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Wang Gungwu

Born

in Surabaya, Indonesia

October 09, 1930

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Wang Gungwu is an academic who has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, although he has objected to the use of the word diaspora to describe the migration of Chinese from China, because it is inaccurate and has been used to perpetuate fears of a "Chinese threat". He was born in Surabaya, Indonesia, and grew up in Ipoh, Malaysia. He completed his secondary education in Anderson School, Ipoh before going to the university.

He studied history in the University of Malaya, Singapore, where he received both his Bachelor and Masters degrees. He holds a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1957) for his thesis on The structure of power in North China during the Five Dynasties. He taught at the Unive ...more

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	Home Is Not Here 3.94 avg rating — 149 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Is Where We Are by Wang Gungwu, Margaret Wang 4.12 avg rating — 57 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China Reconnects: Joining A Deep-Rooted Past To A New World Order 3.98 avg rating — 44 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living With Civilisations: Reflections On Southeast Asia's Local And National Cultures (IPS-Nathan Lecture Series) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CUHK Series: Renewal: The Chinese State and the New Global History 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China and the Chinese Overseas 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wang Gungwu: Junzi: Scholar-Gentleman in Conversation with Asad-UL Iqbal Latif 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nanyang: Essays on Heritage (Books / Monographs) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nanhai Trade: Early Chinese Trade in the South China Sea 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Memoirs of Wang Gungwu 王賡武回憶錄 (3 books)
by

Wang Gungwu,

王赓武,

林娉婷,

林纹沛 (Translator),

夏沛然 (Translator)

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“My readings also led me to some of China’s recent transformations that had made China almost unrecognizable to an historian.”
― Gungwu Wang, China Reconnects:Joining a Deep-rooted Past to a New World Order

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“I was reorienting my focus and soon came to realize that I was really experiencing yet another start to my understanding of China.”
― Gungwu Wang, China Reconnects:Joining a Deep-rooted Past to a New World Order

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“I was far away from where China was changing and was constantly reminded that more changes were around the corner.”
― Gungwu Wang, China Reconnects:Joining a Deep-rooted Past to a New World Order

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