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CHINESE STUDIES PROGRAM LECTURE SERIES
NO. 6, 2019
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Table of Contents
Dao: China's Style of Socialism 01
James Aldrin W. Agcaoili
“Saving Face” (面子mianzi) and China's Foreign Relations: 15 A Case Study of the West Philippine Sea Dispute and the
Response of the Benigno Aquino III Administration Giulia Hannele L. Go
Belt Road Initiative (BRI): a Yin-Yang Solution 47 Elaine Frances L. Dizon
Yin Yang’s Natural Diplomacy: Panda Diplomacy 73 Raul Gabriel Gana Manalo
Dream Illusion Void 100
Daisy Cheng See
