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

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The UP Asian Center won third place in the University of the Philippines Diliman 2024 Lantern Parade with the theme, “Nilay at Sikhay,” held last 18 December 2024.

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The UP Asian Center was honored to receive book donations from the Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Manila in a ceremony held last 06 December 2024 at the UP Asian Center in time for the 40th anniversary celebration of the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Brunei.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Philippines and Malaysia’s diplomatic relations through the forum “60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World” last 5 December 2024 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium.

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The UP Asian Center and the DFA Office of Cultural Diplomacy successfully hosted Dialogo: Philippine Studies Goes Global, 2024 International Conference on Philippine Studies. The conference was held from 27 to 29 November 2024 at the Ramon Magsaysay Center, Diamond Hotel, and the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. About 20 Philippine Studies programs and 250 participants spanning 15 countries from around the world attended the conference.