Book featuring Filipinos who made it in China launched June 11
The book featuring Filipinos who established their niche in China is set to be launched on June 11. Screengrabbed from PR material.
MANILA, Philippines — A book featuring overseas Filipinos who established their names in their different professions across China will be launched during the Philippine Embassy’s Diplomatic Reception in Beijing on June 11, 2025.
The series of stories, titled “#MadeItInChina,” features more than 50 Filipinos in China from January to June 2025. The Philippine Embassy in Beijing collaborated with the Philippine Consulates General in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, and Xiamen to find the remarkable Filipinos.
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“We always talk about ‘people-to-people exchanges.’ But how does it really work? What good does it bring? And who are the ‘people’? In the series #MadeItInChina, we go from abstract to concrete. We highlight these people’s profiles and their amazing stories,” Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime FlorCruz said in a statement.
The book launch is in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Philippines-China diplomatic relations.
The Filipinos featured in the book will also be recognized in individual receptions organized by seven Philippine Foreign Service Posts in China.
“As they succeed, they also contribute to their respective fields and communities. And while doing so, they build connections of friendship and mutual understanding between our two people,” FlorCruz added.
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Among the Filipinos featured in the book are:
- Roman and Mildred Go – founders of the very first international school in Xiamen
- Dr. Karen Tagulao – marine biologist who champions mangrove conservation in Macau
- Rod Camposagrado – hotel executive who trained countless staffers of hotels in Beijing when China opened up in the 1990s
- Eric Baculinao – award-winning Beijing bureau chief of ABC News
- Kevin Chua – senior economist at the World Bank office in Beijing
- Kahlil Kui – scientist specializing in geophysics and mountain hazards in Chengdu
- Group of college students studying renewable energy in Gansu
- Belle de Borja – teacher mentoring Tibetan minority children in Gansu mountains
- Carlos Chan – Oishi chairman, one of the first foreign investors in Shanghai
- Melissa Gecolea – news anchor in Hong Kong
