Visiting scholar, Dr. Dennis Blanco has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on January 9, 2025. He is a Filipino scholar who is an associate professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Dr. Blanco’s research period in Taiwan is from January to December, at The Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University. His research topic is "The Philippines-Taiwan Sustainable Development Connections: A Synthesis Research on its Divergence and Convergence".