |
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"Corporate Power vs. State Power: Multiple Roles of the State in the Financialization Process of China’s State Capitalism", presented at the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) Conference 2018 - "Corporate Power in Global Society II: Challenging Limits and Expanding Horizons" held by the Harvard Law School on 2-3 June 2018 in Boston, U.S.A.; |
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"Hedge Fund Operations and Regulation in Hong Kong: Comparison with Other Jurisdictions", Symposium on "Hedge Funds and Alternative Investment Funds in Hong Kong and Singapore" held by Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre on 20 April 2018 at the City University of Hong Kong; |
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"Captive Insurance in Hong Kong and Singapore: A Promising Risk Management Solution for Asian Companies", presented on 8 February 2018 at the 20th International Conference on Trade, Business and Economic Law in Bangkok, Thailand; |
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"The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as an Alternative Multilateral Development Bank (MDB): A Competitor or a Compensator for the Established Global Financial Architecture?" presented at the 3rd Annual Asper International Law Conference held by the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law on 25-26 April 2017 in Winnipeg, Canada; |
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"The A-share Bailout and the Role of Over-regulation and Under-regulation of China's Securities Watchdog on a Policy-driven Market" presented on 3 June 2016 at the conference "The Political Economy and Financial Regulation" held by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development in Hong Kong |
CBFL Working papers
CBFL Reports
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"Development Finance in the Context of 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative: An Evolution or Devolution?" (September 2018) CBFL-Rep-1806 |
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"Corporate Power vs. State Power: Multiple Roles of the State in the Financialization Process of China's State Capitalism" (September 2018) CBFL-Rep-1807; |
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"Report on Captive Insurance in Singapore and Hong Kong: A Promising Risk Management Solution for Asian Companies" (March 2018) CBFL-Rep-1803; |
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"Analysing the Risks of China's 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative" (February 2018) CBFL-Rep-1802 |
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