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 Teresita Ang See 16 December 2020 - I never knew I was different until we moved from my childhood home in Panghulo, Malabon, to Binondo, the bastion of ethnocentrism and traditionalism. I was born in Binondo but I have no memories of childhood there. I learned about the Binondo extended family from stories about [...]
By Ivy Ganadillo Nov. 11, 2020- Just as news emerged on the huge number of Chinese retirees in the Philippines through the Philippine Retirement Authority’s (PRA) Special Resident Retirement Visa (SRRV), I started reading again netizens describing the presence in the country of the Chinese with words such as “economic competition”, “communists”, “invasion”, etc. These [...]
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 Rommel C. Banlaoi Note: This is the first in a series of commentaries that PACS intends to publish monthly on issues pertaining to Chinese Studies, the Chinese in the Philippines, and other topics affecting Philippines-China relations. The objective of Viewpoints is to offer fresh insights and perspectives on these areas of interest. Commentaries represent [...]
