BY LAURA SILVER, KAT DEVLIN AND CHRISTINE HUANG / PEW RESEARCH As the People’s Republic of China celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding on Oct. 1, it gets mixed reviews from people around the world, according to Pew Research Center’s latest Global Attitudes Survey. A median of 41% across the 32 countries surveyed have a favorable opinion of [...]
The 4th lecture of Carlos Chan Lecture Series was held in Ateneo De Manila University, in partnership with ADMU's Chinese Studies Program and the Department of Political Science, on 1 October 2019. Ambassador Wilfrido Villacorta, former Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN, delivered a lecture on Understanding China's International Behavior. Dr. Robin Garcia gave [...]
APPFI Secretariat, 01 July 2019 As the Philippines entered midterm election frenzy, China emerged as an important issue with the opposition using the Duterte administration's China policy against his allies. Though this did not translate to electoral victory for the opposition, Duterte's friendly treatment of China was further put to the test in the middle of June [...]
By MARIO ALVARO LIMOS | Jul 10, 2019 / by Esquire In 1762, the British invaded Manila. They had help from a traditional enemy: the Chinese. Relations between Spaniards and the Chinese had been fraught for centuries, and a British invasion of Manila was the perfect excuse for the Chinese to help erode Spain’s control of the [...]
By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News / 1 October 2019 The way China behaves in matters of external relations reflects far deeper roots than its current status as the world’s second largest economy, a foreign affairs expert said on Tuesday, noting that the Chinese underwent a long period of humiliation in the hands of imperialists. Former [...]
By James A. Millward / The New York Times On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) on Oct. 1, the party-state has much to celebrate: an unprecedented record of economic development, world-class education and technological innovation, an increasingly prominent position on the world stage. But even as the authorities go to [...]
Originally Posted at Al Jazeera, by Kelly Dawson Beijing, China - Zhang Nuannuan kicked with such force from inside her mother’s womb that her relatives were certain she was a boy. When the doctors announced the birth of a healthy baby girl, her father was so angry he went on a three-day bender. Under China’s One Child Policy, the [...]
The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies held a General Assembly last September 21, 2019 at Xavier School, San Juan. Along with the general assembly was the launching of the 12th Volume of the Chinese Studies Journal entitled "Philippines-China Relations: Geopolitics, Economics, and Counterterrorism" edited by PACS President Dr. Rommel Banlaoi. Dr. Kenneth Guest of the City [...]
Hainan, China's Academician's visit and academic exchange in the Philippines. This was held on 23 September 2019 and was hosted by PACS, Ateneo De Manila University's Chinese Studies Program and Confucius Institute.
8 September 2019 / Author: Richard P Suttmeier, University of Oregon / by East Asia Forum The sharp deterioration of US–China relations raises a series of challenges for Chinese scientific development. US concerns over China’s technological progress are leading to a notable tightening of export controls and foreign investment regulations, stricter controls over visas for Chinese [...]
