U.S. futile destabilizations
By Herman Tiu Laurel The U.S. has been engaged in constant destabilizations of what they perceive as non-compliant, independent, sovereign or rival and competitive nations, regions...
Category: Asian Century
Xi’s Unity and Cooperation wins the Asian Moment
By Herman Tiu Laurel The last of three major global conferences this November 2022 affecting...
US spin leads PHL by the nose, again!
By Herman Tiu Laurel Some space debris believed to be from a Chinese rocket splashed back down to earth, onto the 3.5-square kilometers South China Sea. The Western media has made a...
We Are Weak Because We Settle for Scraps
By Herman Tiu Laurel Just a week ago, Department of National Defense OIC and undersecretary Jose Faustino (ret. Army general) speaking to a congressional hearing admitted that the...
Kamala visit: America’s flatus
By Herman Tiu Laurel U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting the Manila on November 20 for handshakes with President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, then...
PH-China cooperation in the ‘Asian Moment’
By Herman Tiu Laurel The world’s attention is now focused on Asia as the rare convergence of several crucial regional and international activities pursuing the unity and...
External powers drive the stake into SCS peace
By Herman Tiu Laurel The newspapers the past days carried the headline quote from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) statement at the 17 East Asia...
Ramping Up EDCA Debate Is Hidden Agenda Behind Anti-China Rants
By Herman Tiu Laurel This writer received a call last November 2, 2022 at 5:30am from a well-known radio station seeking with urgency a phone patch interview. I had just awoken...
The Philippine Case: Asia’s Challenges on the Path to Modernization
By Herman Tiu Laurel In the 1950s the Philippines was favored with advanced economic development from its special relationship with the United States of America, its former colonizer....
U.S. press for a Ukraine in the Taiwan-Philippines nexus
by Herman Tiu Laurel The October 27, 2022 news carried one headline, “PH, US want five more joint military facilities under EDCA, says senior Pentagon official.” The...
20th Party Congress: National and Global Peace and Prosperity
The final takeaway from the Communist Party of China (CPC) 20th National Congress is the promise of China’s achievement of its own high-quality modernization and development,...
China Tops 2022 Democracy Index
By Herman Tiu Laurel As I start this article, the feverish preparation in China for Communist Party of China (CPC) must be settling down as the opening of the congress itself slated for October 16,...