As Great Power Rivalry Heats up, China’s Neighborhood Diplomacy Gets a Boost
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 [...]
Cooperation or Competition? How the Philippines should play its cards?
How the Philippines should play its cards? Watch PACS President Dr. Rommel Banlaoi conversation with Howie Severino as they scrutinize the different aspects of Philippines-China relations and how international politics intertwined with [...]
Countering Terrorism 19 Years After 9/11: The Imperative for US-China Cooperation
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 [...]
PACS Honorary Fellow
PACS is pleased to name a new honorary fellow, Mr. Jaime FlorCruz, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the field of China Studies. Jaime “Jimi” FlorCruz is a veteran China watcher and former foreign [...]
Surviving ghost month: Less superstition, more spirituality
By: Fr Ari C. Dy SJ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:20 AM August 23, 2020 The beginning of ghost month this year fell on Aug. 19, and it is neatly sandwiched between two important Marian feast days. [...]
Assessing the BRI in the Philippines Before and During COVID-19 (2015-2020): PACS Webinar Report
by Lucio Pitlo, III Last August 22, 2020, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies held a webinar on “Assessing the Belt and Road Initiative in the Philippines Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2015-2020.” The [...]
PACS Holds Webinar with CI on Traditional Chinese Medicine
In cooperation with the Confucius Institute of Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies held a webinar on “Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): Healthy Lifestyle in COVID Pandemic Crisis” on 1 August 2020. [...]
PACS Honorary Fellow
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Amb. Wilfrido Villacorta as PACS Honorary Fellow, the first eminent person to be bestowed such a recognition. PACS confers the title of Honorary Fellow on exemplary individuals [...]
Publications
THE CHINESE STUDIES JOURNAL VOLUME 15
Tina S. Clemente, 2021
PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS AT 45
During the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Discoveries, Recent Developments, and Continuing Concerns
Rommel Banlaoi, 2021
PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE THROUGH THE YEARS: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013
Tina S. Clemente, 2020
