by Christian Rei P. Bautista and Kate Ashley H. Espeleta 2 June 2021 - On May 29, 2021, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) hosted a webinar on the topic of "Perspectives on China-South Asian Relations" via Zoom from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PACS invited Mr. Don McLain Gill -- a resident fellow [...]
by Darlene Estrada April 23, 2021 - China has been cast as “a climate leader and villain”[1] because of the reality that it is both the world leader in clean energy development and the world’s top coal consuming country at present. But getting better understanding of China’s ironic situation means recognizing that behind both energy-related [...]
by Jan Robert Go 26 March 2021 - 武汉，每天不一样。 Wuhan, different every day. For many, Beijing and Shanghai are the go-to places in China, while Chinese Filipinos would also know Fujian's Xiamen. But Wuhan is most likely a never-heard-of place. Located in central China, the city is a bustling metropolis and is traversed by the Yangtze [...]
By Dr. Dai Fan 19 January 2021- 2020 is destined to be an unforgettable year for most people. The outbreak of Covid-19 has undoubtedly changed our lives dramatically. In the Philippines, President Duterte, who has always promoted wider and deeper cooperation between China and the Philippines, is now barely one and a half years before [...]
by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III Oct. 13, 2020-- A spate of visits to Southeast Asia this week by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi augurs a possible return to a charm offensive by China. Wang will visit Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, and Thailand on the heels of his meeting with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and [...]
by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III/ Originally Posted at SCMP/16 July 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement on Washington’s opposition to Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea goes beyond its traditional assertions of navigational and overflight freedoms. By showing its support for international law, notably a 2016 ruling by an arbitral tribunal convened [...]
By Eva Dou / Washington Post May 21, 2020 at 2:15 PM EDT Turn on the TV any evening in China, and you’re likely to see a grim, razor-tongued woman letting fly at the Trump administration.The diatribes unleashed by Foreign Ministry information chief Hua Chunying are usually ignored in the West, but for China’s people, they are often the [...]
By Rommel C. Banlaoi*/ Eurasia Review/ May 12, 2020 Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines filed diplomatic protests on April 22, 2020 against China for including parts of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the South China Sea (SCS) as one of the districts of Sansha City of Hainan Province and for the incident on mid-February [...]
2020-04-23 | by Rommel Banlaoi / SCSPI While most countries are struggling to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and have focused their efforts internally by enforcing national lockdowns and community quarantine measures, China is getting global attention because of most recent incidents in the South China Sea. One major incident was the encounter between a China Coast [...]
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Originally Posted at New York Times As the leader of the World Health Organization team that visited China, Dr. Bruce Aylward feels he has been to the mountaintop — and has seen what’s possible. During a two-week visit in early February, Dr. Aylward saw how China rapidly suppressed the coronavirus outbreak that [...]
