Originally Posted at Chinoy TV The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS), a professional, non-profit, and non-partisan organization of renowned educators, business people, ambassadors, and students, held its annual Chinese New Year celebration. PACS has been committed to upholding the academic field of Chinese Studies in the Philippines and abroad. Present at the event was the [...]
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 by the United States. Fifteen economies comprising about a third of the world’s population and of the global economy signed a [...]
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. Both the Assumption of Mary (Aug. 15), and her Queenship (Aug. 22) celebrate the singular grace given to Mary, that she [...]
by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III/ Originally Posted at SCMP/16 July 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement on Washington’s opposition to Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea goes beyond its traditional assertions of navigational and overflight freedoms. By showing its support for international law, notably a 2016 ruling by an arbitral tribunal convened [...]
By Eva Dou / Washington Post May 21, 2020 at 2:15 PM EDT Turn on the TV any evening in China, and you’re likely to see a grim, razor-tongued woman letting fly at the Trump administration.The diatribes unleashed by Foreign Ministry information chief Hua Chunying are usually ignored in the West, but for China’s people, they are often the [...]
By Rommel C. Banlaoi*/ Eurasia Review/ May 12, 2020 Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines filed diplomatic protests on April 22, 2020 against China for including parts of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the South China Sea (SCS) as one of the districts of Sansha City of Hainan Province and for the incident on mid-February [...]
by Rommel Banlaoi, Ph.D. at Manila Times, May 3, 2020 When the Philippine government declared quarantine measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, China immediately offered its assistance and unwaveringly expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Philippines. In one of his public statements, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked China for supporting the Philippines in its battle against [...]
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 attention because of most recent incidents in the South China Sea. One major incident was the encounter between a China Coast [...]
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 seen what’s possible. During a two-week visit in early February, Dr. Aylward saw how China rapidly suppressed the coronavirus outbreak that [...]
