Hong Kong: The Rule of Law, and its Long and Treacherous Road to Self-Determination
by Ivy Ganadillo A Hongkonger waving a British flag; students, professionals, young and old marching on the streets; hostilities breaking out at the legislative council building; harassment and riots between law enforcement officers and civilians; [...]
PACS President Elected to the WACS Management Board
PACS President, Dr. Rommel C. Banlaoi, has been elected to the Management Board of the World Association for Chinese Studies (WACS). The election took place at the 3rd World Conference on Chinese Studies held at [...]
Could Duterte’s cooperation with Beijing help Manila realise its South China Sea arbitral victory?
by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, 15 August 2019, Originally Posted at SCMP “There is a time for everything. A time to negotiate and a time to quarrel with your enemy … a time to antagonise [...]
Democratic Crisis in Hong Kong Recommendations for Policymakers
By Annie Boyajian, Originally Posted at Freedom House Millions of people in Hong Kong are protesting democratic deterioration and rights violations, amid increasing police brutality and other violence against them. The United States and other democracies [...]
Where is China targeting its development finance?
Originally Posted at China Power. China has emerged as one of the world’s largest providers of development finance. Between 2000 and 2014, China extended a total of $354 billion in loans, grants, and other resources [...]
40 Years of China-watching from the Eyes of a Filipino
13 July 2019/ Originally Posted at APPFI Pathways President and CEO Prof. Aileen Baviera, Ph.D. was among the two guest speakers in the 2nd Prof. Benito Lim Memorial Lecture Series held last July 13, 2019 [...]
Carpio offers Duterte no-war options to enforce arbitral ruling
By: Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ / INQUIRER.net / 08:35 AM July 15, 201 MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Sunday responded to President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to propose a plan to enforce the ruling [...]
Is China a strategic partner or rival power?
By Scott Kennedy/ Originally Posted at Washinton Post/ July 2 Minutes after a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, President Trump declared, “I think we’re [...]
Publications
PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE THROUGH THE YEARS: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013
Tina S. Clemente, 2020