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Aileen Baviera

1959 – 2020

Filipino sinologist

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Lived 1959 – 2020 (aged 60). Aileen Baviera was a Filipino sinologist, political scientist and university teacher.

Aileen San Pablo-Baviera (August 26, 1959 – March 21, 2020) was a Filipino political scientist and sinologist. She was one of the leading China experts in her country.

Career In October 1979, Baviera received her Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service, cum laude at the University of the Philippines. As a student of modern Chinese history at the University of Beijing, she was allowed to do research in China for the first time from 1981 to 1983. She learned the Chinese language, received a diploma from the Beijing Language Institute and traveled to the north and west of the country. In 1987, Baviera received a Master of Arts in Asian studies, specializing in China and East Asia. The doctorate in political science followed in 2003. Before living in China, she was a leftist, but during her time there she "learned to recognize and shun the shallowness of political propaganda when I saw it, Mao's as much as Marcos's".

From 1980 to 1986, she worked as a researcher and trainer at the Foreign Service Institute of the State Department. Until 1990, she taught at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of the Philippines and then until 1993 as a research coordinator at the Philippine-China Development Resource Center. From June 1993 to May 1998, Baviera was head of the Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies of the Foreign Service Institute and taught parallel from 1996 to 1997 at the Faculty of Political Science of the Ateneo de Manila University.

She is the widow of Jorge Villegas Baviera, who died in 2018, and had three children.

Publications (selection) Contemporary Political Attitudes and Behavior of the Chinese in Metro Manila, 1994. Regional Security in East Asia: Challenges to Cooperation and Community Building, 2008.

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University of the Philippines Diliman, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts
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University of the Philippines
Also known as
Aileen San Pablo Baviera, Aileen S. P. Baviera, Aileen San Pablo-Baviera

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Aileen Baviera?

Filipino sinologist

When was Aileen Baviera born?

Aileen Baviera was born on 26 August 1959 in Manila.

When did Aileen Baviera die?

Aileen Baviera died on 21 March 2020 in Manila.

What was Aileen Baviera's occupation?

Aileen Baviera was a sinologist, political scientist and university teacher.

What nationality was Aileen Baviera?

Aileen Baviera was Filipino.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Aileen Baviera

· Wikidata: Q88181154

· DBpedia: Aileen Baviera

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