Lucio Blanco Pitlo III

Commentaries by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III

President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, and Research Fellow at Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III is President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies and a research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation. He previously worked at the University of the Philippines Korea Research Centre, and lectured at the Chinese Studies Programme at Ateneo de Manila University. He was also a Board Member of the Philippine Association for China Studies.

Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade and Maritime Silk Road: Parallels and Nexus
May 15, 2015
Philippine efforts to revisit the historical value of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade (MAGT) and China's revival of the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) can be seen as national projects aimed at rekindling a deep historical relationship with the sea. Growing Sino-Latin American trade may encourage an extension of the MSR across the Pacific and also reignite the importance of MAGT.
APEC Silk Road the Philippines
Philippines, China and AIIB: Opportunities amidst Challenges
Apr 24, 2015
The Philippines is seeing a year of impressive economic growth (at 6.3%) despite the lacking foreign direct investment due to woeful infrastructure constraints. The AIIB can be an additional source of funding for local infrastructure projects. Political disputes surrounding the China Sea disputes were not enough to trump the economic importance of this cooperation.
AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank China-ASEAN Relations

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