PACS 2020 Accomplishment Report
ACADEMIC/SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) conducted several academic and scholarly activities in 2020 in order to continue its purpose of advancing knowledge of Chinese Studies in the [...]
Celebrating My Dual Heritage
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 [...]
Philippine Ambassador to China, H.E. Chito Sta. Romana, Receives Gawad Mabini
In honor of Apolinario Mabini, the first Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Gawad Mabini award is conferred on Filipinos who have rendered distinguished foreign service or helped promote the interests and prestige of the [...]
PACS holds a Webinar on Continuing Concern in Philippine-China Relations in the Post-Covid-19 Period
by Dave's Almocera and Micha Dianne Reoyan 21 November 2020 - Compartmentalizing ties to sidestep the Philippines and China's differences has been an essential facet of the two countries’ relations. However, various maneuvers are [...]
A pivot to China
By: Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:20 AM November 17, 2020 Something momentous happened over the weekend that signals the continuing shift of the world’s economic fulcrum to Asia-Pacific away from North America, dominated [...]
Prof. Aurora Roxas Lim
It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the death today, 16 November 2020, of our beloved colleague, Prof. Aurora Roxas Lim. She served as PACS President from 2001 to 2006 and [...]
Philippine Resident Retirement Visa: Why the Chinese are in the Philippines
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 [...]
Webinar: Traditional Medicine in the Management of COVID-19
In cooperation with the Confucius Institute of Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippine Academy of Acupuncture, and the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies held the second installment of the webinar series on “Traditional Chinese [...]
Publications
PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE THROUGH THE YEARS: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013
Tina S. Clemente, 2020