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 (PACS), are “pseudo-strategic think tanks in Manila that promote one-sided analyses and commentaries supporting President Xi’s Indo-Pacific maritime policies—and issue pejorative [...]
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 [...]
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 University’s Salcedo Campus. The assembly commenced with a short prayer and cordial greeting to all attendees, led by PACS Board Member [...]
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 [...]
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 pandemic. Two guests from China joined the fellowship, Dr Li Yuanxin (Nanjing University of Science and Technology) and Dr Yan Yan [...]
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, [...]
After two years, the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) members gathered for its first in-person general assembly on 1 October 2022 at the Angelo King Multi-Purpose Center of Xavier School. Fr Aristotle Dy, SJ, welcomed the members and gave updates on the programs and projects laid out by the Board of Directors for the [...]
The Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) successfully held a book talk featuring the memoir of Mr Jaime FlorCruz, entitled “The Class of ’77: How My Classmates Changed China,” last Saturday, 3 September 2022, at Xavier School’s Angelo King Multi-purpose Centre. With a less formal and more conversational format, the book talk was moderated by [...]
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 [...]
