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Discerning the age of innocence

It was probably the most unsettling and shocking piece of news that broke during that second week of October. After eating his share of hotdog...

Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial...

RIZAL AND THE ASIAN RENAISSANCE

An Asian Renaissance must involve cultural rebirth and empowerment, not simply cultural jingoism. In 1886, a young Asian student wrote from Europe the following lines...

From Community to Commercial: The Vision of YPC Stage

In a time when everything moves at the speed of a scroll, where attention is fleeting and connection is often filtered through screens, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FILIPINOS ARE CLUMSY LOVERS

Valentine reportage from February of 1969. Caroline Kennedy of London has been an honorary India Brava since July of last year, when she arrived in...

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...