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Weitseng Chen received his J.S.D. in 2007 from Yale Law School where he was a Fulbright scholar. Thereafter, he worked for Stanford University, California from 2007 to 2008 as a Hewlett Fellow of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, conducting research on transitional economies and rule of law reforms. Immediately before he joined the National University of Singapore in November 2011, Weitseng Chen practiced law as a New York State attorney in Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP and worked in its Hong Kong office, specializing in international capital market transactions. His recent research focuses on China's foreign direct investment and property rights transition, a China-Taiwan comparison on their rule of law transition, and the economic behaviors of ethnic foreign investors in China. Prior to his Yale education, he practiced law in Taiwan in diverse fields, including the information technology industry, public interest and international NGO affairs.