First published in Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 2, no. 7 (December 24, 1989): 7, 12. Dr. Randy Bulatao, eminent sociologist, in his study on ethnic prejudices (against Muslims and against Chinese) concluded that, “Childhood prejudices and narrow loyalties may be diluted and overlaid with specific concerns as one matures, but they remain latent and capable […]
China is a country of festivities. Each particular occasion demands its own corresponding celebration. There are at least six “Great Festivals” to break the monotony of the Chinese everyday life: New Year or Spring Festival (1st day of 1st month), the Lantern Festival (15th of the 1st month), Festival for the Dead (5th of the […]
First published in Tulay, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 3 (August 1998): 6, with original title, “One Year at Kaisa.” Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran had its baptism of fire on that infamous 28th day of August 1987. The organization was launched at the National Press Club supposedly in a press conference that day. Unfortunately, Gringo Honasan […]
Excerpted from Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 6 (November 13, 1988), p. 7. Throughout the long history of the Chinese presence in the Philippines, they have made significant contributions to Philippine life – not just in the field of commerce but more importantly to the propagation of Christianity and the perpetuation of the Filipino […]
First published in Tulay Montly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 5 (October 7, 1988), p. 7. The Chinese Filipino, up to this point in time, can consider himself lucky. The democratic processes work for him. He has been welcomed into the body politic of the nation. The discrimination and second-class citizen treatment are exceptions rather than […]
First published in Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 4 (September 11, 1988): 10. Part II As a result of higher education and closer contact with Filipino and Western values, younger generations of ethnic Chinese women have rising expectations of sexual equality. Unlike their mothers, they complain today of sexual discrimination outside of the home […]
First published in Tulay, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 3 (August 1988): 10. The history of Chinese women in Southeast Asia has been a recent one. Most of the early Chinese who came to the Philippines were traders or laborers who left their wives and families in China. Thus, even as late as 1903, there were […]
First published in Tulay Monthly 1, no. 3 (August 1988): 7 Nagsisimula nang umakyat ang Pilipinas tungo sa tugatog ng pagbabangong pang-ekonomiya. Kailangang magpasya ang pamahalaan. Hahayaan ba nito ang mga Tsino na maging kabalikat ng mga Pilipino sa pag-akyat sa tugatog na ito, o hahayaan na lang silang magmasid sa isang tabi? Itinuturo sa […]
First published in Tulay Monthly 1, no. 3 (August 1988): 7 Did you know that the Filipino word lithaw (plough) and the word puthaw (axe) came from the Chinese words luey-thaw (犁頭) and po-thaw (斧頭) because it was the Chinese who taught the Filipinos the new techniques of farming, fruit growing and vegetable gardening? The […]
First published in Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 2 (July 1988): 3. Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran is for cultural integration and political, social and economic assimilation. What is the difference between integration and assimilation? When these two terms are used by non-technical people, they are more or less interchangeable. They are affirmed of people […]