Grants

• 2010 – 2011  Tang-Song Canal System, Irrigation and Land Use Development
  NSC 99-2410-H-032-013- (NT$ 747,000)
• 2009 – 2010  Tang-Song Economic History
  NSC 98-2410-H-032-029 (NT$ 665,000)
• 2007 – 2008  Political Institutions and Property Rights in China during the Tang-Song Transition
  NSC 96-2415-H-032-007 (NT$ 713,000)
• 2006 – 2007  Constitutional Theory, Democracy and Dictatorship: A Comparison between China and the West
  NSC 95-2415-H-032-011 (NT$ 508,000)
• 2005 – 2006  Federalism, Regional Control and Property Rights
  NSC 94-2415-H-032-009 (NT$ 337,000)
• 2004 – 2005  China’s Economic Stagnation, 1450 – 1900
  NSC 93-2415-H-032-016 (NT$ 162,800)

Awards

• 1995
  Social Science Research Council/Ford Foundation International Pre-dissertation Fellow
• 1987
  Diablo Valley College Scholar/Athlete of the Year (football)