BOOKS/VOLUMES

2023. 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. 

2020. Perspectives on China and the Chinese Through the Years: A Retrospective Collection, 1992-2013. Chinese Studies Journal, Vol. 13, edited by Tina S. Clemente

2018. China Studies in the Philippines: Intellectual Paths and the Formation of a Field, edited by Tina Clemente and Chih-yu Shih. London and New York: Routledge.

2015. Emerging Asian Communities in Contemporary Philippines. Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 51:151:1, edited by Tina S. Clemente and Aileen S.P. Baviera.

JOURNAL ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS

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. How the Chinese in the Spanish Philippines Negotiated Commercial Boundaries in the Colonial Economy.  In China and Asia: A Journal in Historical Studies 4 (2): 187–219.

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.

2021. Liminality in the China-Watching of Aileen San Pablo-Baviera. Chinese Studies Journal 15: 149-76.

2020. "A Look at Korean Historical Drama: Cultural Negotiation of Cold War Influence on Notions of Development in the Philippines." Asian Perspective 44 (2): 303–26.

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.

2017. "The Economic Dimension in China's Foreign Relations: Reflections for China Studies in the Philippines." Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal 3 (3): 1173–196, December.

2016. "Understanding Economic Diplomacy between the Philippines and China." International Journal of China Studies 7 (2): 215–33, August. 

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.

2015. "Connections, Contracts, and Sanctions: Informal Contracting in Commerce Among Chinese in Metro Manila." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 51 (1): 39–74 (Co-author: Marco B. Lagman). 

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.

2014. "Institutional Action against Chinese Traders in Spanish Philippines: The 16th-Century Context of Policy Contestations." MANILA: Selected Papers of the 22nd Annual Manila Studies Conference, 27–29 August 2013.

2013. “Guanxi in Chinese Commerce: Informal Enforcement in Spanish Philippines.” Seoul Journal of Economics 26 (2): 203–37.

2012. “Chinese Trade in Pre-Spanish Philippines: Credit, Hostage and Raid Regimes.”  Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JATI) 17 (1):191–206.

2011. “Rizal’s Morga and insights into pre-Hispanic institutions and trade.” Philippine Review of Economics 48 (2): 117–50.

2003. “Does Violent Conflict Make Chronic Poverty More Likely? The Mindanao Experience.” Philippine Review of Economics 40 (2):31–58. Co-authors: H. Malapit and C. Yunza.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman
• M.A. in Economics, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman
• B.S. Business Economics, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• China Studies
• Philippines-China Economic Relations
• Chinese in the Philippines
• Philippine Economic History
• Development Studies

COURSES HANDLED

• AS 202 The East-West Encounter
• AS 203 Nationalism and National Development
• AS 210 Theories and Perspectives on Area Studies
• AS 230 Seminar on Northeast Asia
• AS 234 Special Problems in Northeast Asia
  • Geoeconomics in Northeast Asia
• AS 235.1 Social and Economic Development in China
• AS 235.2 Politics and Governance in China
• AS 235.3 Culture and Society in China
• AS 299 Research Methods
• PS 222 Theories of Development
• PS 224 Philippine Industrialization and Urbanization
• PS 229 Special Problems in Philippine Development
  • Political Economy of Institutions and Development
  • The Nexus among Socioeconomic Development, Security, and Strategy
  • Development, Geoeconomics, and Philippines-China Relations
• PS 233 Issues in Philippine Development
• PS 236 National and Local Perspectives in Philippine Development
• PS 268 Philippine Relations with East Asia
• PS 282 The Philippines in Global South
• PS 288.2 Readings in Philippine Development Studies
• PS 299 Research Methods
• PS 330 Filipino Perspectives on Philippine Development
• Econ 211 Economic History (UP School of Economics)
• ASEAN 233 ASEAN Economic Development and Business Community (UP Open University)