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 shared at the PACS General assembly shortly before he moved to Beijing. Ambassador Jaime FlorCruz Excerpted Remarks at the PACS General [...]
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. An economist by training, Hofman focused on the current political-economic standing of China and how this would impact the complex China-US [...]
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”, on 10 February 2023, 9:30 am, Philippine Standard Time, ONSITE at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and [...]
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 the anticipated trajectories of Philippine-China Relations under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The newly designated Philippine Ambassador to China, [...]
In a closed-door online session arranged by PACS immediate past president Dr Rommel Banlaoi, incoming National Security Adviser Dr Clarita Carlos engaged close to thirty members of PACS in a free-wheeling discussion of security issues surrounding Philippines-China relations expertly moderated by PACS Vice-President Mr Jaime FlorCruz. After brief opening remarks by new PACS President Fr [...]
To celebrate its 35th founding anniversary the Philippine Association of Chinese Studies (PACS) organized a conference entitled PACS @35 with the theme “Conference on Evolving Perspectives on China and the Chinese”. The conference will run through every Saturday of the whole month of March and will be presented via Zoom. The first session was held [...]
The rise of China is without doubt one of the defining events of the 21st century. China's growing role in world affairs associated with its rapid rise as a major power has attracted scholars to pursue the various understandings of China and the Chinese. In an effort to contribute to the discourse, the Philippine Association for [...]
by Joseph Ching Velasco, Ph.D. 19 November 2021 - After social unrest plagued Hong Kong in 2019, doubts have emerged about the robustness of China’s “One Country, Two Systems.” When colonial rule over Hong Kong and Macau officially ended in the 1990s, these territories returned to the fold of mainland China under a special arrangement [...]
by Aaron Jed Rabena, Ph.D. 12 October 2021 - In the wake of growing anti-China sentiment in Western liberal democracies such as the US, Europe, and Australia due to political (i.e., human rights issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang) and geopolitical differences (South China Sea and Taiwan), not only have China’s technological companies been at [...]
13 July 2021 - The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies hosted a webinar on “China's Relationship with the Korean Peninsula” on 10 July 2021 to explain the historical and contemporary relations between these three countries, as well as their impact on the Philippines and the region. Korea studies scholar from the Asian Center at the [...]
