No One Stopped Acting in the South China Sea amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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 [...]
Tributes in Honor of Prof. Aileen San Pablo-Baviera
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 [...]
Aileen Baviera on her 40 years of China-watching
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, [...]
Inside China’s All-Out War on the Coronavirus
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 [...]
PACS Holds Public Lecture on VFA Termination
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 Coronavirus and Xi Jinping’s Worldview
Feb 8, 2020 KEVIN RUDD . Originally Posted at Project-Syndicate No matter how bad the coronavirus epidemic gets, the crisis will not change how China is governed under President Xi Jinping. Since coming to power in [...]
Accomplishment Report for Year 2019
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 [...]
Lunar New Year means everything in China. Canceling celebrations is a massive deal
Hong Kong (CNN)It's the most celebratory time of the year in China -- but in many cities, festivities have been called off. Saturday marks the first day of the Lunar New Year, also known in China [...]
Publications
PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE THROUGH THE YEARS: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013
Tina S. Clemente, 2020