PACS Statement on Peter Chalk’s Claims
In “PRC Influence Operations in the Philippines: Can Beijing Flip the South China Sea Script?” published online on 19 May 2023, Peter Chalk claims that three organizations, including the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies [...]
Ambassador FlorCruz remarks at PACS GA 2023
PACS former Vice-President, now Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Jaime FlorCruz, presented his credentials at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 February 2023. We share below some remarks he [...]
Bert Hofman delivers Ambassador Sta Romana memorial lecture
Professor Bert Hofman delivered the Ambassador Chito Sta Romana Memorial Lecture, “China’s Rise and Its Implications for ASEAN”, on 10 February 2023 at the GT-Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center (AC), University of the Philippines Diliman. [...]
PACS holds first General Assembly for 2023
Embarking on a New Lunar Chinese Year in Philippines-China relations, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) convened its annual General Assembly last February 4, 2023, at the Confucius Institute at Ateneo de Manila [...]
Ambassador Chito Sta. Romana Memorial Lecture: China’s Rise and its Implications for ASEAN
The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS), in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Asian Center, will be hosting the Ambassador Chito Sta. Romana Memorial Lecture, “China's Rise and its Implications for ASEAN”, [...]
PACS Board holds Christmas fellowship
A Christmas fellowship was held with the previous and current board members of PACS with several past presidents present on 14 December 2022. It is the first face-to-face Christmas fellowship of PACS since the [...]
PACS holds panel on PH-CN relations
The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) hosted a panel discussion on the "Prospects for Philippines-China Relations" last 23 November 2022 at the Angelo King Multi-Purpose Center of Xavier School. The discussion focused on [...]
“Have Them Work Like the Indios”: Chinese Polistas in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
“To Work Like Indios” The decree, issued on June 19, 1867, was clear. All physically-capable male Chinese residents in the Philippines, between 18 and 60 years old, were required to render forced labor to [...]
Publications
PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE THROUGH THE YEARS: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013
Tina S. Clemente, 2020