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

Professor Aileen Baviera Attends Xiangshan Defense Forum, Lectures on PH-China Relations in Beijing

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Professor Aileen SP. Baviera of UP Asian Center attended the 6th Xiangshan Forum from 17 to 18 October 2015 in Beijng, China. The 6th Xiangshan Forum provides a venue for Chinese security experts together with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to discuss and analyze current issues on regional and global security, while showing the “close defense networks China has built across several continents.” The forum was organized by the China Association of Military Science (CAMS) and the China Institute of International Strategic Studies (CIISS).

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After taking part in the Xiangshan Forum, Professor Baviera delivered on 19 October a lecture on Philippines-China relations before Philippine Studies students and professors in Peking University, Beijing, China. She considers Peking University her alma mater because in the early 1980s, Dr. Baviera was among the first batch of only three exchange students in Peking University sent from the Philippines during the first implementation of the cultural agreement between the Philippine government and the Chinese government. Her lecture delved into the development of Philippines-China relations throughout the last 40 years from the perspective of the state and the civil society. The lecture was organized by the Philippine Studies Program.

Aside from her lecture at Peking University, Dr. Baviera also met with the faculty and staff of the School of Asian and African Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University to explore the possibility of their opening a Filipino language program in cooperation with the University of the Philippines.

Dr. Aileen SP. Baviera is Professor at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. She completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Dr. Baviera specializes on and writes about contemporary China studies, China-Southeast Asia relations, Asia-Pacific security, territorial and maritime disputes, and regional integration. The editor in chief of the journal, "Asian Politics & Policy," she is also author of many academic publications, including “Territorial and Maritime Jurisdiction Disputes in East Asia: Comparing Bilateral and Multilateral Approaches,” a chapter that appeared in "Bilateralism, Multilateralism and Asia-Pacific Security: Contending Cooperation"  published in 2013 by Routledge. Her faculty profile may be viewed here. 

The UP Asian Center offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. The Center offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Get an overview of these programs. The Asian Center also houses a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia. It has published several books and monographs, and hosts or organizes various lectures and conferences.