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

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.
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.