Wang Gungwu Professor Wang Gungwu is the Director of the East Asian Institute and Faculty Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Emeritus Professor of the Australian National Uiversity, Canberra. He has also taught at the University of Malaya (in Singapore and in Kuala Lumpur) and was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1995. Among his recent books are : "The Chineseness of China (1991)"; "China and the Chinese Overseas (1991)"; "Commmunity and Nation: China, Southeast Asia and Australia (1992)"; a new edition of the Nanhai Trade: "the early history of Chinese trade in the South China Sea (1998)"; "China and Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats and Culture (1999)"; "the Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy (2000)"; "Joining the Modern World: Inside and Outside China (2000)". He also edited "Global History and Migrations (1997)"; "Xianggang shi xinbian (Hong Kong history: New perspectives)" in two volumes (1997), and "The Chinese diaspora" (1998) with Wang Ling-chi, in two volumes (1998). see interview Winter 2001 | |||
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