The Manila Times, Walking History Column October 30, 2025 MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA JOSE Rizal’s “El Filibusterismo” is a sequel to his first novel, “Noli me Tangere,” which Penguin Classics declared as …| IT'S XIAOTIME!
The Manila Times, Walking History Column by Xiao Chua July 1, 2025 SOON, Jerrold Tarog’s “Quezon” will come out in the cinemas, the third installment in the ‘bayaniverse’ of TBA Studios. Since the …| IT'S XIAOTIME!
What is the way forward for historians and public history in today’s increasingly polarized climate? Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua explores the question and revisits the role of history in o…| IT'S XIAOTIME!
The Manila Times, Walking History Column January 13, 2018 MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA ORDER and bayanihan are words that people will not easily associate with the Black Nazarene “Traslación” held every Jan…| IT'S XIAOTIME!
By XIAO CHUA First published by GMA News, November 1, 2015 10:20am Dahil panahon na naman ng Todos Los Santos at pupunta na naman tayo sa sementeryo upang alalahanin ang ating mga mahal sa buhay, b…| IT'S XIAOTIME!
By XIAO CHUA First published in GMA News, December 29, 2016 7:05pm There seems to be no end to the debate whether Rizal retracted his writings against the Catholic Church on the very last day of hi…| IT'S XIAOTIME!
The Manila Times, Walking History Column March 17, 2018 MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA WHEN I was young, I found my mother’s old copy of a book entitled The Social Cancer. When I opened it, I was surprised th…| IT'S XIAOTIME!
The Manila Times, Walking History ColumnApril 28, 2018MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA JOSÉ Rizal wrote the Noli Me Tangere for the benefit of the indios. But it was not meant for indios to read. The mere fact …| IT'S XIAOTIME!
By Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua February 27, 2021 and March 6, 2021 Part 1: I WAS recently reading The Kennedy Half Century, where Larry J. Sabato not only provided fresh details about President …| IT'S XIAOTIME!
By Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua October 31, 2020 IN 1996, 50 years after the Americans gave back Philippine independence, a televised reenactment of the ceremonies played out at the Luneta. …| IT'S XIAOTIME!