Professor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIAProfessor Bert Hofman, director of the East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, discusses the influence and the future of China as a major economic and geopolitical player during a forum at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA