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THE PETRON SELLOUT
The sale of the national oil company to a foreign corporation betrays the national interest, endangers the country’s security, and sticks of graft and corruption.
Petron Corporation is unquestionably the most valuable corporate asset of the Philippine government—the most precious gem in the country’s...
China’s Difference Engine: Changing the configuration of the world
How did China make the leap from being one of Asia’s poorest nations to becoming a global economic behemoth—all in a little more than six decades?
In 2013, China emerged as the primary engine of global economic growth, officially surpassing the contribution rate of...
Toward stability, not strain: What really matters in China–Philippines relations
I’ve been in the Philippines for over four months now. It’s been busy. Some days mean seven back-to-back meetings, but what sticks with me isn’t the schedule. It’s the people.
Ordinary Filipinos are warm, sincere, and kind. The smiles, the handshakes—they remind me why...
Getting to know China’s technological DNA
Possessing one of the oldest civilizations in the world, China’s 5,000-year-old history is a tapestry of transformation—from an ancient, agrarian society (8,000 to 10,000 years ago) to becoming the world’s low-cost, manufacturing nexus (mid-20th century), all the way to attaining global, high-tech, superpower...
EXPOLIARIVM: The expatriate life of Juan Luna’s famous painting
While examining the archives of the Biblioteca Nacional de España, I encountered an albumen photograph labelled “Sala de pintura y escultura at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris.”
The image is attributed to Juan Laurent—one of the most important photographers working in late...
Orly Mercado’s Philanthropy Revolution: The next 50 years of Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko
BY HIS own admission, the young Orlando “Orly” Mercado was “a dyed-in-the-wool, left-wing activist,” having organized his first labor union shortly after beginning his broadcast journalism career.
Born on April 26, 1946, he was only 20 years old when he started a union at...
