By Lucio Blanco Pitlo III November 01, 2019 / THE DIPLOMAT Activist, assertive, and audacious: This is the People’s Republic of China as it celebrates its 70th anniversary in grand style. From the Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Xiangshan Forum, China’s convening power and capacity [...]
By Sherisse Pham and Jill Disis, CNN Business November 5, 2019 Hong Kong (CNN Business)China's central bank on Tuesday trimmed a key interest rate for the first time since it was introduced three years ago, a move that could pave the way for more policy action as the country tries to protect its slowing economy. Meanwhile, Asian markets broadly advanced as [...]
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, 30 August 2019, APPFI Economics and security issues are on the agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte's fifth visit to Beijing. The number of visits he has made thus far is indicative of the importance he attaches to the burgeoning bilateral relations. China has become the Philippines' largest trade partner since 2016, its largest [...]
THE CORNER ORACLE - Andrew J. Masigan (Philstar.com) - October 9, 2019 Last week, I attended a talk given by Dr. Wilfredo V. Villacorta, the former Philippine ambassador to ASEAN and an expert in Chinese studies. Ambassador Villacorta spoke about how we Filipinos can better understand China’s behavior as it takes a more active role in international affairs. [...]
Published October 8, 2019 8:58pm By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News The Philippine government will keep its hands off of the political crisis in Hong Kong, a geopolitical analyst said on Tuesday In a public forum, Dr. Rommel Banlaoi said the Philippines would only focus on protecting the estimated 150,000 OFWs and business interests of Filipino entrepreneurs [...]
CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer / OCTOBER 09, 2019 MANILA -- Business along Quirino Avenue near Manila's airport had been in a period of long decline, until it began a sudden resurgence over the last year. Restaurants, spas and apartments have opened. Locals were hired as security guards, drivers and housekeepers, all catering to the area's [...]
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 [...]
