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 [...]
by Rommel Banlaoi, Ph.D. at Manila Times, May 3, 2020 When the Philippine government declared quarantine measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, China immediately offered its assistance and unwaveringly expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Philippines. In one of his public statements, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked China for supporting the Philippines in its battle against [...]
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 [...]
A Multilateral Life: Aileen Baviera, PhD (1959–2020) PUBLISHED: 21 MARCH 2020/ Asian Center- University of the Philippines "Dr. Aileen S.P. Baviera, Professor and former Dean of the UP Asian Center, passed away in the early morning of 21 March 2020. She was 60. “Wherever my career path took me – at one time or another as [...]
In this 2019 essay, the China expert who died on Saturday, March 21, gives 'unsolicited advice' to young China watchers in the Philippines Aileen San Pablo-Baviera Published 9:45 AM, March 21, 2020 / Rappler MANILA, Philippines – We are reprinting below the essay of China expert and UP professor Aileen Baviera, who died of coronavirus on Saturday, March 21. [...]
To discuss the repercussions of the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on Philippines-China relations, the Philippine Association organized a Public Lecture on “VFA Termination: Implications for Philippines-China Relations” on 3 March 2020 at the Leong Auditorium of Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU). Co-organized by ADMU’s Chinese Studies Program (CSP). the public lecture featured the [...]
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES Accomplishment Report for Year 2019 LECTURE SERIES AND ACADEMIC EXCHANGES Launching of the Carlos Chan Lecture Series on Philippines-China Relations On 9 February 2019, PACS launched the Carlos Chan Lecture Series (CCLS) on Philippines-China relations in honor of Mr. Carlos Chan, Chairman Emeritus of the Liwayway Marketing Corporation. The launching [...]
By CNN Philippines Staff / Published Jan 24, 2020 at CNN Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) – Close to 500 Chinese tourists who arrived in Kalibo, Aklan from the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus outbreak began, will be transported back to their point of origin this week, an aviation official confirmed Friday. Civil Aviation Board Executive Director [...]
by John Power Published: 5:00am, 18 Jan, 2020 at SCMP Before assuming his post as commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Philip S. Davidson issued a stark warning about Washington’s loosening grip in the fiercely contested South China Sea. “In short, China is now capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios, short [...]
The Philippine Association of Chinese Studies (PACS) in cooperation with Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran Inc., the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Miriam College co-organized the “International Conference on the State of Scholarship on the Chinese in the Philippines: Problems, Perspectives, and Possibilities,” held at Miriam College in Quezon City on 10-11 January 2020. Filipino and foreign [...]
