Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

▼ BOOK CHAPTERS

Book Chapters

[Forthcoming]. 2026. "Dynamics in the Philippine Banana and Mining Sectors: Implications on Philippines-China Relations." In New Asian Connectivities, edited by Joseph S. Alter, Tina S. Clemente, and James A. Cook. Pennsylvania, USA: University of Pittsburgh Press. (Co-authored with Nona Pepito)

[Forthcoming]. 2026. "Problematizing Regionalism and Emergent Asian Conjunctions." In New Asian Connectivities, edited by Joseph S. Alter, Tina S. Clemente, and James A. Cook. Pennsylvania, USA: University of Pittsburgh Press. (Co-authored with Joseph S. Alter and James A. Cook)

2024. "Changing Economic Alignments? New Indo-Pacific Arrangements from a Philippine Perspective." In India and ASEAN in the Indo Pacific, edited by Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah, 133-169. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

2023. "A Cross-reflection on Development: Recollecting China, Contemplating the Philippines." In Studies of China and Chineseness since the Cultural Revolution: Volume 2: Micro Intellectual History through De-central Lenses, edited by Chih-yu Shih, Mariko Tanigaki, and Tina S. Clemente. Singapore: World Scientific.

2022.  Discourse, Empirics, and Perceptions on Investment and Aid: Reconsidering Chinese and Japanese Relations with the Philippines. In Japan and Asia: Business, Political and Cultural Interactions, edited by Mariko Tanigaki, 43–78. Singapore: Springer.

2020. "Pondering China Studies in the Philippines as an Academic Practice and Scholarly Inquiry." In Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Binaries, Strategizing Self, edited by Chih-yu Shih, Prapin Manomaivibool, Mariko Tanigaki, and Swaran Singh, 407–29. Singapore: World Scientific.

2019. "A Glimpse of Agency and Structure in China Studies in the Philippines." In Researching China in Southeast Asia, edited by Ngeow Chow-Bing, 13–38. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge.

2018. "Insights on China Studies as a Community of Practice." In China Studies in the Philippines: Intellectual Paths and the Formation of a Field, edited by Tina Clemente and Chih-yu Shih, 4–22. London and New York: Routledge. 

2018. "Odysseys in China Watching: Comparative Look at the Philippines and Nepal." In China Studies in South and Southeast Asia: Between Pro-China and Objectivism, edited by Chih-yu Shih, Prapin Manomaivibool and Reenah Marwah, 3–27. World Scientific (Co-authored with Pamela Combinido).

2017. "China Studies in the Philippines: Evolution and Challenges." In From Sinology to Post-Chineseness: Intellectual Histories of China, Chinese People, and Chinese Civilization, edited by Shih Chih-Yu, He Peizhong, and Tang Lei. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press. 

2017. "Loyalty on Trial: Chinese-Filipinos and the West Philippine Sea Dispute." In Precarious Belongings: Affect and Nationalism in Asia, edited by Chih-Ming Wang and Daniel PS Goh, 95–114. London: Rowman and Littlefield International.

2015. "Spanish Colonial Policy Toward Chinese Merchants in 18th-century Philippines." In Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600–1980, edited by Madeleine Zelin and Yu-ju Lin, 123–40. London and New York: Routledge. READ EXCERPT.

2015. "Environmental Governance in the Philippines: Challenges and Prospects." In Environmental Challenges and Governance: Perspectives from South, Southeast and East Asia, edited by S. Mukherjee and D. Chakraborty, 166–82. London and New York: Routledge.

2014. “The Arroyo Presidency: Philippine Political Institutions at a Glance.” In The Macapagal-Arroyo Presidency and Administration (2001–2010), edited by Jose V. Abueva, Oscar Alfonso, et al. Quezon City: Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines.